Great New Collections for Winter

While most of the country sits in the cold, longing for cozy knits to warm us up, Brooklyn Tweed and Quince & Co. have both delivered with excellent winter knits collections.

First up, BT Winter 14, a collection of 15 sweaters and other warm garments. I actually pinned Benton, the oversized striped boyfriend sweater by Julie Hoover, before I even realized this is where it came from. I’ve also got my eye on Jared Flood’s Kelpie, described as a modern triangular Hap shawl, it features little bits of lace worked in stripes that are just lovely.

Nord, a V-neck pullover with an accent cable on the front and designed by Véronik Avery, would be a great addition to anyone’s winter wardrobe as well. View the full look book for more details. Individual patters are $6.50 to $7.

The new Quince & Co. collection is called stripes, and it includes six winter accessories — hats and mitts for men and women, as well as a cowl and a scarf — all of which include stripes, of course. The full collection is $7, and it’s a lovely little set of patterns that you could knit again and again, with or without stripes.

See anything you like? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Brooklyn Tweed.]

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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