Every hand-knit tells a story:

“I made the Magnolia Cardigan for myself. When it was ready my sister from Australia was visiting and saw it! She started to use it during her stay with us in the Netherlands. Once it was time for her to go back home I hid it in her suitcase. She was very pleased when she came home and saw it! That was my surprise for her and a token of love.”

A favourite pattern can become something completely personal through the yarn we choose, the colours we combine and, most of all, the people we knit for. Sometimes a sweater begins as a project for ourselves and ends up with someone we love. Sometimes a pattern travels with us, helps us learn something new or becomes one we return to again and again.

Marije Zandvliet made the Magnolia Cardigan for herself, but when her sister came to visit from Australia, she quickly fell in love with it. Rather than asking for the cardigan back at the end of the visit, Marije secretly packed it in her sister’s suitcase. A favourite knit became a very personal gift and travelled all the way from the Netherlands to Australia.

Discover my Magnolia Cardigan pattern and make your it your own - and always feel free to share any of my designs knitted by you for the world to see.