Vogue in Black & White!

contributed by Shawn 

The new Vogue Knitting Magazine is here! 

The spring/summer 2013 issue has some hot new black & white projects in it. Our customers all love the "sleek, chic white stripes" that are featured on Ellen Liguori's black mini-dress. This dress is going into so many knitting queues! 

We'll be sure to order additional stock of the Brown Sheep Cotton Fine in the colors Cotton Ball and Cavern for you this week.

Followup to Shawn's post on Vogue Knititng Fall 2011

Thanks to Shawn, for a great look at some of the pieces in Vogue Knitting Fall 2011.

I wanted to point out to our customers that Vogue has a great way for you to see the pieces in a bit more depth. Sure, a photo in a magazine is great, but isn't seeing the garment modeled by a real person even better? And what about hearing a short description about it?

Well, if this sounds interesting to you, please check out VK360. Thanks to Vogue for this great feature!

Vogue Knitting Fall 2011

contributed by Shawn

The only good thing about the 12 straight hours of rain on Sunday, was that it gave me a chance to dive into the new Vogue Knitting Fall 2011. There are a lot of great things in this issue!

For those of you looking to "Shape Up!" there is an excellent article by Meg Swansen on 3 short row shaping methods that can help you produce professional looking handmade fitted garments.

Neutral Fair-Isle knits are featured lovely contrasts of black, white, and grey. I think the Nordic Gloves by Lone Smevik Soleng would be lovely knit in SMC Juvel Yarn. This yarn is new for us, and it's perfect for mittens and gloves because it is a superwash sport/dk weight wool.  Easy care is a must for winter hand wear here in Vermont!

The Nordic Yoke Pullover by Ruth Garcia-Alcantud is worked in the round from the bottom up and is shown here in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport Yarn which is a new favorite of our customers, both local and online. This yarn comes in an amazing array of colors, is soft and really reasonably priced.

Wenlan Chia presents 2 oversized sweater patterns knit in Twinkle Handknits Soft Chunky Yarn.  The Striped Cardi 

and Striped Back Top are both great looking pieces.

I think my favorite is the relaxed-fit zip-front cape by Kristin Omdahl. Knit in in Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica Yarn, the openwork sides of this Lace Belted Cape become sleeve-like with the addition of a belt for a flattering sillouhete.

And there's a BONUS! Don't miss the GREAT article on brioche cable knitting by Nancy Marchant.  I really can't wait to try to knit this hat - stunning!

Knit in the round the hat features crossed stitches and linear decreases done in the two-color brioche technique.  Nancy's article "Crossing Over" describes everything in detail and even though I haven't tried brioche knitting yet with this article I know I can do it!

Vogue Knitting Early Fall 2011 Preview

Get it while it's hot!  The word is out about Vogue Knitting Magazine Early Fall 2011. 

Capes are in and we've already shipped Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica to customers as far away as Australia for the Reindeer Capelet. (Remember, it's winter there!)

Mohair, always a favorite, is also featured and the winners of Vogue's Magical Mohair competition are revealed. Now the staff are eying the colors we feature of Debbie Bliss Angel wondering which to pick first.

Recognize this?

It's a schematic.  We spend a lot of time explaining how important this feature of a pattern can be to customers. Carol Sulcoski's The Big Little Picture: Making Sense of Schematics article does an excellent job detailing what the schematic is for and how to make the information is portrays work for you and your projects.  "The beauty of the schematic is that it tells you exactly what size each piece of your garment needs to be." Who knew?!

Of course there are lots of great designs in this issue too.  The one that has made my queue is the Long Vest by John Brinegar.  

This one is knit in one of our favorite winter yarns - Rowan Lima! I think it would look stunning in Berroco Flicker too.

We have already sold through 2 orders of this magazine in the shop. It's a good one!

Wedding bells, anyone?

Look what Kalen is making for her soon-to-be-sister-in-law!

This gorgeous lace shrug that's in the latest issue of Vogue Knitting! In the magazine, they did it in 4 skeins of Rockstar, so on our site we're offering it that way, and also unbeaded, in Pure & Simple... still just as elegant, with a little less bling.

We can't wait to see pictures of the real thing Kalen! Hurry, hurry!