Tree of Life Throw

FAIRISLE CLUB 10
We are so happy to offer Fairisle Club 10 - Tree of Life Throw - by Marie Wallin! The last day to order is May 7. After that, the remaining of the total 500 kits will be sold only from England.

What we offer is that we have paid expensive customs duties due to BREXIT and postage from the UK. We will send the kits directly to you in June. More pictures coming!

The Tree of Life Throw is a beautiful design inspired by motifs found in antique textiles, carpets and kilims from India and the Far East. It has also been inspired by my love of trees and the symbolism of trees in cultural art across the world. It was only a matter of time before I created such a design and I am absolutely thrilled with it! Although I call it a throw, it would look amazing hung as a wall hanging or work of art!

Although, the design looks complex, I can assure it is not! As it is completed in sections, it makes the knitting a lot less overwhelming and I support you every step of the way with my very comprehensive instructional videos...in fact a novice Fairisle knitter would be capable of knitting and finishing this design!

The Tree of Life Throw is knitted in 8 sections using all 26 colours of the current British Breeds yarn range and uses several different knitting techniques - knitting Fairisle flat, picking up stitches, increasing, decreasing stitches and 3 needle bind off.

This design is knitted flat, working Fairisle on the right and the wrong side. Due to the complexity of the design, it cannot be knitted in the round with steeks. This would spoil the finished appearance and handle of the throw.

Each kit will be supplied complete: 54 balls (TBC) of British Breeds across all 26 colours, a high quality printed pattern booklet and a Fairisle Club 10 canvas project bag. All fully packed in boxes ready to be shipped to your customers.

Fairisle Club 10 is supported with very detailed instructional videos on each section of the design, so that in theory, a knitter new to Fairisle knitting can achieve this project! I will also release a Q & A video for each section too. Fairisle Club 10 will also be supported in a dedicated feed in my Ravelry group.

Fairisle Club 10 is a complete kit, comprising of all the British Breeds yarn (53 balls in total), the full printed pattern booklet and an exclusive Fairisle Club 10 canvas project bag.

Links to the digital Tree of Life Throw PDF pattern will be included in the Welcome email when the knitalong starts along with a special 10% discount code to use any time on any kit or book purchase from the shop.

The club will be supported by Comprehensive Instructional videos covering in detail each of the 8 sections that make up the Tree of Life Throw, these will be released by email updates. As each section and the corresponding videos are released in intervals, you will be able to knitalong with Marie at your own pace referring to the videos when you wish. Only Fairisle Club 10 members have access to these videos.

Members will be invited to the Fairisle Club 10 Ravelry feed in Marie’s Ravelry group. In this feed you will be able to chat with other members and receive help. On the release of each section, Marie will be available for a Q & A Knit Video Chat, the date and time for each will be released with the relevant email update.

By joining Fairisle Club 10, you will be a member of the Fairisle Club and therefore able to buy the digital patterns of any of the previous projects.

The knitalong will start on Friday 25th July 2025.

Size
I will let you know the size of the finished throw in the next newsletter, which will be sent out at the end of next week.

Videos
The instructional videos will be released via email updates sent via Mailchimp. The intervals between each video release will vary as some sections of the throw take longer to complete than others. Release dates will be published in the welcome email.
The videos will be, in order of release:

Welcome to Fairisle Club 10 video
Octagon Motifs – this video includes how to Fairisle flat, increase and decrease stitches and of course how to knit the 'Tree of Life' motifs
Steam pressing
Octagon Motifs Edging
Joining Motif A
Joining Motif B
Centre Motif
Infill Motif
Fairisle Border A
Fairisle Border B
Rib edging
Finishing

Needle Sizes
2.25mm (no 13) (US 1) x 1 circular needle – 150cm fixed length needed for ribbing.
2.75mm (no 12) (US 2) x 1 circular needle – 100cm fixed length for Octagon Motif edging.
2.75mm (no 12) (US 2) x circular needle – 150cm fixed length for Fairisle borders.
3.25 mm (no 10) (US 3), a mixture of straight or circular needles for motif Fairisle knitting.

For the Knitter