Finding a colour pallet

The start of the year means, for me a new fresh collection waiting to be designed. I always start off January desperate to start something new. As Christmas is so hectic with stock piling and sending out orders, there's never a chance for designing so I always wait and leave it to January and February when I have more time for discovery and creativity. This year I have found it's taken me a while to get back into the swing of designing again, and to find my inspiration.

Last week there were some beautiful sunsets so after snapping away on my camera (as always!) I found merging of colours created some really unique colour combinations. I loved the purples with the greys and the oranges and pinks, all mixed together.

From this I then started trawling my trusty friend pinterest to find some images to help bring my colour pallet together. Here's the mood board I came up with. So far, I'm in love with the peachy pinks, I've never used pink in my work before so I'm excited to see how this comes out. The other colour that also has to make an appearance is the acid yellow. I love my mustard colour that I use constantly but this year I'm also going to invest in a more lemon tone to add a great striking contrast to the soft peaches and mauve.  

Now it's onto finding the perfect wool and then onto the machine, designing the patterns! Wish me luck, I'll keep you updated.

I started decorating last night and while we were striping back the walls, I found this pattern that I'm slightly in love with! I just have to find a way to knit it!!

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Happy New Year!

I hope you've all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. This post is very belated, apologies! Here are a few snaps from what I've been up to. Christmas was a lovely mix of family, friends, eating, drinking, walking, relaxing, drinking some more, then eating some more...

 Presecco with Christmas Country Living.

 Christmas tree shopping in East Sussex. My favorite family tradition!

 Cosy nights by the fire. Bliss!

 Christmas decorations, the more the better!

New year was great too, I spent some time visiting my family in Devon. It rained everyday and the drive home was quite flooded, but the scenery was beautiful! Oh how I've missed the west coast!

I decided to make a few resolutions too, I love the idea of a fresh new start, a change, a chance to better.
*To worry less.
*To not be so hard on imperfections.
*To enjoy the stress, and embrace things that are out of my comfort zone.
*To work harder and to strive for perfection. Always.
*To be more aware of where I buy my food from. Especially meat, eggs, milk and butter.
*To give up alcohol and coffee for January. And to be more healthy. (standard)

What are yours?
Happy New Year!

G I V E A W A Y   T I M E !

For the next two weeks I am giving you the chance to win one of my lambswool scarves from my new collection. All you have to do is follow me on either Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and share, retweet or repost my competition picture (below). Have a look at my pages for more information, and if you do all three you have three times the chances! 

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The lucky winner will get to choose one of these beautiful scarves!!

Good luck!

Wrap up this Winter!

This week I show case my new Autumn/ Winter collection of scarves, on my own website and on Not On The High Street

These scarves are made from 100% pure British Lambswool creating a luxuriously soft feel as well as keeping you warm and cosy this winter.

The striking colours and detail create the perfect look to team with your winter coat.

Gabrielle Vary Knitwear Scarves, £59 each, buy here:

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Not On The High Street Website

New press for Gabrielle Vary Knitwear!

This last couple of months I have been lucky enough to be included in some great press coverage!

The first is Vogue (!!) I was featured in an advert for an interiors section of the magazine, I never thought I'd see my name in Vogue so it was very exciting!

I also had an interview with Selvedge magazine, I read this textile journal all through my degree and fell in love with beautiful stories and photos they display in their gorgeous magazine. I was lucky enough to to be featured in a double page spread!!

Learn the art of machine knitting!

Last year I started teaching machine knitting in my studio in Brighton. I now have a couple of students who come along to my studio every week for a one to one tutorial on machine knitting, learning from the basic techniques right up to creating a final piece that you will treasure forever. If this sounds like something you would like to do then please get in contact. I'm more than happy to work along with you, tailoring lessons to your needs and abilities. Email gabriellevary@hotmail.com

Designing for Christmas in the summer heat!

The last few weeks have been all about sunshine! I hope where ever you are that you have been enjoying the sun and making the most of this beautiful weather! As you can see I have! It's all about BBQ's, walks on the beach, fresh food, Pimms and picnics! Here are a few snaps from the last couple of weeks.

 I love nothing more than creating fresh salads, with good quality produce and I think many fruit and vegetables taste so much better in the sun!

Oddly enough in this blazing heat wave I have been working on Christmas products! Creating Christmas knitting patterns to make into seasonal items has been so much fun, but it's when I started to get the Christmas dec's down from the loft for the photo shoot was when it started getting really weird!!

Gabrielle x