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Meet the New Editors at Interweave Knits and Knitscene

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lisa shroyer interweaveAs I told you a few months ago, Eunny Jang, Interweave Knits’ editor since 2007, left the magazine with the summer 2013 issue. Knitscene editor Lisa Shroyer has moved up to edit that magazine, and Amy Palmer has taken over as editor of Knitscene.

If you’d like to know more about these ladies, you can check out Lisa’s and Amy’s introductory posts on Knitting Daily.

I always think it’s kind of fun to watch how magazine change with different editorial leadership. IK and Knitscene are two really distinctive magazines that have somewhat different audiences with different tastes and styles, so it will be interesting to see how new editors change the look and feel of these knitting publications.

As an aside, I thought for about half a day about applying to run Knitscene. Wouldn’t that be an awesome job?

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  1. I quit my subscription to IK a couple years ago, asked for a refund. Too much negative ease and proportions that made even the models look fat. For awhile IK was adventuresome. Than . . . every issue just made me angry. I found the brand new issue at my library in South Lake Tahoe, CA, the subscription dedicated to the memory of some well loved knitter. I sat there and relished every single page. So many interesting ways to keep warm. Love the black and white mittens, the baby jacket. Lovely! Welcome, Lisa! Now about that white cabley sweater in the picture . . .

  2. I have had the opposite reaction to the Fall 2013 issue of Interweave Knits, and I didn’t even know Eunny Jang was not longer the editor. Right now I am glad I did not renew my subscription, but instead opted to buy individual issues for a while. There was not one single pattern in there I would make for myself, though there were pretty things. They all seem designed for super-skinny fashion models, clinging to the body everywhere. Any that did not, I did not find attractive. And there really didn’t seem to be too much variety in the projects, either. As someone who has lost a massive amount of weight, I do not want body-clinging patterns at all. The next time, I will be smart enough to thumb through the issue so I won’t waste what little money I have on a magazine I regret buying.

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Yarn Cozy Knitting Patterns

I’ve been toying with the idea of making a yarn cozy or yarn ball holder on the circular knitting machine, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. In the meantime, here are some yarn cozy knitting patterns you can make with knitting needles. Use yarn to hold you yarn!

In its simplest form, a yarn cozy is just a sleeve or a little basket that holds your yarn when you’re working with a center-pull ball so it doesn’t fall apart when you knit. The easiest ones I could find are from Love in Stitches KN, which has a regular size and a mini size. They’re worked with sock yarn and there are options for making them with ribbing, faux cables and with self-striping yarn.

For bigger cakes there’s a project called We call it the “bail holder” from Nicole LeBlanc. This pattern is available on Ravelry and you can use any yarn and make it any size you like. It features an I-cord edging that has a loop in it so you can thread they yarn through the loop to keep it extra contained as you knit.

Another large one that has a slightly fancier pattern is this one by Mareike Meye. You can use any yarn and any gauge, and slip stitch pattern worked in different colors on the sides makes it a little more fun and uses a bit more stash. A strap buttons across the top to hold the ball in place and you can add a buttonhole to the middle of the strap to thread the yarn through. Check this one out on Ravelry.

Adding lace to a yarn cozy makes it fit a wider variety of balls and expand or shrink a bit as needed. Jennifer Sugarman’s Ball Sack uses sock yarn and is made to hold sock yarn. It has the option of making I-cord or using ribbon or cord you already have to make a drawstring at the top. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

Another lacy option is the yarn ball holder from Frugal Knitting Haus. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has an easy mesh lace pattern and an I-cord drawstring that’s sewn together at the ends so you could loop it over your wrist while you knit if you like. This pattern is also on Ravelry.

Speaking of wrist yarn holders, I also found this one form Knituition. This one uses sport weight yarn and has a spiral rib pattern on the body. The strap is attached to the bag with D-rings, or you could make it a little longer and just sew it into the bag.