Knitty’s 10th Anniversary Issue is Here!

September 19, 2012 by Sarah White 3 Comments

I know it came out yesterday, but I finally got a chance to take a look at Knitty’s Deep Fall issue, which marks the beginning of celebrations for the preeminent online knitting magazine’s 10th anniversary. I remember when Knitty was about the only online knitting magazine out there and it has always published really fun, innovative and interesting patterns that I and lots of other knitters love to stitch.

Some of the standout patterns for me in this issue include the Tin Roof Scarf, a fun smocked piece worked in a silk/stainless steel yarn and designed by Kristi Potter; Maureen Moody’s Autumn Fire Cardigan, a must for lovers of stranded knitting and autumnal colors; the Party Mix Pullover from Julia Farwell-Clay, a cute raglan number using handspun yarn; Earthbound Socks by Carissa Browning, worked from the toe up with a pretty leaf pattern; and the Phalangees Fingerless Gloves from Jodie Gordon Lucas, which feature maze-like colorwork and funky finishing to make the individual finger holes.

To celebrate 10 years of Knitty goodness, friends of the magazine Tom Bihn and Jennie the Potter have come up with limited edition goodies you can buy (I have always wanted a Swift Bag!) There are also features about Andean knitting motifs, an updated balaclava, product and yarn reviews and even a crossword puzzle.

Happy birthday, Knitty!

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Becky says
September 23, 2012 at 10:25 am
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already! Seems like just yesterday the only resources online were sort of old lady fuddy duddy patterns.
Happy anniversary Knitty!

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Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

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