The Knitter - UK (2019-10)

SHETLAND WOOL WEEK

ANNUAL 2019 (VOLUME 5)

by Shetland Wool Week

Shetland Wool Week is

celebrating its 10th

festival in 2019, so this

year’s annual is bigger and

better than ever! It’s filled

with 16 patterns from the likes of Wilma

Malcolmson, Gudrun Johnston, Felicity

Ford, Hazel Tindall, Donna Smith, Outi

Kater and Marie Wallin. Projects include

beautiful Fair Isle hats and gloves;

colourwork cardigans, jumpers and

waistcoats; and Shetland lace shawls.

£24; http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/

annual

JORID LINVIK’S BIG BOOK

OF CHRISTMAS KNITS

by Jorid Linvik

This bumper book has

more than 70 knitting

patterns with a modern

Scandinavian aesthetic.

It’s guaranteed to give you

gift ideas to knit for the whole family,

and is sure to get you in the Christmas

spirit! There are projects for socks and

slippers, hats and mittens, festive

decorations and homewares, toys,

and Christmas stockings.

Trafalgar Square Books; £19.92 from

http://www.amazon.co.uk

CONVERGENCE

by Woolly Wormhead

Woolly Wormhead’s

newest collection of six

stunning designs focuses

on the technique of

mosaic knitting. As we’ve

come to expect from Woolly, her hats

have an interesting construction,

and are all worked sideways using

short-row shaping. Photographic

tutorials are included to guide knitters

though the techniques.

€14; http://www.woollywormhead.com

NEW BOOKS

Inspired by Dior

by Debbie Bliss

Designer Debbie Bliss has long been influenced
by the style of Christian Dior’s revolutionary
New Look fashion collection, launched in 1947.
Now, inspired by this year’s exhibition of Dior’s
work at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum,
Debbie has created knitting patterns evoking
the shapes and femininity of his clothes.
The ‘Manon’ jumper captures the essence
of the New Look style, with its wide boat neck
and flared peplum. It features a stitch pattern
of rope cables and textured diamonds.

‘Delphine’ is a tailored jacket with a peplum,

waist shaping and a neat shawl collar. Its

smart fabric is created by knitting together

strands of Debbie Bliss’s Fine Donegal tweed

yarn with her Angel silk-mohair laceweight.

‘Clemence’ is a gently flared sweater with

an intricately textured cable fabric, while

‘Romane’ is a chic collared cardigan.

Individual pattern PDFs cost £3.50 from

http://www.lovecrafts.com. Complete kits including

yarn are also available

Our pick of the best pattern

collections and e-books

VINTAGE

SHAPES &

STYLES

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