DESCRIPTION:
The Tintype Collection is a group of designs that continues my work in the field of short-row pattern motifs. This body of work highlights the way color changing and gradient yarns move throughout a design. The Tintype Cowl design is composed of a series of elongated hexagonal shapes that are intentionally positioned off-center as viewed on an angle. The location of them from left to right is also framed in an asymmetric manner. This style of composition stems from my love of Japanese design aesthetics. The resulting work is both modern and timeless.

INSPIRATION:
This collection was inspired by a minimalist, architectural wall, fabricated with a series of vertically stacked, elongated, hexagonal cut-outs that serve to frame the landscape. The design (https://www.nadaaa.com/portfolio/newton-house/) is the work of architect, Nader Tehrani, from his portfolio entry entitled, “Newton House”, and located in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. When I first saw this design, I immediately fell in love with its use of asymmetry, the subtle tone variations inherent in the natural wood, and the way the cut-outs create a unique window into the space beyond.

Tintype: also known as a melanotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal, colloquially called ‘tin’ though not actually tin-coated, coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. It was introduced in 1853 by Adolphe Alexandre Martin in Paris. The name for this collection stems from the way the design is knit. Garter stitch rows are used to create the slat styled ‘walls’. The ‘windows’ are short-row shapes made using stockinette stitch and the double stitch turn technique. With the garter stitch rows visually rising up above the areas of stockinette, the short-row shapes appear to visually fall behind the garment or beyond the space of the main body of the work. I see these ‘windows’ as a way of looking through time into the past, like an old photograph. Memories are hidden within the mystery of the shifting colors as the work takes shape, each ‘window’ focusing our attention on the moment at hand.

TECHNIQUES:
Techniques used in this design are garter and stockinette stitch involving both knitting and purling as well as the double stitch technique of forming short row shapes. A continuous i-cord is used on the edge and a decorative slipped stitch detail delineates the brim.

CONSTRUCTION:
This design is knit flat in tapered panels which are worked consecutively and then the first and last panel are grafted.

DIAGRAMS:
This pattern comes with written instruction and full charts, along with detailed vector diagrams for both color placement and knitting order progression.

SIZE:
Depth - Worn Right Side Out: 21cm (8.25”)
Depth - Worn Reversed with Folded Brim: 18.4cm (7.25”)

Finished Circumference:
Size Small - 44.5cm (17.5”)
Size Large - 53cm (21”)

YARN + YARDAGE:
This design is written with the option to knit two different variations on the main concept. Style 1 and Style 2. Each comes with three different options for knitting as follows:
Option 1. Isolated short-row motif with repeated linear elements.
Option 2. Repeated short-row motif.
Option 3. Only linear elements.

Because of this, there is a range given for yardage here with more information in the pattern for each specific design option.

Spincycle: Wilder
MC: 178m-252m (195yds-276yds)
https://spincycleyarns.com/collections/wilder

Spincycle: Nocturne
CC: 38m-64m (42yds-70yds)
https://spincycleyarns.com/collections/nocturne

NOTE
Fit is determined by row gauge. If your gauge differs adjust your needle size or yarn weight.