New Yarn & Pattern Collaboration 

I am absolutely delighted to announce a new yarn and pattern collaboration with my dear friends at Zakami!

Designed to showcase their beautiful hand dyed yarns, this four-part shawl collection includes narrow and wide right-angled triangles; a top-down triangular shawl and a bias-knit triangle. The four shawl patterns have a common theme of a straightforward shaping formula combined with a regular repeatable textured stripe pattern. Three of the shawls are named after the stars of the Summer Triangle Asterism, Vega, Deneb and Altair, and the fourth shawl is named after a background constellation, Lyra.

Starting with the Vega Shawl on Saturday 25th October 2025, the shawls will launch over the next few weeks with a limited time 20% discount for each pattern so please do follow me on Instagram or click on the buttons below for more details!

Vega Shawl pattern on Ravelry
Vega Shawl pattern on Payhip
Vega Shawl pattern + Zakami Yarn Kits

Winterfold Vest pattern coming soon!

Did you spot my Winterfold Vest pattern in the very last issue of the wonderful Making Stories magazine?

The vest pattern will soon be available as an individual pattern through my Ravelry and Payhip stores and, I’m very excited to say, alongside beautiful Tamar DK Yarn on the Blacker Yarns website!

Follow me on Instagram for updates or check back here for more news soon!

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Winterfold Vest Credits

design: Emma Vining

yarn: Blacker Yarns

photography: Melinda dela Costa

model: Elisa Mariacher

tech editing: Rachael Prest

graphic design: Camille Romano

The Dunnottar Shawl Pattern is now available!

Launched in collaboration with The Scottish Yarn Festival and knitted in their beautiful Clan 4ply yarn, my new Dunnottar Shawl pattern is available to purchase on Ravelry and Payhip!

Dunnottar Shawl Pattern Ravelry
Dunnottar Shawl Pattern Payhip

Designs in Blacker Yarns Tamar Lustre DK

Emma is smiling and wearing a knitted cardigan with cable pattern.

Kew Gardens Cardigan

Emma is facing away from the camera to show the back of the Aldgate vest

Aldgate Vest

Emma is facing away from the camera to show the flower inspired stitch pattern on the back of the Chatto sweater

Chatto Sweater

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berries and raindrops on branches

Emma Vining

Emma Vining is an experienced knitting designer and author, known for her creative use of knitted textures and cables.

Her designs regularly feature in magazines including The Knitter and Knitting magazine and she loves working with independent yarn companies and creative hand-dyers.

Emma is proud to work with the talented designer and tech editor Faye Perriam Reed. Faye’s expert insights ensure knitters can rely on Emma’s patterns to be accurate, clear and an enjoyable experience to knit!

Follow Purlemma on Instagram and Ravelry to hear about Emma’s new knitting patterns!

Contact

purlemma@btinternet.com