Fall Knitting Magazines: Vogue and Interweave

The fall Vogue Knitting and Interweave Knits arrived a while ago and I have been taking my time looking at them and making up my mind.  Both magazines had designs that intrigued me at first glance, but which didn't measure up the more I looked at them.

The scoop pullover, shown here, was the first thing that caught my eye in the Interweave knits and it is still my favorite design from this issue.  It is quite likely that I have a suitable worsted wool in my stash.  I can get the Blue Sky Alpaca yarn easily, but as I said, I am confident there is something here that will work well, and I am not convinced that I really want this sweater in an alpaca blend.  It seems that there is a lot of alpaca yarn running round right now and I seem to have ended up with quite a few alpaca blend sweaters, soft and light yes, but sometimes too warm, even as my system is cooling down again.

I also like this little top, called the Slanting Gretel Tee.  Wool shells have always been one of those things that I tell myself I should knit more of, because I actually do wear them in the winter, under jackets, and sometimes layered, as shown here with turtlenecks.  This looks like a good versatile piece and a fun knit as well.

There are other interesting patterns here, some socks, a cute hat or two, but nothing that really speaks to me.  Well, the socks perhaps, but really I am so content with simple self-striping socks. When I knit my first pair of socks I probably said I never wear socks and although that may have been true at the time it has not held up as I do find myself wearing socks now, just as I find myself living in jeans although a few years ago I didn't own a single pair.

Never say never, I suppose.

As for the Vogue Knitting.  It too has two patterns I am interested in knitting.

This fabulous cable cardigan is classic but with just enough interest due to the horizontal cables at the wrist and hip.  This should be fun to knit and wear.  Since the original is knit in one of my favorite yarns, Filatura di Crosa's Zara, I will probably even use the recommended yarn for this.  Hmm, I have some Zara.  I wonder what I originally planned on doing with it.

The other sweater that caught my eye is this sweater with the open work pattern at the neckline, creating a jewelry effect that is quite lovely.  The sweater itself is quite simple and I would think it would look best in a yarn with a nice drape, which is perfect as the original is knit in bamboo.  I haven't used that particular yarn, but I've knit with enough bamboo to think this simple shape would be perfect in that fiber.

Comments

[Tiffany]

I quite like the top one, but I'm not sure that sleeve length would be the best for me - I think elbow length might be more flattering ... I like the others, and I'm tempted to buy the mags, even though Northern Hemisphere seasons are the opposite of ours.

[K-Line]

The red is my fave - the one at the bottom doesn't do it for me, though the yarn looks lovely. How long have you been knitting, M? What a tremendous skill - you do it all: gardening, knitting, sewing, cooking! Wow. How accomplished.