I am trying to finish up a project that I've been repeatedly placing on the back burner for months now (as other, more urgent deadlines have come and gone). I rather ambitiously pictured this collection of three patterns as the first in a series, inspired by wrought iron architectural accents, especially Art Deco. The patterns are for a pullover, a hat, and a cardigan, all incorporating stranded motifs inspired by wrought iron designs from the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1925 (the exhibition which gave rise to the term "Art Deco"). I plan to offer the patterns for sale both together and individually, and hopefully they will be finished within the next month or so. (And as for future installments in the series-- who knows?!)
So here is a sneak preview of the Renee pullover, the first pattern in the Ferrovia series. An Italian word, "ferrovia" is a combination of "ferro"-- iron, and "via"-- way or route; although "ferrovia" is used to mean "railroad" in Italian, for my purposes I have chosen to interpret it in a more literal way.
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