Row@n September 2016 eNewsletter
This month, we bring you news of a fabulous new Blanket Club from Marie Wallin, a round up from Ravelry and news from the Kaffe Fassett Studio. We also look at a selection of the best autumnal colours in the Rowan range and hear from the winner of our Martin Storey Knit Along Competition from earlier this year. Finally, don’t miss your new free pattern – a stunningly elegant scarf pattern by Sarah Hatton in Kidsilk Haze.
This month, we bring you news of a fabulous new Blanket Club from Marie Wallin, a round up from Ravelry and news from the Kaffe Fassett Studio. We also look at a selection of the best autumnal colours in the Rowan range and hear from the winner of our Martin Storey Knit Along Competition from earlier this year.
Finally, don’t miss your new free pattern – a stunningly elegant scarf pattern by Sarah Hatton in Kidsilk Haze.
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Welcome Letter 4<br />
Monthly Free Pattern 5<br />
Marie Wallin Fairisle Club 6<br />
ROWAN in the U.S.A 8<br />
Autumn Colours 11<br />
Martin Storey Knit Along <strong>2016</strong> Winner 12<br />
What’s New From Kaffe Fassett Studio 14<br />
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Prospero<br />
by Lisa Richardson<br />
using Alpaca Merino DK<br />
Umbra<br />
by Martin Storey<br />
using Hemp Tweed<br />
Knitting & Crochet Magazine 60<br />
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Hello and welcome to the <strong>September</strong><br />
<strong>eNewsletter</strong>!<br />
As we start to approach autumn here in Yorkshire, we are beginning to turn our<br />
attention towards cooler days and chunky wools! We are also looking forward to<br />
exhibiting at the Knitting & Stitching Show at Ally Pally next month and hope to see<br />
some of you there.<br />
To turn our attention back to the present, however, this month, we take a whistlestop<br />
tour of our pick of indie designs on Ravelry at the moment and catch up with the<br />
winner of our Martin Storey Knit Along competition earlier this year.<br />
Finally, we bring you news of Marie Wallin’s latest blanket club and, of course, we<br />
have an exclusive free pattern for you – this month’s design is Capitola, an elegant<br />
scarf in Kidsilk Haze.<br />
We hope you enjoy your new issue!<br />
The Rowan team<br />
Front Cover:<br />
Fell<br />
by Martin Storey<br />
Hemp Tweed Chunky<br />
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Capitola<br />
by Sarah Hatton<br />
Kidsilk Haze<br />
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Marie Wallin<br />
Fairisle Club<br />
FAIRISLE CLUB 2 – booking from 1st<br />
<strong>September</strong>.<br />
The FAIRISLE CLUB is a fun, limited<br />
edition, knitalong improving your fairisle<br />
technique, whilst creating a beautiful<br />
blanket.<br />
ABOUT<br />
This new blanket is inspired by Nordic<br />
and Scandinavian fairisle design and<br />
the whole blanket uses just 11 colours<br />
of Rowan Felted Tweed. The blanket is<br />
made up of 10 sections, each worked<br />
off the other except for sections 1 and<br />
2. These are knitted separately and<br />
are sewn together and then section 3<br />
is knitted off the joined sections. This<br />
means that the only sewing up is this<br />
seam between sections 1 and 2.<br />
Being Nordic inspired, the fairisle patterns<br />
are more graphic and are combined with<br />
the contrasting colours that make this<br />
blanket easier to knit than the Fairisle<br />
Club 1 blanket as the repeats are easier<br />
to follow.<br />
The photographs show the finished<br />
blanket with close ups of some of the<br />
sections.<br />
DETAILS<br />
Booking will be live on the website and<br />
shop from the 1st <strong>September</strong> and the<br />
club will be limited to 500 members<br />
only. The knitalong will start<br />
on the 1st November and will run for 10<br />
months.<br />
The club will be offered in 2 versions:<br />
Email membership and printed<br />
membership and the prices are as<br />
follows:<br />
Email membership will be £105 plus<br />
shipping<br />
Printed membership will be £120 plus<br />
shipping<br />
These prices include 10 exclusive<br />
fairisle patterns (by email or by printed<br />
copy), a Fairisle Club 2 portfolio folder (to<br />
keep all the patterns in), a Fairisle Club<br />
2 project bag and ‘How To’ booklet.<br />
YARN<br />
The blanket uses the following Rowan<br />
Felted Tweed colours:<br />
Carbon 159, Stone 190, Ancient 172,<br />
Phantom 153, Camel 157, *Barn Red<br />
196, Celadon 184, Avocado 161, Ginger<br />
164, Cinnamon 175, *Boulder 195<br />
* New colours for the season.<br />
FINISHED SIZE<br />
The blanket will approximately measure<br />
145cm wide x 160cm long.<br />
To find out more information about<br />
FAIRISLE CLUB 2 and to book go to:<br />
MARIE WALLIN<br />
.COM<br />
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ROWANin the U.S.A<br />
by Linda Pratt<br />
What’s in Vogue<br />
Fall <strong>2016</strong> is off to<br />
a great start for<br />
Rowan with two<br />
fairisle editorials<br />
in the new issue<br />
of Vogue Knitting<br />
(published as<br />
Designer Knitting<br />
in the UK). On the<br />
cover of the North<br />
American edition is designer Mary Jane<br />
Mucklestone’s super-cute fairisle hat<br />
in five shades of Rowan Felted Tweed.<br />
Vogue Knitting will also feature this<br />
hat as part of a Fairisle KAL starting on<br />
<strong>September</strong> 6 th , ending with a display of<br />
the finished hats from attendees of their<br />
VK Live show in Minneapolis in early<br />
November.<br />
Never outdone, Rowan designer Marie<br />
Wallin exclusively created Ruana for the<br />
fall issue of Vogue Knitting using nine<br />
vivid colors in Rowan Felted Tweed.<br />
This is a project that is sure to take the<br />
knitter into those wintery nights and will<br />
be beautiful to wear when finished.<br />
Lastly, Rowan is again featured on the<br />
back cover advertisement, this time with<br />
a classic garter ridge scarf in Big Wool.<br />
The pattern for this super-simple, perfect<br />
gift or beginner project can also be found<br />
in the pages of the Fall issue.<br />
Rowan’s Top Sellers on Ravelry<br />
Rowan has had an active Ravelry pattern<br />
shop since the spring of 2014. With well<br />
over 300 patterns available for download,<br />
there is a project for everyone in their<br />
favorite Rowan yarns.<br />
We’ve checked the stats, and here are<br />
our top five designs:<br />
#1 Windy Scarf – Featured on the cover<br />
of Rowan Magazine 58, this amazing<br />
scarf by Martin Storey, knit in Rowan<br />
Pure Wool Worsted, features two shades<br />
of gray entwined in a striped garter stitch<br />
with a lattice cable overlay.<br />
#2 The perfect go-to sweater that knits<br />
up quickly, Sarah Hatton’s His & Hers<br />
Sweater is perfectly worked in Rowan<br />
Cocoon. Great for beginners and<br />
experienced knitters alike, this oversized<br />
pullover features dropped shoulders and<br />
short mock T-neck.<br />
#3 Mayvala by Valerie Lenton is a<br />
beautiful lace design in Rowan Kidsilk<br />
Haze. Its overall diamond lace pattern<br />
is joined at the front with delicate knitted<br />
“fingers” that are woven together to form<br />
a square.<br />
#4 Maple, by Marie Wallin, from Magazine<br />
50 is a beautiful floral cardigan worked in<br />
fairisle. It’s a perfect treasure to knit.<br />
#5 Lidiya Scarf, by Kaffe Fassett.<br />
Originally from Magazine 48, this small<br />
motif, striped fairisle scarf, knit in Rowan<br />
Felted Tweed, is a wonderful somewhat<br />
portable project that keeps your interest<br />
until finished.<br />
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Independent Designers Create with Rowan Yarns<br />
Ravelry is an amazing source of patterns and<br />
information for knitting and crochet with Rowan Yarns.<br />
Here are four independent designers whose work,<br />
shown on their Ravelry home pages, feature Rowan<br />
Yarns. Each are available for sale on the site.<br />
Aedin, by Paula P. Designs features an easy, modern<br />
twist on a simple lace and cable pullover, with bottomup<br />
construction, then knitting in the round at the yoke,<br />
raglan sleeve shaping and a jewel neck to finish.<br />
Designed in Rowan Kid Classic and sized from 32”<br />
(92 cm) to 54” (135 cm), Aedin would be a fabulous<br />
addition to any sweater wardrobe.<br />
Nancy Hinsch designed Mahina as part of the <strong>2016</strong><br />
Gift-A-Long for the Knitting Bee in Beaverton, Oregon.<br />
Using one strand of Kidsilk Haze and a coordinating<br />
shade of Rowan Super Fine Merino 4 Ply, the color<br />
options are limitless. Worked on size 6.5mm (US 10.5)<br />
needles, this soft and luxurious cowl will be finished<br />
quickly for upcoming holiday gift-giving!<br />
Anna Nikipirowicz’s Laurel Shawl, knit in Rowan<br />
Kidsilk Haze, was originally published as part of her<br />
Autumn mini-collection. A beautiful burst of leafy<br />
lace petals border this four-ball, stockinette stitch,<br />
triangular-shaped shawl – measuring 134 cm (54”)<br />
x60cm (24”) long. Let your colour style be your guide<br />
– enjoy imagining a rainbow of colors from the palette<br />
of Kidsilk Haze.<br />
Rowan Ambassador, blogger and designer Kristen<br />
Rettig fell in love with a baby sweater that she saw.<br />
Knit by the baby’s great-grandmother, the pattern was<br />
no longer available. Kristen was inspired to create her<br />
own version of the sweater, Gingersnap, in Rowan<br />
Pure Wool Worsted yarn. It would also be great in<br />
Rowan Handknit Cotton. Kristin blogged about the<br />
process in her blog, Knitionary, and offers it for free<br />
on Ravelry.<br />
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Autumn Colours<br />
As we move towards pumpkins, warm jackets and fading evenings, we take a look<br />
at the best autumnal colours in the Rowan range, from warm rust through to rich<br />
oranges and yellow.<br />
Yoke 078<br />
Big Wool<br />
Quarry Tile 818<br />
Cocoon<br />
Ginger 154<br />
Felted Tweed<br />
Cumin 193<br />
Felted Tweed<br />
Oakham 102 Alpaca<br />
Merino DK<br />
Kelp 142<br />
Hemp Tweed<br />
Carnelian 111<br />
Pure Wool<br />
Superwash DK<br />
Rust 106<br />
Pure Wool<br />
Superwash<br />
Worsted<br />
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Martin Storey Knit Along<br />
Competition <strong>2016</strong><br />
– We Catch Up With Winner<br />
Karen Shackleton<br />
“I decided to join in with this<br />
KAL when I received an<br />
email from Knitrowan and<br />
thought it would be a nice<br />
idea to knit something other<br />
than clothes. I had knitted<br />
animals for my great nieces<br />
and snowmen for Christmas<br />
but I really did like the idea of<br />
this blanket. I didn’t actually<br />
“knit along” because I had a<br />
baby shawl to complete first.<br />
My husband and I had<br />
recently been to Marrakech<br />
and so when I saw the spice<br />
colour way I knew it was<br />
the one for me and it also<br />
complements the colours in<br />
our conservatory.<br />
I really enjoyed knitting<br />
all the squares but I think<br />
my favourite was the “slip<br />
stitch tweed square” (stage<br />
6) because this was a new<br />
technique for me and I really<br />
like the effect.<br />
I have been knitting all of<br />
my life (or it feels like it!).<br />
My mum taught me to knit<br />
when I was probably about<br />
4 years old and it is a hobby<br />
I really enjoy. My mum is still<br />
knitting and she is now 89<br />
years old!!<br />
At the moment I don’t have<br />
any knitting on the go. At the<br />
beginning of this year I learnt<br />
to crochet so I am in the<br />
middle of a CAL blanket and<br />
really enjoying it although<br />
I’m not finding it as easy as<br />
my knitting.<br />
The thing I enjoyed the<br />
most about the KAL was<br />
the surprise of each<br />
square being revealed and<br />
then learning some new<br />
techniques such as the<br />
heart square where beads<br />
were used because I haven’t<br />
knitted with beads before.<br />
Thank you so much for<br />
the really lovely wool and<br />
knitting patterns you sent<br />
to me for my prize and I will<br />
really enjoy knitting with the<br />
wool.”<br />
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What’s New From<br />
The Kaffe Fassett Studio<br />
We wanted to bring you up to date with all the busy happenings at the Kaffe Fassett Studio this<br />
year, with Kaffe and Brandon set to host classes at both Lady Sew and Sew and Black Sheep<br />
Wools next month, whilst currently in the USA for a six week back-to-back quilting workshop<br />
tour!<br />
The tour includes thirteen quilting workshops and runs until November 4 th and features lectures<br />
and workshops by the famous designers. Visit www.kaffefassettstudio.com for all the details.<br />
Meanwhile, Brandon will host a knitting workshop at Lady Sew and Sew on November 15 th .<br />
Concentrating on Colour, Brandon Mably<br />
Tuesday, 15 Nov. Knitting Workshop,10am – 4pm<br />
Skill level: All levels<br />
Each workshop is limited to 25 students.<br />
Enjoy a one day creative knitting workshop with Brandon Mably from the Kaffe Fassett Design<br />
Studio. This workshop is for knitters who are interested in sharpening their colour observation<br />
in design.<br />
Participants should know how to knit and purl – only the basic stocking stitch will be used in<br />
the workshop.<br />
This course inspires knitters to sharpen their observation of colour by working with a range of<br />
light and dark colours in contrasting tones.<br />
The experience gained should give knitters the confidence to use their own personal colour<br />
scheme in any of their own designs in the future.<br />
Brandon will give an introduction to the Persian Poppy design, and<br />
then students will work from a basic given graph which he will provide.<br />
Brandon will demonstrate the method of carrying yarn in fairisle and intarsia knitting<br />
and then work with students as they apply the technique to their own knitting.<br />
Attention will be paid to colour, texture, pattern and everyone will work on a swatch using at<br />
least 12 colours. Only the basic stocking stitch will be used.<br />
Brandon will critique everyone’s work in the afternoon, in a very positive way!<br />
BLACK SHEEP<br />
WOOLS<br />
LADY SEW<br />
& SEW<br />
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Roding<br />
by Sarah Hatton<br />
using Softest Merino Wool