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The Knitter • Issue 170
Sweater weather
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Sleepless Night • This shawl-collar sweater with colourwork details has an interesting construction
The Knitter Loves … • …ideas, websites, patterns, events, inspiration and more!
NEW BOOKS • Our pick of the best pattern collections and e-books
FESTIVE SWEATERS • Colourful ideas for the winter season
Stitches on screen • The best online knitting videos
DIARY DATES • Events and workshops to inspire your knitting
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Guilder • A beautiful British rare-breed wool is used for this elegant cabled cowl
Repose • A lovely rippling lace pattern covers these two-tone socks
New yarns • These beautiful new yarns for your autumn-winter knitting projects are available in store and online now
Great reads • This book is filled with accessories and homewares inspired by the knitting traditions of Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia
Switch Cardigan • Mix and match the pieces of this clever design to create two different cardigans
Colours of sea, sky & hedgerow • Taking inspiration from the landscapes of the Pembrokeshire coastline, Karen Morgan of FelinFach produces gorgeous, natural hand-dyed yarns
Malin • This Nordic-inspired intarsia scarf showcases a new Norwegian wool yarn
Seraph • Intricate colourwork in warm tones looks stunning on this neat sweater
Focus on… BEAKER BUTTON • Jen Best’s inspirational craft store in Hampshire is filled with her beautiful hand-dyed yarns and her kits for making traditional Dorset buttons, as Penny Batchelor discovers
Saima • This DK-weight jumper has a pretty lace stitch and a contemporary shape
HAPPY HOOKED CHRISTMAS! • A fabulously festive collection of patterns for gorgeous garments, gifts and decorations from the makers of Simply Crochet
Grizedale • This fabulous Fair Isle set comprises a scarf, wristwarmers, a tam and a beanie
Luskentyre • culptural cables make an impact on this comfortable cotton sweater
Nissa • Intricate colourwork decorates this two-tone seamless sweater
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Winter Clouds • This cosy raglan sweater for children has a smart cabled pattern
GERMAN SHORT ROWS • This nifty technique is a great alternative to the classic wrap-and-turn short row, as Helen Spedding explains
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INFORMATION
The new wool year • Graeme Bethune explains how he must start planning now to make sure next year’s wool crop is at its very best
Harriet Poncho • Wrap yourself in colour this winter with this glamorous striped poncho
Celebrating COLOUR • Janine Sterland speaks to renowned fashion designer Zandra Rhodes about her exciting new collection of yarns and patterns for West Yorkshire Spinners