The Knitter

The Knitter caters for skilled knitters with more than 10 challenging patterns in each issue. The Knitter has beautiful, original patterns and inspiration from world-class designers. Our patterns aren’t just fabulous to look at, they’re enjoyable to make, with a few unusual techniques and intriguing ways with yarns for you to try.

The Knitter • Issue 161

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Beith • This soft, aran-weight sweater features an interesting pattern of leaves and rope cables

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NEW BOOKS • Our pick of the best pattern collections and e-books

SPRING GREENS • Leafy shades to welcome the new season

LOCAL HEROES • This month, we explore the yarn shops of East Sussex and West Sussex

Pick of the podcasts • Our favourite knitting shows

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Arduinne • This lace shawl is knitted in a baby llama yarn that’s incredibly light and soft

Alder • Nature-inspired lace motifs and tiny beads decorate these pretty, toe-up socks

Yarn choice • This month, we test gorgeous wools and indulgent blends of alpaca, llama and camel for your seasonal knitting

Great reads • Erika Knight plays with dramatic stitch textures and shapes in her new collection of stunning knitwear designs

Penshurst Place • Sleeves adorned with smocked panels and frills add drama to this loose-fit jumper

King Charles I shirt • Penelope Hemingway analyses the fine patterning and construction of the knitted shirt worn by King Charles I to his execution in 1649

Counterfort • This lightweight, lacy shawlette makes a lovely accessory for a spring outfit

Nairn • Fair Isle fans will enjoy knitting this beautiful, timeless cardigan design

Trelissick • This soft yoked pullover has sleeves in a contrasting Fair Isle fabric

Hattie • Loose, comfortable and cosy, this moss stitch jacket will be a quick-knit project

HEMS AND FOLDLINES • Incorporating a folded hem can help to give a neat, tailored finish to knitted cardigans and jackets, as Helen Spedding explains

Helston • Combining cables and big blocks of colour, this sweater is knitted in natural fleece shades

Focus on… PAW PLY YARN CO. • Many of us daydream about setting up a yarn business, but Daniel Haywood-Stone took the plunge and founded Paw Ply Yarn Co. in 2019, as he tells Penny Batchelor

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Coleman Street Wrap • This super-long wrap with a smart geometric pattern uses a soft, cosy alpaca yarn

Volta do Mar • This hat and gloves set has a pattern of stripes highlighted with bands of texture

Raspberry Rose • Layer up with this versatile tank top, knitted in a lace stitch with tiny cable details

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Whole farm health • Graeme Bethune discusses the philosophy that is at the heart of everything he does as a farmer and yarn producer

Cavallino • This cosy cardigan in Finnish wool takes its design cues from the classic denim jacket

The art of the stitch • Dario Tubiana’s artistic knitwear designs play with colourwork, embroidery, shaping and construction