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MARTIN STOREY • BRONAGH MISKELLY • VANESSA MOONCIE 2200 fresh designs Summer style A soft and ﬂuffy aran yarn in jewel bright colours Member of the UK Hand Knitting Association For all our latest patterns & yarns visit www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk For your nearest stockist telephone 01484 848435 Welcome It’s summer at last! In the UK schools are On a more serious note, in this issue about to break up and we’re bringing you knitter, Instagrammer and diversity a collection of lovely lacy designs perfect professional Cecilia Nelson-Hurt, who for your holiday knitting. The only thing has been sharing her knowledge and is… you wouldn’t know it from our photo experience of diversity, inclusion and shoot, which took place on a typical British equality across the knitting community, summer-type day – with driving rain and tells us about herself and how we can be a a howling gale. It reminded me of every part of making the crafting world a more summer holiday in Wales I’ve ever had. intentionally inclusive place. And with Nevertheless, the knits look – and are – anxiety, depression and other mental health beautiful, and I hope you’ll find something issues sharply on the rise since the start of you’ll want to cast on. Special favourites are the Covid-19 pandemic, I share the story of Anniken Allis’s Lace Vest, Pat Menchini’s how knitting has helped me keep calm and flowy, drapey Romanza and Jo Allport’s find hope. cleverly constructed Summer Top. Christine By the time you read this you’ll find I’m two steps ahead of you – I’ve been inspired by our Purl About Town Laura Parkinson to cast on Newborn Vertebrae by Kelly van NEXT MONTH: Niekerk for an imminent arrival (read more about it on page 96), and by Sewing Bee Celebrating creativity winner and avid knitter Charlotte Newland Erika Knight • Jacinta Bowie (meet her on page 18) to cast on the Still • Georgia Farrell • Brian Smith • Jo Allport Light Tunic by Veera Välimäki in some of my • Bored Knitless • And much more stash sock yarn – couldn’t resist the pockets. 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FREE delivery on UK orders over £25. £2.95 delivery charge for UK orders under £25. * Discount code not valid on yarn packs, sale items, Scheepjes, Lopi and KC Collection products. NE WS WE CATCH UP ON THE LATEST YARNS WIN CROCHETED CREEPY CRAWLIES Crochet genius Vanessa Mooncie has released her latest collection of woolly wildlife: Crocheted Bees, Bugs and Butterflies. The book, which is published by GMC and retails for £14.99, includes 10 exquisite crochet projects including moths, beetles, butterflies and other insects – and we have five copies to give away! For your chance to win, visit our Competitions page at knittingmag.com. DARN GOOD NEEDLES With the cost of living steeply on the rise, making do and mending is set to become more important than ever YORKSHIRE YARN PROJECT GOES LIVE – and darning needles are essential tools. Clover has a selection of darning Family-run luxury clothing brand our farm-to-yarn project, allowing us to needles and each set comes with a handy Glencroft Countrywear has launched a take fleeces from farms within a five-mile carry case. Rounded tips prevent yarns hand-knitting yarn sourced from within radius and transform them into a truly from splitting. Pure gold plate elliptical five miles of its base in the Yorkshire Dales. unique Yorkshire-made hand-knit yarn.’ eyes make them easy to thread and Clapdale Wool is a DK-weight undyed The fleece was weighed, washed and nickel-plated tips help them glide easily wool sourced from local sheep including scoured in Bradford, carded in Bingley through fabric. Look out for different Dalesbred, Teeswater, Bluefaced Leicester and spun into 100g hanks in Shipley. sized sets of two or three needles, and Texel breeds. Retired knitting shop owner Sandra perfect for mending any type of knitting. The project was part-funded by Oakeshott, formerly of Beckside Yarns the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s & Needlecrafts in Clapham, gave the Sustainability Fund, and the idea behind new yarn a test-drive. She says: ‘When I GIVING BACK it was to help Yorkshire farmers get more heard Glencroft was launching a limited- Knit For Peace continues its good value for their wool. Glencroft owner edition Yorkshire hand-knit yarn, it was work sending out much-needed warm Edward Sexton, who masterminded incredibly exciting and I was delighted clothes and blankets to those in need, the project, says: ‘Too often we hear to be asked to test it. I was pleasantly and yarn to keep people knitting, and of farmers who have to send the wool surprised by its softness and the good there are plenty of ways you can help sheared from their sheep to landfill level of tension. I’ll definitely be getting too – including knitting, sponsoring because there just isn’t any other my hands on some more!’ 100g hanks sacks being sent out, joining Knit for economical use for it. This simply of Clapdale Wool retail for £15.95 and Peace crafting holidays and much more. didn’t seem right. A £5,000 grant from are available from Glencroft’s shop in Find out more at knitforpeace.org.uk. the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s Clapham and from its website, Sustainability Fund helped us kick-start glencroft.co.uk. knittingmag.com NEWS Moonlight Sea Breeze Tutti Fruity Manos del Uruguay COLOURS OF SUMMER A whole range of new colours have been launched to take you to the height of the summer knitting season. Manos del Uruguay has released three new shades of its popular sock yarn Alegria, inspired by spring: Camelot, which blends splashes Undyed Yarn of burnt orange with turquoise, purple, red and pink; Waterlily, which BAMBOO BLEND FOR SUMMER represents lily-covered ponds, and Tikka, which is yellow with green and brown streaks. King Cole has launched Summer 4 Ply, a multi-coloured blend of We are Knitters has launched a selection of colourways for its bamboo, cotton and PBT perfect for summery socks and accessories. 100% Pima cotton The Cotton: pastel blends Yarnicorn, Sprinkle The yarn is made up of 55% bamboo, 37% cotton and 8% PBT, part Beige and Marshmallow and on-trend solid shades Sunrise and of the polyester family. It comes in 100g balls of 450m and knits up Spotted Dark Grey. on 3.25mm needles to a tension of 30 stitches and 36 rows to 10cm. Stylecraft has boosted its baby yarn ranges with four new sprinkle Summer 4 Ply is available in nine variegated shades and King Cole pastel shades in its Bambino Prints DK yarn and two additions to its has released a range of patterns to go with it, including garments self-striping, rainbow-inspired Wondersoft Merry Go Round. and accessories for women and girls. King Cole has also released an undyed Merino blend for knitters who want to dye their own colours this summer. The 100% wool We are Knitters yarn is available in 4 ply and DK weights, with 4 ply coming in 200g hanks of 900m and DK in 250g hanks of 520m. AUTUMN LOVE FOR FOR LOCAL YARN SHOPS UK Hand Knitting has launched Yarnstravaganza, a celebration of independent bricks-and-mortar yarn shops around the country. From September 17-24, the body will run a nationwide campaign encouraging crafters to visit and enjoy their local yarn shops. A team member says: ‘We all love to visit a yarn shop for advice, to squidge some yarn or simply to be with likeminded people. Where would we be without them? UK Hand Knitting is calling on all crafters to show their love this autumn.’ Retailers will run special events with goodies, limited edition Stylecraft commemorative project bags and enamel pins up for grabs. Find your closest participating shop at ukhandknitting.com. 6 NEWS BROOKLYN TWEED’S ‘PAINTERLY HEATHERS’ US yarn brand Brooklyn Tweed has other. It comes in 50g hanks of 95m. launched Imbue, a 5-ply worsted-weight The yarn is backed with a range of yarn with colourful tweedy neps that has patterns for knitters of all skill levels, with been sourced, spun and dyed in the US. designers including company founder The yarn is made from American Merino Jared Flood, Vogue Knitting editor Norah wool and is perfect for colourwork, crisp Gaughan and Emily Greene. cables, garments and accessories. Each Portland, Oregon-based Brooklyn Tweed colourway is blended from an assortment of develops and manufactures breed-specific HAPPY FEET FOR WYS fleece dyed in solid colours, creating complex yarns designed to boost the American fibre West Yorkshire Spinners has added eight shades the company describes as ‘painterly supply chain and highlight unique stories bold and bright new shades to its popular heathers’, which harmonise well with each behind each yarn. sock yarn, Signature 4 Ply. Rouge, Fuchsia, Amber, Sunflower, Amethyst, Cobalt, Spruce and Pacific make up a whole rainbow of colours, and the Yorkshire-based spinner has released four new sock designs by acclaimed designer Christine Perry, also known as Winwick Mum, to show them off, called Happy Feet. Christine says: ‘Colour is such a big part of our lives. It describes our mood and allows us to express ourselves in unique and exciting ways. With this sock collection I’ve celebrated the vibrant shades of Signature 4 Ply and CROCHET IN MINIATURE created an explosion of colour. These four fun designs are sure to brighten up your sock Rico has released a collection of miniature drawer. There’s a colour for every occasion crochet designs called Tiny Heartbreakers. and a colour scheme to suit everyone.’ The patterns are all made in its Rico Essentials Crochet thread in double crochet, and they make perfect earrings, pendants, brooches and lucky charms. There are fresh vegetables, spring flowers, cuddly animals and sweet fruits to choose from, and they could be ornaments or tiny toys as well as jewellery and accessories. Rico Essentials Crochet comes in 50g balls of 260m and is worked using a 1.75-2mm hook. Tiny Heartbreakers is available from local yarn shops and online. knittingmag.com 7 What’s On JULY theme is Welsh Myths and Legends, and having missed 30-31 SUMMER WOOL 2020 and 2021, organisers FESTIVAL are planning lots of new and The Summer Wool Festival exciting things. is taking place at Redbourne llandoverysheepfestival.co.uk School in Bedford and will 24–25 MASHAM SHEEP celebrate the most fabulous FAIR fibre and yarn in the east of CASH BOOST FOR YOUNG England. This is a brand-new Masham boasts one of the KNITTING ENTREPRENEUR show picking up from where largest and finest market Fibre East left off... squares in England, famous for A young Scottish entrepreneur has been awarded £50,000 to summerwoolfestival.co.uk its sheep sales – in the past, as grow her knitting business. Twenty-six-year-old Lucy Fisher many as 70,000 sheep were sold SEPTEMBER from Aberdeen was one of 19 young business people awarded each year! Get yourself up to a second round of funding by national innovation agency the Yorkshire Dales for some 3-4 SOUTHERN WOOL Innovate UK, as part of its Next Step Awards. sheepy fun and entertainment! SHOW Lucy created Knit It, a business that allows people to turn mashamsheepfair.com their photographs into knitted items. She aims to make knitting Head down to Newbury 24-25 YARNDALE accessible to all through her online platform and inspire Racecourse for the Southern younger generations to pick up their needles. Wool Show – a fun-packed Visit Skipton Auction Mart She says: ‘I started Knit It because I wanted to revolutionise festival of woolly goodies. for this creative festival the knitting industry and inspire a new generation to take up There will be a range of guilds celebrating all things woolly the craft. At the beginning, I could not have imagined that, and associations to offer advice and wonderful, and hosting an right now, I would have secured funding to take my business and demonstrate crafts you may impressive selection of talented forwards, have support from household names and avid knitters have not seen before. Tickets go and passionate exhibitors. like Tom Daley and be on the lookout for collaborators and on sale this month. yarndale.co.uk partners to make this happen big time! I’m so proud to have southernwoolshow.co.uk 24-2 OCTOBER been selected for Innovate UK’s Young Innovators Next Steps 9-10 UNRAVEL CASTING ON SHETLAND Award and excited for the future!’ WOOL WEEK Other winners include 26-year-old Kate Walker from Fancy a celebration of all Loughborough, who has designed a prosthetic that can actually things yarn and making? At the With Covid in mind, Shetland grow with children, and 29-year-old Anna Watkins from core of Unravel is the curated Wool Week is appearing under Penrith, who has used seaweed slime to create a sustainable, marketplace which showcases a temporary new name this vegan and 100% biobased alternative to leather and plastic. independent producers, well- year to show that the event will Innovate UK’s head of equality, diversity and inclusion Emily established makers and first- be a little different from those Nott says: ‘It’s one thing to have a business idea and – as so time yarn show exhibitors from in the past, in order to ensure many aspiring entrepreneurs would attest – quite another to around the UK, and this event the safety of the small island make it a reality. These innovative young people have worked also features the brilliant yarny community. But there will still relentlessly to realise their ambitions.' The body is calling on theatre performance She Seeks be plenty to do, such as tours, up-and-coming young entrepreneurs to apply to its 2022-23 Out Wool. talks and textile drop-ins. Young Innovators Award. Up to 100 successful applicants will farnhammaltings.com shetlandwoolweek.com be supported for 12 months – find out more at ktn-uk.org/ programme/young-innovators-22-23-registration. 10-11 PERTH FESTIVAL OCTOBER OF YARN 8-9 WOOLLY WEEKEND KNITTING WITH UNICORNS Bringing together independent yarn dyers, wool farmers, Expect a whirlwind of activities Needle brand Addi has created a circular needle smallholders and fibre crafters, for all the family at Woolly range inspired by unicorns. the award-nominated Perth Weekend 2022! 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