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Wool People Winter 2015

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Wool People Winter 2015 is full of warmth and texture.The latest collection from Brooklyn Tweed was recently released, and if you’re into knitting cozy sweaters and other projects full of texture, you need to check it out.

Norah Gaughan fans will also want to pay the lookbook a visit, because she’s now a member of the in-house design team and this time around offers three gorgeous, classic Gaughan designs.

Some of my favorites include Julie Hoover’s Sanford, a vest worked with a textured chevron pattern; the super-long and cozy Emerson cardigan by Véronik Avery, which I can tell you I would absolutely live in during the winter; Hoover’s Keaton (it’s there on the cover), a woven stitch turtleneck that would be perfection with a wool skirt; Jared Flood’s dramatic Carpeaux jacket, worked with deep collars in ribbing and cables; and Michelle Wang’s Shui-mo, a drapey ombre cardigan worked side to side.

If you’re a fan of art you’ll also want to check this one out, as it details a trip the staff took to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where they snapped pictures to serve as inspiration for knits. I want to do this at my local museum!

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

[Photo via Brooklyn Tweed.]

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  1. There’s a lot of beautiful designs in this pattern book. I especially like the Marshall sweater/jacket by Norah Gaughan. I can’t believe that it is knit in fingering weight! It looks so much heavier. Thanks for sharing the link to this lookbook!!

Have you read?

Knit a Blanket with the Texture of a Ceiling

Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal. 

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles. 

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges. 

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to. 

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho. 

[Photo: Purl Soho]