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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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Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork. 

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn. 

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look. 

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me. 

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. 

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.