Eddystone by Martin Storey ~ Autumnal Knitting

Once upon an autumn day,
Colorful leaves began to fade
In the midst of a chilly, frosty air
As multitude of trees grew steadily bare.

Once upon an autumn day,
The whispering breeze was here to stay
Moving aimlessly through the countless trees
Scattering leaves with the greatest of ease.

Once upon an autumn day,
The leaves whirled freely in every way,
Until at last they came to rest
Finding a haven in which to nest.

Once upon an autumn day,
The trees were dormant, and the leaves lay
Waiting for the winter snow to fall
To quickly obscure them one and all.

Once Upon An Autumn Day by Joseph T. Renaldi

Eddystone by Martin Storey

This is the second design from theRowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 58 I knitted for a friend this year. I saw it and I wanted it to knit for him.

It is knitted with a complex central cable pattern on both front and back. The sides of the body and the sleeves shows a knit twist lattice pattern. You knit this pattern completely without a cable needle. This is really clever, because it reduces the time you spend for knitting this garment.

I do really love the shawl collar on this design which has a one button closure. Eddystone is knitted in soft Rowan Creative Focus Worsted and is shown here in the beautiful green shade New Fern.

Eddystone by knittingkonrad

My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three;
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me!
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free,
Oh for the life on the rolling sea!

One night, as I was a-trimming of the glim
Singing a verse of the evening hymn
A voice on the starboard shouted “Ahoy!”
And there was my mother, a-sitting on a buoy.
Yo ho ho . . . .

“Oh what has become of my children three ?”
My mother then she asked of me.
“One was exhibited as a talking fish
The other was served from a chafing dish.”
Yo ho ho . . . .

Then the phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair.
I looked again, and my mother wasn’t there
But her voice came echoing back from the night
“To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light!”
Yo ho ho . . . .

Sea shanty

15 thoughts on “Eddystone by Martin Storey ~ Autumnal Knitting”

Sublime, tout simplement sublime ! Bravo Konrad

knittingkonrad says:

December 16, 2015 at 09:27

Merci bien, Anne.

Absolutely gorgeous post. English is not your native language? VERY hard to believe. As for the sweater, it’s beautiful. I think you need to borrow it every once in a while because it matches your eyes.

knittingkonrad says:

December 16, 2015 at 09:29

Thank you so much Kristen. A nice idea to borrow the sweater sometimes.

Beautiful. Lovely knitting.

knittingkonrad says:

December 16, 2015 at 09:29

Thank you so much Tracy.

Beautiful. Lovely knitting

I love cables and textured stitching, this is lovely, the colour too.
I’ve produced lots of baby blanket this year, lots of babies but have lost my urge for knitting over the last few months, can’t believe that but this has inspired me to pick the needles up again, thank you.