Fall/Winter Collection from Bergere de France

It’s the time of year for new pattern collections and knitting magazines, and I’m going to share as many of them with you as I can because I know we all need some new things to knit.

Today it’s the catalog from Bergere de France, which has a whopping 159 designs for men, women, children and the home. The catalog itself cost $10 (or free if you’re a new customer) and comes with yarn samples, but you can also check out the look book (all 230 pages!) of browse the patterns online for plenty of wintertime inspiration.

There are lots of deep, chunky cables and classic colorwork in this collection. I love the Tar Tan Jacket, a ladies cardigan worked in four colors that’s as classic as it is beautiful. The Two-Way Sweater, which works as a top with a giant cowl or as a dress, looks warm and fuzzy and is actually easy to knit.

While there are a lot of classic designs here, you’ll also find some more modern choices like the fur stole and the cabled dolman sleeve cape. There are cropped sweaters for women and grandpa styles for men, as well as looks inspired by the ski slopes and weekend football games.

This collection will also get you geared up for next spring and summer, with cute tops in pastels, openwork sweaters perfect for the shore and easy tunics you’ll want to wear all season.

You can also deck out your favorite kiddos in woodland inspired knits (I’m pretty in love with the Crochet Over Dress, but not sure I have the chops for it). There are projects here inspired by the slopes and others that are perfect for outside play at school as well. And the baby rompers and jackets are just too cute to pass up. And that’s not even to mention the slippers, accessories, kits and more that are featured in this catalog.

When you look through the look book online, click on any picture to bring up the yarn needs and cost. (The whole pattern book is $20, which seems a great deal for the number of patterns involved.)

If you take a closer look, I’d love to know what catches your eye!

[Photo via Bergere de France.]

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When I knit socks (which sadly I have not done in a while; need to get a new pair on the needles soon!) I generally stick to pretty simple designs and colorwork that isn’t all that detailed.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a fancy sock, I’m also just pretty lazy and I figure a project worked on size 0 or 1 US needles is going to take a long time even without the added work of intricate colorwork, so why make it more complicated?

But there are definitely socks out there I’d be willing to make an exception for, and I think Tangled Bliss by Annette Schleicher may just be one of them.

If you can’t tell from looking, this is decidedly an advanced knitting pattern. There’s brioche for the cuffs, complex looking colorwork done with the ladderback jacquard technique, multiple charts, and colors changing everywhere.

There are links to tutorials for all the special skills in the pattern, but still it would help to have a handle on these concepts before you get started.

The pattern uses three colors of light fingering weight yarn at a whopping 31 stitches per 4 inches/10 cm (that’s 7.75 stitches per inch/2.5 cm).

Would you believe me if I told you that this pattern was designed for a speed knitting contest? Speed would be the last thing on my mind.

But again, I think all the work for these fancy socks would be worth it. I love hoe the colorwork looks like an old tile floor, and think of the bragging rights when you tell people you made them yourself. (Though of course you did; have you ever seen store-bought socks that look anything like this?)

Best of all, this pattern is available for free on Ravelry, so there’s no reason not to give it a try if you’ve got the skills. If you do, I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Annette Schleicher]

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