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Signatur Handknits are the designs of Sydney based Jane Slicer-Smith, Author of Swing Swagger Drape.

Handknitting in Australian Wool, designs are available as knitting kits, patterns and finished garments. Jane Slicer-Smith designs the most stunning and unique Hand Knits as bespoke garments, kits to knit yourself, or as patterns. Signatur Handknits are made from Australian Pure New Wool and the finest fancy yarns. Jane is also the author of Swing Swagger Drape: Knit the Colors of Australia. There

are hundreds of Signatur designs, ranging in Style from Swingcoats and A-Line coats, to jackets, Skirts, Cardigans, kimono's capes, scarves, gloves, hats, berets and wraps. You can also visit www.signit.com to see more of Jane's designs.

05/08/2026

I have always loved to create hand knitted blazers, stepping away from the everyday cardigan. This story started with the Bee Bee Jacket, knitted in four main colours colours and two highlight colours, and it's about how small a proportion of colour can be used with 3 row stripes and bobbles.
All my designs have multiplie chest sizes and with my blazers two length options.
The Stitched Up jacket - I popped a small pocket - though it looks like a patchwork pocket it is actually knitted with the front, gives a far superior finish.
In both design the Basket Stitch buttonband is knitted as one with the body of the garment (knitted hem up and back and front pieces). Colours are worked from a diagram - there are no graphs for these blazers.
Knitting kits include Signatur 8ply, pattern and hand made buttons.
I have popped an image in of the collar, after the shoulder cast off the remaining stitches form the collar, the basket stitch continues in length to a three needle bind off at the back neck.

NSW Knitters Guild Gathering - knit classes - 21 - 23rd August booking via the guild
Exeter Village Market Sat 5th Sept Sydney's Southern Highlands 9am - 1.30pm
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Sept 10am - 4pm
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

03/08/2026

Playing with reds shall we? Metro Swagger in Purple and Fox, Vogue Laura with buttons down the back, Mitred Poncho in Peahen colourway, Mitred Shona Jacket in Reds and Blue, Oakleaf jacket, Spell bound with pumpkins and ghosts, Tally Ho jacket and with Madras Jacket.
All design sold as knitting kits and patterns. Knitting kits have Australian wool, the patterns and handmade buttons if required.

Exeter Village Market Sat 1st August Sydney's Southern Highlands 9am - 1.30pm
NSW Knitters Guild Gathering - knit classes - 21 - 23rd August booking via the guild
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Sept 10am - 4pm
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

Handmade Canberra

01/08/2026

A colourful week - let's look at Blues. Byron Aline Coat, Windsor Jacket, Waratah Cardigan, Two Tone Drape - knitted sideways, Tibet Aline, Stitched Up jacket back and front, Shona Jacket and Niroo Jacket.
All design sold as knitting kits and patterns. Knitting kits have Australian wool, the patterns and handmade buttons if required.

Exeter Village Market Sat 1st August Sydney's Southern Highlands 9am - 1.30pm
NSW Knitters Guild Gathering - knit classes - 21 - 23rd August booking via the guild
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Sept 10am - 4pm
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

31/07/2026

Diamond Tunic/ Jumper hand knitted in Australian Wool. Sold as a Knitting kit, Pattern and ready made hand knitted garment. Three length options, 3 chest sizes and two neck lines. Meg, my model is wearing the middle size in the long length, Meg is 6 foot tall and size 12.

Exeter Village Market Sat 1st August Sydney's Southern Highlands 9am - 1.30pm
NSW Knitters Guild Gathering - knit classes - 21 - 23rd August booking via the guild
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Sept 10am - 4pm
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

29/07/2026

Intarsia knitting is all about colour, worked from either a diagram or a graph. Colour and Texture with cables, knitted on bands in Basket Stitch or Corrugated Garter, with eye catching details from collars to cuffs and sneaking pocket details, Signatur handknits is all about detail. Ready to wear or a knitting kit - check out online or see me on the road.
Exeter Village Market Sat 1st August Sydney's Southern Highlands 9am - 1.30pm
NSW Knitters Guild Gathering - knit classes - 21 - 23rd August booking via the guild
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Sept 10am - 4pm
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

27/07/2026

Frida Jacket handknitted in Australian Wool - also available as a knitting kit with the pattern, graphs, yarns and handmade buttons. Kit has 26 colours, 6 hand made buttons, with 7 chest sizes.
Shop online or come and meet Jane at a show, or in her Signatur Studio in Sydney.

Exeter Village Market Sat 1st August Sydney's Southern Highlands 9am - 1.30pm
NSW Knitters Guild Gathering - knit classes - 21 - 23rd August booking via the guild
Quilt NSW Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Sept 10am - 4pm
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

24/07/2026

Signatur Handknits travels from Sydney to Canberra, Melbourne, Bendigo and Tasmania each winter. Jane Slicer-Smith's range of Australian Wool Handknitted garments in over 30 designs with styles from blazers to swingcoats. All designs can be purchased ready made, or made to measure to your side and colour/yarn selection. Jane also offers her designs as knitting kit, which include the knitting pattern, yarns and handemade buttons. The true treat for knitters meeting Jane at a show is being able to try on garments - checking design, colour and size - Jane is even happy to customise patterns for the perefect fit.

2026 events
Bendigo Sheep & Wool 17 - 19 July
Marrickville Artisan Market 1 - 2 Aug
Fibrefest Wyong Racecourse Sun 27 Sept

22/07/2026

Another Mitre piece, the Mitres are worked on the diagonal and the skirt of knitted I guess you could sat almost in a spiral. It is knitted in 2 directions - from the knee up to the waist - reducing the number of stitches per Mitre and the needle size, then picked up from the knee length and knitted to the hem, adding stitches and increasing the needle size. This later translated into the Harlequin Swagger which is on the cover of my book Swing, Swagger, Drape 2009 - a classic!

21/07/2026

The secrets in green. Niroo Jacket red and green, Windsor Jacket two tone Sequoia and light Olive, Split Texture in light olive, Blocks i wool and mohair, Stitched Up, Millar Aline Coat, fair isle swatches, Tally Ho Vest and Tibet Cardigan in wool and Mohair.
All design sold as knitting kits and patterns. Knitting kits have Australian wool, the patterns and handmade buttons if required.

Next few shows 2026
Bendigo Sheep & Wool Show 17 - 19 July
Sydney Artisans at Marrickville 1st - 2nd August
Fibrefest Wyong racecourse Sept 27th

20/07/2026

I brought swingcoats into my range in the 1990's, styled to fit at the shoulder and swing over the hips. The body is knitted with three different needle sizing, knitted in Signatur 8ply with 21sts to 10cm/4"on 4mm ndls. I write the instructions for the sleeves first - to double check your tension and also allow you to work the stitch pattern or colour technique over a fewer number of stitches. Then to add swing and drape the body (knitted hem up) is cast on with 4.5mm ndls, as the body is shaped with decreases per panel (between cables) the needles are deceased a size, and after the armhole shaping the needles reduce to 3.75mm - a firmer tension to support the weight of the garment. Simple really!
Designs are Diamond Cable Swing, the side seam hidden by the pattern with round neck and Shawl collar options in the pattern. The Fan and Cable Swing, which is round neck only, but is available with a shawl collar in a dress coat style shown in blue. The Tudor Swagger has the Autumn leaves, this is a more generous fit the than Diamond and is still fitted at the shoulder but is fuller across the shoulders. Lastly the Times cable Swing in Blues, styed generous as the Times Swing.

2026 events
Bendigo Sheep & Wool 17 - 19 July
Marrickville Artisan Market 1 - 2 Aug
Fibrefest Wyong Racecourse Sun 27 Sept

Address

Killarney, NSW
2087

Telephone

+61294539091

Website

http://www.sigknit.com/, http://www.signaturhandknits.com.au/

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