February 2012 January 2012 - 1 H ello to everybody from a very frosty Rowan mill, where we are all busy getting started on our Lacy Snood patterns as part of the Deramores knitalong - have a peak at page 6 for all the details. This month we bring you an interview with Rowan Designer Marie Wallin, THREE exclusive free patterns from the Rowan design team, and news of the brand new Rowan Subscription gift (it’s gorgeous!). We hope you enjoy the February issue and have fun knitting your exclusive designs! The Rowan Team CONTENTS Marie Wallin Interview 4 Amy Butler Lark Fabric Preview 5 Deramores Knitalong 6 Yarn Market USA Stockist 8 Clothes Show Live 2011 11 Follow us on 2 - February 2012 EXCLUSIVE Gracie by Julia Frank using Rowan Tweed & Rowan Fine Tweed For this and hundreds more FREE patterns exclusive to members click the button below: FREE PATTERN ARCHIVE February 2012 - 3 Marie Wallin - Rowan Head Designer What is a typical day at Green Lane Mill? Madness!! I start by scribbling designs in my sketch book and then I decide on the pattern or stitch. I literally have stuff all over the floor when I’m designing - yarns, needles, fashion magazines, resource books, tear sheets etc. What inspires your designs? I love nature and the textures and colours you see in the landscape, such as rocks, pebbles, shells, tree bark etc. I am a great fan of Indian and Middle Eastern art as well as more traditional patterns such as Fairisle and Nordic designs. What was your highlight of 2011? I was very proud to meet HRH Prince of Wales last year as part of Wool Week and the Campaign for Wool. Who taught you to knit? My mother taught me to hand knit at around 7 years of age, but we were also taught at primary school. Which are your favourite Rowan yarns? I love Felted Tweed, Colourspun, Rowan Tweed and Fine Rowan Tweed as well as all the British Sheep Breeds yarns. What are you working on at the moment? I’ve now finished designing and shooting for Winter 2012 and I’m now focusing on our SS13 collections (which i’m very excited about!) What are your plans for the future? I would like to think we can introduce more British made yarns as well as carrying on producing great designs and the lovely photography shoots that everyone expects from Rowan. Marie 4 - February 2012 Out onn location for North Sea - Magazine 51 Lark We’d like to introduce you to the new lifestyle fabric collection from celebrated US designer Amy Butler. Lark has a wonderfully chic and floral feel and is worked in a sumptuously rich and vibrant colour palette. The collection is also available in Home Dec and Sateen varieties, making it a perfect choice for homeware designs as well as dressmaking and quilting. Visit www.knitrowan.com for a full list of Rowan fabric stockists. Tribe by Marie Wallin using Purelife Revive February 2012 - 5 This February we have teamed up with our friends at Deramores to launch our first ever knitalong! Just two balls of Rowan Alpaca Cotton are all you will need to knit the beautiful exclusive lacy snood design, great for layering from spring, right through to winter. Visit www.deramores.com/rowan-kal for the free pattern and start knitting the ultimate yearround accessory! Plus keep visiting our Facebook and Twitter pages to share your progress with everyone taking part in the knitalong. 6 - February 2012 EXCLUSIVE Gansey by Sarah Hatton using Creative Linen DOWNLOAD PATTERN February 2012 - 7 Yarnmarket is not your typical yarn store. It’s tucked away in a small office complex, in a small town just outside of Columbus, Ohio. It’s so small and quiet, in fact, that squirrels and birds feast on nuts being tossed out the door of an office marked, “Yarnmarket Showroom.” One of the largest – and most successful – online yarn stores in America, Yarnmarket is growing faster than anyone had imagined because knitters and crocheters throughout the world have discovered the huge selection and great service that makes Yarnmarket unique. What’s the secret of their success? “Customer service,” Alex Nikifortchuk insists. “Everyone at Yarnmarket is totally committed to providing the best customer service they can. From the people who answer the phones to the ladies who pack up each order we ship, we are all totally dedicated to our shoppers.” Alex took over operations of the new online yarn store in 2003, relocating the business from its original California location to the basement of his home in Ohio. Each evening, he downloaded that day’s orders, packed them up and shipped them out to his customers. Grateful for their business, he signed each knitter’s invoice with a personal message, “Thanks from Alex!” Now, eight years later, more than 20 efficient employees ensure that Alex’s original promise is fulfilled. “Lynn, our Customer Service manager, does a great job seeing that Yarnmarket shoppers get fast, attentive service and whatever help they need,” Alex says. “Our goal is to answer to any customer’s question with a resounding, “Yes!”’ With more than 1000 yarns in stock, and thousands of books and patterns, it’s no surprise that Yarnmarket.com has become the yarn shop of first choice for knitters. “We serve an enormous market with varying skills and tastes,” Alex says. “It’s important that we carry a lot of different styles from a wide variety of manufacturers.” 8 - February 2012 “Our advertising theme line is, �Fabulous fashions. Fast. And friendly.’ And we mean it. We offer a vast selection of yarns to our customers. We take orders online 24 hours a day. We ship anywhere in the world – even Antarctica. And we offer the best customer service possible.” Although the shop got its start online, it’s now serving a regular clientele of local knitters, and yarn enthusiasts from throughout the country. Yarnmarket has become a great place for knitters to meet. As the company has grown in the past few years, Yarnmarket has developed additional sites to supplement the products and services offered by the store. Among the most successful – and well known – is Yarndex.com, the online yarn database that provides comprehensive information for more than 5000 yarns. Yarndex.com has become particularly popular with knitters seeking substitutions, and especially for those who want to use vintage patterns where the original yarns are no longer available. “There are so many yarns in the world,” says Jan, the force behind the company’s newsletters and bulletins, and Alex’s right hand woman for merchandise selection. “With Yarndex, we help people find exactly what they want. This is a free service we offer as a courtesy to all knitters all over the world, and we’ve been told that when other yarn shops hire new staff, the first thing they teach them is how to find information on Yarndex.” With an immense inventory of yarns, books, needles, patterns and accessories and unparalleled dedication to customer service, Yarnmarket.com has established itself as one of the most successful and customer-oriented shops in the country. If you’re ever in Columbus, Ohio you might want to visit their showroom and explore their warehouses. If you’re like most yarn enthusiasts, you’ll be convinced the trip was well worth the effort. February 2012 - 9 Sarah Hatton Knits Vintage Inspired Projects 7 garments & 2 accesories using Kidsilk Haze, Fine Lace, Cashsoft 4ply, Cocoon & Wool Cotton Cosmos Flutterby RRP: £7.95 ISBN: 978-0-9567851-1-4 Vivian 10 - February 2012 Kelly The Clothes Show Live 2011 As part of the Sknitch area at The Clothes Show Live 2011, Rowan acted as sponsors for three prestigious awards; Kelli McGuinness was the winner of the Knitted Textile Designer of the Year, Hannah Sayer won Young Knitter of the Year and Naomi Lobley was judged to be Knitter of the Year. All three ladies will now have their winning designs published in a Rowan publication, not to mention some lovely prizes winging their way out to them from the mill. Visit the Knitting Rocks facebook page to find out more about our presence at Clothes Show Live. February 2012 - 11 EXCLUSIVE Janie by Marie Wallin using Kid Classic DOWNLOAD PATTERN 12 - February 2012 Knitted Gifts Megan by Lisa Richardson, Free online pattern, Kidsilk Haze Stripe Collection With Mothering Sunday approaching in the UK (18th March this year), what better excuse to treat our mums with a knitted gift, or maybe those mums whose children are still a little too young to knit could splash out and treat themselves! Well, why not?! Our pick of the best patterns are as follows: Crochet Scarf by Erica Knight, Farmhouse Knits Garbo Clutch Bag by Erica Knight, Knitting & Crochet Magazine 44 Gerd by Lisa Richardson, Nordic Tweed Humming Bird shrug by Lisa Richardson, Meadow February 2012 - 13 We are delighted to announce the new free gift as part of the fantastic Rowan Subscription package – a hank of Rowan Kidsilk Creation including a scarf pattern on the ball band. This can be downloaded from the website, or we can send you a copy if you give us a call. One ball knits an entire scarf in a beautiful ruffle effect. The yarn is a variation on our most loved yarn – Kidsilk Haze – so creates an irresistibly soft and luxurious accessory. Visit www.knitrowan.com for more information on the fantastic Rowan Subscription package. Rowan Subscription Po Box 7898 Leicester LE19 1WU Tel: +44 (0)333 200 6466 (calls are charged at low rate) Email: mail@knitrowan.com Post photos of your knitted Valentines gifts on our Facebook site – and be in with the chance to win a signed copy of the new Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 51! Click Facebook logo to visit our page 14 - February 2012 Stockists To find your local stockist view our store locator at www.knitrowan.com by clicking the button below STORE LOCATOR Workshops To view a full list of workshop dates visit www.knitrowan.com by clicking the button below WORKSHOPS Jean Moss UK Knitters’ Tour Lakes & York 13-24 May 2012 with Martin Storey, Carol Meldrum & Jean Moss For further details visit www.jeanmoss.com All right reserved. Reproduction in whole or any part of all material, including illustrations, in this publication is strictly forbidden. No part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the copyright owners having been given in writing. The designs in this publication are copyrighted and must not be knitted for re-sale. Reproduction of this publication is protected by copyright and is sold on the condition that it is used for non commercial purposes. Yarn quantities are approximate as they are based on average requirements. Colour reproduction is as close as printing will allow. First published in Great Britain 2012 by Coats Crafts UK LTD Green Lane Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, HD9 2DX E-mail: mail@knitrowan.com Web: www.knitrowan.com© Copyright Rowan 2012 February 2012 - 15 www.knitrowan.com
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