Rowan Knitting and Crochet Magazine No. 52 (ZM52) features handknitting and crochet designs from Marie Wallin • Martin Storey • Sarah Hatton • Ruth Green • Brandon Mably • Kaffe Fassett • Julia Frank • Jennie Atkinson • Lisa Richardson • Jemma Weston • Josh Bennett • Amanda Crawford.

Knitwear is high on the agenda again this season featuring in many of the catwalk collections.

Yarns
• The personality of yarn is allowed to express itself with nothing complex just simple and honest.
• This is the season of extremes with different scales of yarn emerging from the super lightweight through to the super chunky.
• Felted and matted yarns are equally as important as the tweedy vintage yarns.
• Slubby and overblown thick and thins sit happily alongside the understated and the sophisticated

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NOTE:
There is an Addendum for the ORKNEY pattern in Rowan Magazine 52: See Addendum

Designs
• These extremes are also seen in knit design from the neat and elegant to the grungy and worn out.
• Different scales of fairisle, motifs, stripes and checks are used together to create the ‘untraditional fairisle’.
• Textures are exaggerated with the finest, smallest stitches being magnified to create simple but contemporary designs.
• Cables and arans are seen traditionally as well as being unconventional. Stitches are scaled up and also knitted in super chunky yarn, twisted, coiled and knotted together
• This is the season of the ‘cosy’ knit, the ‘wrap up against the elements’ knit, sweaters that ‘cocoon’ the body.
• Capes are still important as well as the key accessories of large wrap scarves, leg warmers and chunky socks.

Featured Yarns:
Wool Cotton • Lima • Alpaca Cotton • Purelife BSB Boucle • Kid Classic • Creative Focus™ Worsted • Cocoon • Kidsilk Haze • Kidsilk Haze Stripe • Pure Wool DK • Pure Wool Aran • Felted Tweed • Felted Tweed Aran • Big Wool • Drift • Colourspun • Rowan Fine Tweed • Rowan Tweed

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3 Stories are featured:

NORTH SEA is a celebration of British historic knitting with Guernsey, Aran and cable stitches being used with a contemporary twist:
• Traditional stitches are mixed, twisted and knotted together to give an untraditional look
• Used in patches, blocks and combined with different colour mixes these traditional stitches are seen in a new light.
• Inspired by the wild and rugged seascapes of the North East coast of Scotland the colour palette contrasts against the elements.
• Kid Classic, Creative Focus Worsted and Alpaca Cotton. Knitting & Crochet Magazine Number 52 North Sea
• Cocoon sweaters, blanket wrap and oversized cardigans, shawl collar coats and cowl sweaters are the key shapes.
• Traveling cable tunics and sculpted knits together make this unisex collection.
• The key garment details are contrast sleeves, split V necks, funnel necks, stand away crews and felted trims.
• Traditional oversized cabled socks and legwarmers are the key accessories together with wide wrap scarves and snoods.

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HEBRIDEAN embraces the spirit of the Outer
Hebrides and the Far North
• Fair Isle and Nordic pattern is mixed with
stripes, checks and tartans to form a
stunning yet casual collection
• Traditional patterning is reworked with
different scales of other patterns, arranged
into patches and panels, combined with
stitches and knitted on the round creating
untraditional designs
• The bright rustic colour palette is inspired by
the wild landscape of the North of Scotland.
Fern greens, heather greys, rusts and earth
tones are highlighted with aged golds and
warm creams.
Soft and easy sweaters for layering are the
key shapes of this women's and menswear
collection. There are outerwear pieces with
blanket-style capes and ponchos, cosy
patterned granddad cardigans and gilets.
• Key details include Swiss darning, fringing,
contrasting sleeves and trims, funnel necks
and fold back collars. Wide scarf blanket
wraps, socks and traditional berets are the
key accessories.

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WINTER ESSENTIALS showcases the key shapes of the season but translated into more simplified, easy to wear styles.
• The key trends for the winter season are for structured textures, short sleeve sweaters, neat and fitted knits, chunky cardigans, knitted tanks, cropped sweaters, chunky fisherman’s sweaters.
• The trends of Rounded shapes, colour blocking and mohair looks are all worked in a simple neutral colour palette.
• Predominately a plain knitted and solid coloured collection , WINTER ESSENTIALS also combines the key fabric trends of fringing, intarsia, cabling and structured textures in an uncomplicated but modern way.

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Other features include:

Editor’s Letter – Kate Buller comments on the forthcoming season
• Kaffe Fassett Jubilee
• Interview with Shauna Richardson – Crochetdermy
• History of Fisherman Knits
• Designer Profile – Ruth Green
• Wool Facts - Yarn feature
• Travel Journal
• Book Feature – Kaffe Quilts Again
• What’s New - Taking a look at the new Rowan books, exciting exhibitions and
other new inspiring items
• Travel Journal - Giving information on the photo shoot locations

Order code: ZM52

Format: 314mm x 240mm perfect bound

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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.