Interweave Knits 2000 Spring.pdf

Winter Into Spring:

Color, Color Everywhere!

Span the Seasons with

I RRESISTIBLE

S WEATERS and

A CCESSORIES

for Children

and Adults

Expert Techniques for Embroidering on Handknits

Meet Norwegian Designer Solveig Hisdal

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C ONTENTS

SPRING 2000, VOLUME V, NUMBER 1

Remembering Elizabeth Linda Ligon

Interweave’s founder recalls a day spent with Elizabeth Zimmermann.

Solveig Hisdal: Norway’s Newest Knitting Star Judith Dern

Melding fashion, art, and Nordic tradition to create beautiful modern sweaters.

14 Nordic Floral Complement Solveig Hisdal

Two complementary sweaters to wear together or apart.

20 The Perfect Poncho-Wrap & Acorn Cap Muench Yarns

A wear-everywhere combo—inspired by the ’70s and updated for the new millennium.

22 Breezy Sleeveless Swing Norah Gaughan

A-line shaping and a handkerchief hem give this sleeveless tank youthful swing.

26 The Very Thought of Him Kathy Zimmerman

The memory of a burgeoning love affair transformed into a ribbed cardigan.

Demystifying Chenille: A Guide to a Complex Yarn

NORDIC FLORAL COMPLEMENT

Robin Russo

A must-have introduction to quirky but irresistible poor man’s velvet.

Double-Crossing Diamond Duet Tara Jon Manning

An Aran-patterned baby blanket and toddler sweater in plush and cozy chenille.

Darling Spring Coat Noriko Sekiguchi

Japanese mums float on a kimono-inspired chenille coat for your favorite little girl.

A Scarf of Your Very Own Ann Budd

Welcome springtime with a bright lace scarf—a super project for novice designers!

Floral Silk Purse Pam Allen

A very pretty envelope purse for a very special occasion—an heirloom, for sure.

Fairy Tale Scarf Sarah Swett

A bleeding-heart lace pattern goes on and on in this trailing scarf fit for a fairy tale.

Uninvited Insects Lori Gayle

A commonsense guide to identifying, treating, and preventing insect infestations.

Wild Western Two-Step Nicky Epstein

A cardigan and a cropped, sleeveless turtleneck with motifs from the American West.

Elegant Diagonals Mari Lynn Patrick

Pure elegance defined with an intermingling of vertical and diagonal ribs.

THE VERY THOUGHT OF HIM

Beaded Butterfly-Stitch Tote Sheila Meyer

Linen yarn and recycled glass beads make a casual tote sturdy and unique.

Mandarin Baby Set Cathy Payson

An Asian-inspired pant-and-cardigan set for the infant with an eastward view.

Sealed with a Stitch Interweave Staff

Greeting cards in the handknit tradition.

D EPARTMENTS

2 Strands

4 Cables

6 News & Views

48 Beyond the Basics

79 Glossary

81 Sources for Supplies/Oops!

91 Advertisers’ Index

92 Ravelings

Pam Allen

Luisa Gelenter

DOUBLE-CROSSING DIAMOND DUET

On the cover: Darling Spring Coat (p. 38) and Perfect Poncho-Wrap & Acorn Cap (p. 20).

S TRAN D S

From the Editor

O VER THE PAST ve years I have

knitters we had met in our travels together,

I also knew that when the conversation be-

came too “knitterly,” he simply tuned out.

But even out-of-tune, he had picked up this

piece of information, this understanding of

the importance of this particular book and

this particular author.

While I was helping Chris put together

Abby’s gift, I learned that Elizabeth Zimmer-

mann had just died at age eighty-nine.

Of course, I felt sadness for her family and

her friends. And then I looked back at her

books and felt a renewed gratitude. Because

Elizabeth shared so generously of her knowl-

edge and herself, new knitters like Abby

(and “old” knitters like me) can still be en-

tertained by her wit, inspired by her wisdom,

and of course, can still learn from her how

to achieve our knitting goals, not because

we know how to read a pattern but because

we truly understand what we are doing with

the needles and yarn in our hands.

On page 5 of this issue, Linda Ligon,

founder of Interweave Press, reminisces

about her experiences with Elizabeth. On

the rest of the pages, you will nd patterns

and articles meant to celebrate the shift

from winter to spring. While we put this

issue together—during the dead of

winter—we were uplifted by the colors of

the projects, many inspired by our fantasies

of the owers that would begin to blossom

around the time you would start flipping

through these pages. The cover sweater,

called Darling Spring Coat, makes me smile

every time I look at it (see the pattern on

page 38). The scarves in A Scarf of Your

Very Own (page 44) are a blatant reaction

to the grayness of winter. A prole of Nor-

wegian designer Solveig Hisdal begins on

page 12, and is followed by patterns for two

of her oral sweaters. The Very Thought of

Him on page 26 has a romantic story behind

it—check it out and see if you can identify.

And the beauty of Elegant Diagonals (page

66) may just trigger a romance itself. I wish

you a springtime full of romance and

inspired knitting.

worked with photographer Chris

Hartlove on two books ( Knitting in

America and Kids Knitting ) and now Inter-

weave Knits (and before that we did an ar-

ticle about a sheep farm together—that’s

how we met). In all these years, he has never

once expressed any interest in learning how

to knit. This has always mystied me. After

meeting, photographing, and sharing meals

and conversation with talented knitters all

over the country, after seeing their work—as

well as some of the most beautiful yarns

available—how could he not want to be a

knitter (or at least cast on and knit a few

rows just for the experience)?

Despite this one mystery, Chris is a great

person to work with and does respect what

knitters do. So, when his new wife, Abby,

decided she wanted to knit, he asked me to

help him put together a knitting-themed gift

basket for her. We talked about it briefly

during the photo shoot for this issue, then

after we had said good-bye, while he was on

his way to his car, he turned back to me and

said, “Of course, we have to include Knitting

Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann.” I

was taken aback, not because he thought

the book was an important part of the gift—

that goes without saying—but because he

remembered Elizabeth and the name of her

landmark book. Although I knew he had

enjoyed spending time with many of the

In The Next Issue Of

Interweave

KNITS

Handknits to Wear and

Work on While Traveling

Meet Kaethe Kliot of LACIS

Knitting with Ribbon

Melanie Falick

EDITORIAL

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Melanie Falick MANAGING EDITOR Ann Budd TECHNICAL EDITOR Dorothy T. Ratigan CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Barbara Albright, Adina Klein

PRODUCTION EDITOR Nancy Arndt EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Robin Troxell COPY EDITOR Stephen Beal

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Linda Ligon EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Marilyn Murphy

PUBLISHING

VICE-PRESIDENT Ceri Anderson

MARKETING DIRECTOR Jillian Moreno

MARKETING MANAGER Jennifer Nastu

OPERATIONS MANAGER Eric Redding

ADVERTISING MANAGER Tiffany Ball

CIRCULATION MANAGER Jenny Fish

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES Donna Melton

ART & PRODUCTION

DESIGNER Jason Reid

PRODUCTION MANAGER Jeff Litzler PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Andy Webber

ILLUSTRATION Gayle Ford, Susan Strawn Bailey

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