Stephen West

Stephen West’s prolific shawl designs and innovative use of color have made him an internationally recognized designer. Stephen was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma; moved to Chicago, Illinois for school, and later moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands, to study choreography. Stephen's designs have been knitted by thousands of knitters all around the world. He currently lives in Amsterdam where he co-owns Stephen & Penelope, a yarn boutique in the city center.
Go Go Dynamo

Go Go Dynamo

t’s the 15th annual West Knits MKAL season! This year, Stephen West’s annual mystery shawl knit-along is called Go Go Dynamo. It is going to be a two-colour, lively, energetic design filled with bold geometric details. Stephen also issued a mohair dare to the pattern. Will you rise to the challenge? The MKAL starts on October 3. One section of the pattern will be released each week until the final design is revealed on October 24.
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Faded Undulation

Faded Undulation

Choose one of our five-colour Twist Nouveau kits and fade your skeins from light to dark in this easy-to-knit Faded Undulation, Stephen West’s latest garter stitch shawl. You will work increases and decreases to form the waves, and create some eyelets to decorate the fabric and add a soft fluidity. The size is easy to customise by binding off early for a shorter shawl or with more pattern repeats for a large luxurious shlanket.
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Suriously Holey

Suriously Holey

This cool two-coloured brioche shawl by Stephen West is knitted top-down and is shaped with some seriously massive increases that, for lack of a better word—explode—making this big hole that starts from just one stitch. The whole look comes together with a mix of increases and decreases that give it this cute wavy border. This semi-circular shawl is all about having fun with those colours, textures and stitches!
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Geogradient

Geogradient

It's MKAL season! This year, Stephen West's annual mystery shawl knit-along is called Geogradient. As Stephen puts it, get ready to blast off into another Westknits mystery shawl knit-along.

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