Project Gallery: Cashmere on Ice

Keep Daddy Warm. Photo and submission from Jo Potvin. "My dad and my husband needed the love of knitting, and cashmere, to stay warm." Japanese Iris Shawl. Photo and submission from Denise Bartels. "The design was inspired by wallpaper in the Japanese Cultural Center in Philadelphia." Salt of the Earth. Photo and submission from Gabi van Tassell. "After finding the “perfect” picture of a Pashmina goat I translated the scene into knitted art." Year of Glaciers' Preservation: A Triptych. Photo and submission from Erika Zambello. "The three blocks are made from knit cashmere, each representing a glacier." Northern Lights. Photo and submission from Elizabeth Kerpel. "My inspiration was the Northern Lights; I wove a 6 twill herringbone design." Ushnam. Photo and submission from Ingrid Taylor. "The yarn originated in the Ladakh region, and the shawl is unbelievably soft, light, and warm." Flowing Glacier Cowl. Photo and submission from Gabi van Tassell. "Two colors of superbly soft cashmere simulate the color play of glacier crevices, and the knitted fringes reflect where the ice breaks up." Himalayan Blue. Photo and submission from Jeanne Ralston. "I chose a weave structure with texture to catch the eye, but one that would let the yarn be the showcase." Ladakh Style Hat. Photo and submission from Deborah Hockenberry. "I watched shepherdess movies and Ladakh movies. They all seemed to be wearing a hat with a basket weave type border, so that’s what I tried." Ice and Earth Mitts. Photo and submission from Rowena Zuercher. "I processed all the cashmere by hand for this project, wanting the slow, intentional hours of the process to be reminiscent of the glaciers themselves, and the farmers who labor in those mountains." Cabled cashmere sweater. Photo and submission from Laura Moore. "This was my first time designing a sweater and it was truly amazing to use cashmere." Cashmere and Silk Shawl. Photo and submission from Teresa A. Knutson. "I originally had the white 95 percent cashmere and 5 percent mink yarn and wanted to make a handwoven shawl." Glacier Inspired Buff Mittens. Photo and submission from Carol A. Pearsall. "This entry was inspired by a picture of a glacier and a stream." Upcycled Franken-Mittens. Photo and submission from Heather Browning. "These felted 100 percent cashmere mittens are made from upcycled cashmere sweaters which are saved from the trash." Tree of Life Faroese-Shaped Shawl. Photo and submission from Myrna Anne Itzen Stahman. "The Shetland Tree of Life motif, which can be knit in many various sizes, represents the need for preserving the glaciers to save the environment." Shetland Tree of Life Scarf - 1. Photo and submission from Myrna Anne Itzen Stahman. "This scarf, using three skeins of 100 percent cashmere, begins with a lace motif that is both vertically and horizontally reversible, representing the normal environment." Shetland Tree of Life Scarf - 2. Photo and submission from Myrna Anne Itzen Stahman. "As the scarf progresses the Tree of Life gets smaller, until at the end it almost disappears, representing what the melting of the glaciers is doing to our environment." Crescent Scarf 1 - All Garter Stitch. Photo and submission from Myrna Anne Itzen Stahman. "This is one pattern I really enjoy knitting with wonderful yarn and giving as gifts." Crescent Scarf 2 - Garter Stitch Lace. Photo and submission from Myrna Anne Itzen Stahman. "I had two skeins of yarn left over after completing my Faroese-Shaped Shawl using the 100 percent handspun Cashmere from the Cashmere Center." Glacial Ice Hood. Photo and submission from Jeanie Fraas. "When plyed together, the white cashmere and pale blues and greens in the wool reminded me of the glaciers. Then I designed and knitted a lacy hood." Glacier Break-Up. Photo and submission from Sandy Bot-Miller. "In this piece I decided to explore both the bright white beauty in the shapes and colors found in the glacier cracks, crevices and chunks of ice, as well as the sad, sad reality of glaciers melting." Glacial Story Shawl. Photo and submission from Kirstie Dye. "I designed a purposely pattern shifting shawl to go through time of moraine ridges, to striated rock, to lace work representing mountains with caught boulders." The G.O.A.T. Coasters. Photo and submission from Kirstie Dye. "This was also a fun color-work piece combining a skein of Ladakh Pangong Craft Center hand-spun white cashmere and with project ends of June Cashmere." Mountain Mitts. Photo and submission from Katherine Augustine. "These Mountain Mitts are a pictorial representation of the culmination of centuries of knowledge and my thankfulness and appreciation for my very small role in our fiber legacy." The Flow of Connection. Photo and submission from Karen M. Cooper. "I wanted to participate to feel less helpless and educate others, and to support Ladkah culture, shepherds, and women. Also to inspire others to crochet and expand my skills by learning new stitches and making my own design for a representational piece of my process." Migration Cowl. Photo and submission from Gabrielle Augustine. "The stitch pattern, reminiscent of flocks of migrating birds, is highlighted beautifully in Clean Cashmere’s Prime yarn." Glacial Point Scarf. Photo and submission from Gabrielle Augustine. "I knitting them together in a two-color brioche stitch, I used increases and decreases to create a mountain-and-valley pattern which pays homage to the glaciers and those inhabitants who rely on those ice sheets to make their living in the highlands." In support of herds and herders. Photo and submission from Linda Singley. "Being a shepherd myself and being familiar with the US cashmere saga, I wanted to support the group worldwide, grass or browse to garment."