Slightly annoyingly the hot wash felting process did remove most of the stain!

I don’t know if you can tell from these photos, the jumper is on the same striped surface, but it did shrink quite a bit and the fabric really thickened up.

All of this was happening back in early 2019 and I came across the work of Katie Jones the textile designer. Katie mostly does crochet design these days but a few years ago she was showcasing her beautiful embroidered cable knitwear and I fell in love. It felt like destiny, my old, stained and now shrunken jumper that my mum had so lovingly knitted for me some 30+ years ago needed to be given a bright embroidered makeover. If you knit or crochet at all and don’t know Katie’s work I do implore you to check it out. Her Instagram is a feast of colour. Our daughter crocheted her Day Tripper blanket and found it was a fabulous way to really expand her of crochet knowledge and skills. Katie has run workshops teaching her aran embroidery techniques in the past too.

Embroidering an old aran sweater

I grabbed some DK yarn in vibrant colours and started stitching. I’ve not done one of Katie Jones’ workshops; this is a very simplified homage to her idea. I did mainly straight stitches in places where I thought they would look nice, just keeping it pretty simple. The different colour of the jumper in these photos is just the light, evening vs daytime.