From Pom Pom:
Let's spring into Issue 36! Our first issue of 2021 is inspired by quilts and honours the resourcefulness, practicality, community, and design elements traditionally associated with this textile-based practice! Expect patterns which embrace improvisation, are the perfect home for treasured mini skeins (hello scrap-busting!), and mimic the comfort of a much-loved quilt. Crafts collide within our Spring 2021 collection, as we celebrate how patchwork, embroidery, and sewing are an important part of knitting and crochet as well as arts in their own rights.
Featuring designs by: AMALIA SIEBER // KINDRED RED // AINUR BERKIMBAYEVA // CHANTAL LAPLANTE // GINA FAMA RÖCKENWAGNER // INYOUNG KIM // JULIE ROBINSON // MARIA MATVEEVA // WENCKE PERTERMANN
In addition to 9 unique designs, Issue 36 contains an interview between Sara Trail of the Social Justice Sewing Academy and Emi Ito, in which they talk about Sara's moving intergenerational memorial quilting project, and an article by Sofia Aatkar on crafting and identity expression. It's no secret that the Pom Team adore the colours pink and yellow, so when Gina Fama Röckenwager proposed her Battenberg recipe for inclusion within Issue 36, we jumped at the idea!
Printed in the UK on lovely heavy paper.
Being a quilter as well as a knitter, I was very excited to come upon this issue. And the cover photo really grabbed me. I immediately began investigating my stash and gathered supplies to make the cover kimono in cotton and in wool. The rest of the photos are beautiful too, but I'm saving them for inspiration after I finish the two 'Lucky Pieces' that have jumped to the head of the queue!
Being a quilter as well as a knitter, I was very excited to come upon this issue. And the cover photo really grabbed me. I immediately began investigating my stash and gathered supplies to make the cover kimono in cotton and in wool. The rest of the photos are beautiful too, but I'm saving them for inspiration after I finish the two 'Lucky Pieces' that have jumped to the head of the queue!
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I’ve recently knit a cardigan using Fivel and have just bought another sweater’s worth of it. I found that it knit up beautifully, with plenty of stitch definition. Ravelry calls it a worsted weight, but it’s got 100 meters or 220 yards/50 grams, which I’d called a heavy DK, similar in weight to a Cascade 220—although frankly Fivel is much nicer.
Yes, it’s true. After I knit a cardigan from this book, I somehow lost my copy. But I love the patterns in it and knew I wanted to knit more of them, so I actually bought another copy. The book is in English and easy to follow. The patterns use Rauma’s Fivel yarn—another plus since it’s lovely yarn and comes in many of my favorite Rauma colors—but a heavy DK or a worsted weight could be substituted if you’d like.
While I am finishing up my Vanilla sweater I want to use the designs on a pair of wide leg jeans. Back in my Hippie days we would embroider on jeans and chambray shirts. I can picture using a couple of the designs up the leg of my jeans. 😊 Thanks Woolly Thistle for carrying such interesting books.