The Summer 2017 issue of Knitscene has arrived! This issue features lively warm-weather garments and accessories: tanks and tees, shawls and cowls, even a pair of knit shorts. This striped “Crossover Tank” is shown in Cascade Ultra Pima, a machine-washable dk weight cotton. “Joni’s Lacy Cowl” calls for one of our favorite spring and summer yarns, … [more]
A new publication has found a home here at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop – we’re proud to stock By Hand. By Hand is a series of lookbooks, a magazine of sorts, where each issue focuses on a place or region. The subject matter is the makers of that community, the designers, hand-dyers, yarn and fabric … [more]
The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of knit.wear is here! This stylish magazine from Interweave is notably garment-oriented, a publication with more sweater patterns than accessories. So many of our favorite yarns are represented in this issue – Fibre Company Acadia and Arranmore, Brooklyn Tweed Loft, Shibui Twig, and more. Come by the shop to pick up … [more]
The latest issue of Handwoven magazine is here! This issue focuses on Scandinavian weaving traditions and design. As ever, Handwoven offers a mix of articles and projects for a variety of looms, from rigid heddle looms like our Schacht Cricket to 8 shaft floor looms. Come by the shop to pick up a copy of Handwoven and … [more]
The Spring 2017 issue of Pom Pom Quarterly is here! Every issue of Pom Pom is beautifully produced by people that clearly understand the appeal of the magazine as physical object. The paper is soft, sturdy, and matte, the photographs beautifully-taken, the patterns compelling. Pom Pom Quarterly is for knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, sewists, and cooks, too … [more]
The latest issue of Vogue Knitting is here! Let’s take a peek. Themes of this issue include cables, marled yarn, and Canada. Holding two strands of yarn together as you knit opens up color-blending possibilities that really change the look of the yarn at hand. Case in point: the marled hoodie above is knit with … [more]
The Spring 2017 issue of Interweave Knits is here! This issue is crowded with cozy, classic-looking sweaters for men and women alike. This one was knit in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter, a worsted weight, woolen-spun Targhee-Columbia wool. Another favorite yarn appears in this issue, too: Fibre Company Arranmore, a bulky tweed with a rustic look and … [more]
The Spring 2017 issue of Knitscene arrived over the weekend, an unseasonable but not unwelcome new magazine full of tempting patterns and useful tutorials. Knitscene features a couple of articles on technique in each issue, but this one I think will prove especially essential reading: a pattern-reading tutorial on how to manage the sometimes befuddling … [more]
The Winter 2016/2017 issue of Vogue Knitting is here! This issue focuses on surface design and embellishment, from colorful cables to reversible brioche to graphic fair-isle and intarsia. I’m always curious to see what technique or idea Meg Swansen writes about in her column for Vogue; this time it’s all about neck treatments for sweaters, … [more]
It’s been a busy month or so for new publications here at the shop. In fact, some of our newest books and magazines come and go quickly after an Instagram introduction, not even lasting long enough on our shelves to warrant a blog post. For today, I’ll shine a light on the two latest crochet … [more]