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KnitScene.

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The Fall issue of KnitScene is here, with more fodder for our cold-weather daydreams.

This issue offers sweaters, shawls, and accessories, one of which stood out to me in particular. These cabled fingerless mitts are made out of Zitron Kimono, a sport-weight blend of merino wool and silk that we happen to stock at the shop.

Come by the shop to snag this latest issue of KnitScene, and at 15% off during July, no less. See you soon!

KnitScene Accessories.

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A special issue of KnitScene has arrived at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop.

KnitScene Accessories is filled to the brim with patterns for cowls, mitts, hats, socks, and shawls.

Several techniques are featured as well, and explained in a friendly way. If you’ve never done colorwork before, or worked a pattern with intentionally dropped stitches, there’s enough information in these tutorials to get you through a project with these techniques.

In fact, a small project like a hat or a pair of fingerless mitts is the perfect place to learn a new technique. Short and sweet, then onto the next thing. Little projects with little challenges like these keep me motivated between (and sometimes during) bigger, more involved projects.

Come by the shop to take a closer look!

KnitScene.

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This week brought the always-popular Knitscene magazine back to the Hillsborough Yarn Shop.

I noticed a preponderance of knitted tops in the Summer 2012 issue of Knitscene. If you’re looking for lightweight tees, tanks, camisoles to knit, there are many to choose from in this issue, along with a few shawls and a skirt.

Find it on the teacart, surrounded as always by the newest books and magazines. See you at the shop!

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Fall is just starting to feel like fall, and now this: the Winter 2011 issue of KnitScene. Come on, cold weather, catch up with the knitting magazines!

Find it where the newest magazines are always found, on the teacart.

The Best of KnitScene.

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Another new title from Interweave has found its way to the teacart.



The Best of KnitScene is a collection of patterns from KnitScene magazine, as its title makes evident, but it has a lot of other information as well. A friendly introduction to the world of knitting from patterns, this book offers short, clear explanations of a variety of knitting techniques that could otherwise appear intimidating, such as fair-isle, cables, and lace. 
It’s primarily a collection of sweaters, but there are some socks in there, too, along with hats and other accessories. 

The Best of KnitScene would make a nice gift for an adventurous intermediate knitter who has advanced past the obligatory scarf, hat, and fingerless mitts, and is ready for the next step up. Some patterns would be a piece of cake for such a knitter, while others would be an exciting challenge, making this one book a collection to keep said knitter busy for quite some time. Come by the shop to flip through it and see what you think.

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Another new Fall issue has found its way to the shop, incongrous though it may seem in mid-July:

The Fall issue of KnitScene is particularly conducive to sweater-weather fantasies. To this issue, popular knitwear designer and blogger Amy Herzog has contributed an article on modifying patterns to suit your individual shape, along with a handful of great sweater patterns. Upon thumbing through the magazine, I quickly settled on a favorite: the Pinstripe Pullover, knit in Berroco’s Ultra Alpaca, a Hillsborough Yarn Shop staple.

Pretty, no? It has me daydreaming of color combinations, which is a day-long daydream with Ultra Alpaca. So many choices!

Come by the shop to see the latest KnitScene and start your fall sweater-knitting daydreams early. Remember: all of our yarn is 15% off during the month of July, except that which is already discounted! See you at the shop.