July 2020

Newly-published books

One of the colorwork patterns in How To Knit is to make a toy cat that looks like a burger. Is that bizarre or genius? If it moves beginner knitters beyond knit and purl and into colorwork, I'm going to say it's genius.

I found a lot of useful crochet tricks in Granny Square Academy that I didn't know that I didn't know. For example, it was news to me that you can make a 'fake stitch' instead of using a crochet chain as the first stitch of a new row. It looks so much better! Shelley Husband has such a friendly and encouraging style of writing too. I like it a lot.

In a book that was first published in 1929, Annichen Sibbern Bøhn gathered knitted motifs and designs from across Norway with the intention of "preserving and developing them by giving [them] entry into a thousand homes". Wenche Roald's updated version, Norwegian Knitting Designs - 90 Years Later, includes a respectful reworking of the original patterns. I have my fingers crossed that the collection will find entry into a thousand new homes.

New and discontinued yarns

New

Araucania
Sayi – Aran – 50% Acrylic, 50% Superwash Wool – Single ply – Multicolored

Du Store Alpakka
Dreamline Pure – Sport – 100% Alpaca – Chained – Solid colors

Knitcrate
Uru.Yarn Cotton Basic – DK – 100% Cotton – S on S plied – Tonal colors, Multicolored

Lion Brand
Date Nights – Worsted – 82% Acrylic, 18% Metallic – Chained – Solid colors with metallic
Rebound – Aran – 100% Nylon – Chained – Multicolored

Mary Maxim
Elements Sock – DK – 80% Acrylic, 20% Superwash Wool – Plied – Multicolored
Starlette Chunky – Super Bulky – 100% Acrylic – Plied – Solid colors

Premier Yarns
Cotton Collage – Fingering – 46% Cotton, 33% Merino Superwash Wool, 12% Nylon, 9% Acrylic – S on S plied – Multicolored

Universal Yarn
Be Wool – Super Bulky – 60% Acrylic, 40% Superwash Wool – 2 ply – Solid colors, Semi-solid colors, Multicolored

Urth Yarns
Monokrom Cotton – DK – 100% Mercerized Cotton – Plied – Semi-solid colors

Discontinued

Adriafil
Magnete – DK – 46% Wool, 35% Nylon, 18% Acrylic, 1% Elastic – Bouclé – Heathered colors
Provenza – DK – 61% Cotton, 39% Linen – Tweedy – Solid colors
WoLi – Aran – 70% Wool, 30% Linen – Plied – Heathered colors

Bergère de France
Blizzard – Aran – 54% Acrylic, 42% Superwash Wool, 4% Nylon – Single wrapped with thread – Self-striping marls
Chinaillon – Worsted – 56% Acrylic, 30% Wool, 10% Alpaca, 4% Viscose – Tweedy – Tweed colors
Estivale – Sport – 50% Acrylic, 29% Polyester, 21% Hemp – Sequinned – Solid colors

Dale of Norway / Dalegarn
Falk – DK – 100% Superwash Wool – Plied – Solid colors
Lerke Pluss – Aran – 53% Merino Superwash Wool, 47% Cotton – S on S plied – Semi-solid colors
Pure Eco Baby Wool – Fingering – 100% Wool – Plied – Solid colors
Pure Eco Wool – DK – 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca – S on S plied – Solid colors
Pure Lino – DK – 85% Linen Viscose, 15% Linen – Crepe – Solid colors

Du Store Alpakka
Dreamline Sky – Lace – 70% Baby Alpaca, 30% Silk – Plied with a soft haze – Solid colors

HiKoo
Super Quick Alpaca – Jumbo – 50% Acrylic, 50% Alpaca – Chained – Solid colors

Moda Vera
Shiver – Super Bulky – 100% Acrylic – Plied – Solid colors

Patons (UK)
Alpaca Merino Twist – Aran – 60% Wool, 40% Alpaca – Plied with a soft haze – Solid colors, Heathers
Dream Light – DK – 58% Viscose, 34% Wool, 8% Nylon – Plied with a soft haze – Heathered colors

Premier Yarns
Aurora – Heavy Worsted – 100% Acrylic – Single ply – Self-striping marls
City Life – Worsted – 38% Polyester, 26% Nylon, 20% Acrylic, 11% Wool, 5% Metallic – Ladder ribbon – Multicolored
Home Raffia – Bulky – 100% Rayon – Raffia – Solid colors, Multicolored
Luna – DK – 100% Acrylic – Plied – Self-striping
Toy Box – Super Bulky – 100% Acrylic – 2 ply – Solids, Self-striping marls

Tahki Yarns
Cotton Classic Lite – Sport – 100% Mercerized Cotton – Crepe – Solid colors

West Yorkshire Spinners
Blue Faced Leicester Aran – Aran – 100% Blue Faced Leicester Wool – Plied – Solid colors
Blue Faced Leicester DK – DK – 100% Blue Faced Leicester Wool – Plied – Solid colors, Self-striping fair-isle effect
Wensleydale Gems – DK – 100% Wensleydale Wool – Plied – Solid colors

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Take care, and see you in August.

Wendy

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