Rowan Knitting and Crochet Magazine No. 55 (ZM55) features handknitting and crochet designs from Marie Wallin • Martin Storey • Sarah Hatton • Brandon Mably • Kaffe Fassett • Julia Frank • Lisa Richardson • Vibe Ulrik • Amanda Crawford • Vibe Ulrik • Gemma Atkinson • Grace Melville • Galina Carroll • Sarah Dallas • Carlo Volpi.

3 Stories are featured:

LEGACY…. is inspired by ancient, worn landscapes and patterning that can be found in rock formations.

CLARITY… is inspired by the delicate beauty of historic lace and Irish crochet making.

ESSENTIALS… the showcase for the key shapes of the season but translated into simple easy to wear styles that will compliment the season’s ESSENTIAL looks.

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For this season’s knitwear inspiration, we look to the sky and then back to the earth. These are two opposing directions, one heavenly and future facing, the other grounded and ancient in its appeal. These two diverse expressions co-exist by giving us a great experience of both worlds. The qualities of the air: lightweight, almost transparent and celestial grasp our imagination in the intrepretation into an ultra feminine lace and openwork trend. The materials of the earth also motivate us: the mysterious, the slow and the natural with undulating strata of ancient geological features inspiring colour blended stripes, rustic textures and handcrafted artisan crochet.

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Yarn character for spring 14 explores many textures and surfaces, the key looks are: ultra-light transparency, yarns inspired by the air, a light touch of glimmer, fresh and neat, unrefined stringy yarns, raw and unbleached linens, dry, slubbed and irregular yarns. Rowan is promoting two stories to reflect these major trends for the spring 2014 season: LEGACY and CLARITY are descibed in detail along with stitch, key looks, colour and yarn direction in the introduction for each story. The ESSENTIALS collection of the magazine takes a new direction this season by concentrating on another major trend - stripes, whilst still promoting the key shapes of the season.

Featured Yarns:
Purelife Revive • Cotton Glace • Creative Linen • Kidsilk Haze • Summerspun • Summer Tweed • Fine Lace • Panama • Wool Cotton 4 Ply • Softknit Cotton • Anchor Artiste Metallic • Handknit Cotton DK

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Format: 314mm x 240mm

LEGACY
• ... is inspired by ancient, worn landscapes and the geological patterning that can be found in rock formations.
• Stripes which are blended together to compose beautiful subtle effects of colour and texture.
• Old Islamic and Moorish tile art provides the inspiration for the small graphic patterning within the collection.
• Hand knit details include constructed fabrics using multi yarns in various colours, randomly worked in loose and tight tensions.
• Crafted looks using, macrame and crochet techniques create simple summer knits.
• Space dyed yarns help to create the random, shifting, graduating patterning.
• Mineral darks combine with earth brights for a softened, faded look.

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CLARITY
• ... is inspired by the delicate beauty of historic lace and Irish crochet making.
• Antique floral lace patterns are interpreted to create modern romantic lace.
• Weightless openwork techniques combine with mesh stitches to form this feminine collection.
• Colouring is a blurring of neutrals shifting into white. Pale ivory and rose add beauty to this essentially white and neutral colour palette.
• Shape has a focus on fragile elegance with great attention to detail.
• Draping, gathering and pleating play a part in body skimmimg silhouettes.

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ESSENTIALS
• One of the major trends for the spring and summer season are stripes.
• Stripes of all sizes, two colour regular Breton stripes through to multi coloured irregular vertical and diagonal stripes.
• The ESSENTIALS collection will be made up of all stripe designs in the key garment shapes of the season.
• This is a clean colour collection with the use of our popular core regular cotton yarns.
• Colours are summery in the fashion brights and contrasting with white, off white, black or navy.
• Knitted tops are classic, neat and fitted or have a drape to fit and flatter the body.

Our staff have had many years experience of working with Rowan yarns. Rowan designs never date but sometimes the colours and qualities that were once the original designs, have to be substituted; we can advise on the nearest shades.

We stock the entire Rowan handknitting range. Please see our Rowan stock list.