Brooklyn Tweed Fall ’14 Collection

The Brooklyn Tweed collection for fall is out, and it took fisherman knits as its inspiration but uses classic cables and chunky style in a whole new way.

Check out the lookbook for more information and eye candy (on location photography was done in Red Hook, Brooklyn).

I discovered flipping through the lookbook that I am in love with designer Julie Hoover, because I like every single thing she designed for this collection. Her wide cable and trinity stitch Tiller Scarf, at more than six feet long, is still almost as much commitment as a sweater but you could wear it every day. The Ludlow Stole, inspired by ganseys, uses textured stitches that come out with an almost woven look. And her Docklight pullover using fisherman’s rib and a bit of lace is lovely and cozy.

Véronik Avery is making me smile this time around, too, with Spinnaker, a classic V-neck pullover covered with forked cables that make the sweater look fitted though it isn’t. Her Wake is my kind of cabled sweater — a slouchy raglan with an asymmetrical hem and panels of V-shpaed cables on the front.

I also really like the Skiff hat by Jared Flood, which is a quick little cabled watchcap perfect for gift knitting. There’s also a stocking cap version so you can knit them for everyone without having it look too matchy.

See anything that catches your eye? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Brooklyn Tweed.]

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Looking for pullover and sweater patterns? Check these books out.

When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round.

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles.

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends.

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time.

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up.

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round.

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try.

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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