Interweave Unveils New Website, Merger with Patternworks

Interweave, the multi-craft publishing company that’s been a part of F+W since 2012, announced an “updated and reinvigorated” Interweave with the launch of a redesigned website.

At the same time, the company announced a merger with Patternworks, an online fiber arts company that also produced a mail-order catalog. Visiting the Patternworks website now brings up news about the merger with an Interweave URL.

The former daily websites and blogs have been recast under the Interweave name (so KnittingDaily.com no longer goes to that URL but to interweave.com/knitting). Each of the major categories Interweave publishes content about — knitting, crochet, beading, jewelry, spinning, weaving and needlework — has its own section, as well as a shop, which includes Interweave patterns and products as well as yarn and other items that would have been sold by Patternworks.

It’s not clear whether the daily updates from each of those former sites will continue, but the Patternworks post mentions “high quality content being published multiple times a day.”

I think this is an interesting strategy and I’m not sure what it means for the company, though diversifying their offerings with the connection to Patternworks seems like a good plan. I’d love to know what you think!

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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