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.]

Specific to knitters, you can join our Knitting Patterns Only group to get, well, knitting patterns, ask questions and gain inspiration for what to knit next.

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Looking for Fall patterns to Knit? Check out these Fall knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

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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