Susan Duckworth

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Colourways

These colourways show alternative design and colour possiblities for the various garments here. In addition garments based on these designs can be made up in cotton or wool, as well as the original materials as described.

Square and Lattice designs

Green and Russet lattice

100% cotton

Green and Russet lattice The design is based on an Oxford check and has lots of greens. It would make a sweater or cardigan, either with the same pattern all over or with collar and cuffs in orange.
Pink Tartan

Mohair and wool

Pink tartan This would work as a sweater or cardigan in a plain colour, with the pattern on the collar, cuffs and forearm – maybe with matching gloves?
Fair Isle

Camel hair

Fairisle This is made in camelhair, but would work in angora and wool. It would make a traditional Fair Isle sweater or cardigan with the pattern all over.
Uzbek

Wool

Usbek This would work as a sweater or cardigan in a plain colour with this pattern as a single panel in the back and as collar and cuff detail.
Red on Green

Silk and Wool

This is an incredibly simple design and would make a sweater or cardigan with an all over spotty pattern with red silk trim
Green on Red

100% cotton

This is another version of the Red on Green design above.
Green Stripe

Wool and silk/mohair

This pattern could make leggings, a sweater or cardigan in silk/mohair in a yellow sundance green.
Blue and Pink cable

Shetland and angora

This would make a sweater or cardigan, with an all-over pattern.
Mint cable

100% cotton

This is an alternate colourway for the coloured cable cardigan.

Round designs

Coloured ellipses on purple striped ground

100% cotton

I use three different purples in the background, to give an in-between purple - like pointillism. It would make a great sweater or cardigan.
Coloured flowers on blackberry ground

Mohair and wool, with velvet ribbon around collar and cuffs

Here are the ellipses again, on a blackberry ground, with strawberry velvet ribbon round the collar and cuffs

Floral designs

Pink roses and leopardskin

Angora and wool

This is for a sweater or cardigan, with roses across the yoke and the rest of the sweater in the leopardskin pattern.
Rosebuds on black

100% cotton or wool

This would make a cropped shawl-collared cardigan, and can be made up with a background of cream, mint green, or Delft blue, instead of black.
Rosebuds on cream

Cashmere

This example is made up in cashmere, but could equally well be made up in cotton or wool
Pink flowers on purple ground

Wool with mohair flowers

This would work very well as a V-neck cardigan
Roses on beige mosaic ground

Mohair

This would make a sweater or cardigan with the roses on the yoke and cuffs and the rest of the sweater in the beige mosaic design. Made in mohair it is a chunky winter sweater.
Babushka in cream and yellow

Wool

This pretty yellow and cream design is an alternate colourway for the babushka sweater

Bird designs

Blue bird

Angora and Shetland wool

This is more child-like and would work as a fun design on the pockets of a child’s sweater.
Green bird

Mohair and wool

I made this up with an orange velvet background. It would look good as a panel on a plain sweater, like a little painting, with the same colours in the collar and cuffs – making a real picture sweater.