AMIRISU | Issue 24 Spring / Summer

Harmonised by a soft palette of pastel and neutral hues, the twelve knitwear designs in issue 24 of amirisu are inspired by the customs, family traditions, and special places that have contributed to each designer’s heritage.

Featuring a craft guide to Toronto, three locals, Laura Chau and Kiyomi & Sachiko Burgin, share some of their favourite spots in the city.

Plus, this issue shares a project from Lori Ann Graham, a machine-quilted tote bag project, a look at Retrosaria Rosa Pomar’s new shop, and much more!

*This is has now sold out.

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Let’s Take a Closer Look….

Wellamo | Leeni Hoimela

Pattern Notes: Toe-up socks with twisted stitch cable detail.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Meia

Tenderfoot

Shophouse Tee | yamagara

Pattern Notes: A top-down pullover with lace and cable details.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Jardim

Madragoa

Breeze | Megumi Sawada

Pattern Notes: A long vest worked top-down in textural stitches.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Tacama Organic

Semilla Pura GOTS

Conflux | Susanne Sommer

Pattern Notes: A shawl vest knit flat from the centre out, on the bias.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Jardim

Tenderfoot

Umibata | amirisu

Pattern Notes: A collared V-neck vest worked in the round.
Yarn Weight: Light Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Bio Shetland

Skinny Yana

Saltkaret | Sari Nordlund

Pattern Notes: A colourwork pullover knit seamlessly top-down.
Yarn Weight: Light Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Wool Local

Bio Shetland

Tiehua | Rastus Hsu

Pattern Notes: A textural garter stitch cowl with twisted stitch detail.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Skinny Yana

Millpost Merino

Madara | Inese Sang

Pattern Notes: A lightweight shawl with unusual construction.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Awa

Tenderfoot

Lulu | Rosemary (Romi) Hill

Pattern Notes: A shawl knit from side to side, picking up stitches to finish with a ruffled edge.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Exquisite 4 Ply

Skinny Yana

Moonrise | amirisu

Pattern Notes: A hat and mit set with stranded colourwork detail.
Yarn Weight: Worsted / 10 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Loch Lomond

Kathmandu Aran 100

Scallops and Blooms | Dianna Walla

Pattern Notes: A cropped sweater worked flat, from side to side in four pieces, then seamed.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Dreamtime Merino 4 Ply

Millpost Merino

Koto | Yucca

Pattern Notes: Socks worked sideways in garter stitch, with increases and decreases to shape the heel.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Chaski

Meia

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POM POM | 10th Anniversary Issue

Issue 41 marks Pom Pom’s 10th birthday and they have a host of jubilant and celebratory designs which radiate all the joy they’re feeling on this landmark occasion!

Likely one of their most collectable editions yet, this rare bumper edition of Pom Pom Quarterly contains 13 designs for warm and cool climes, so no matter where you live in the world, there’s handmade party outfits aplenty within its pages.

What’s more, Issue 41 comes complete with party favours in the form of two articles and a recipe! Atsushi Futatsuya writes about cultural appropriation and the practice of Sashiko, and Atia Azmi’s ‘A Crafter’s Guide to London’ is a wonderful tribute to the vibrant city in which Pom Pom was founded. Dee Omole shares her recipe for the most stunning white chocolate madeleines – sure to make a statement centrepiece at any shindig.

This is also the first issue printed in their new larger format! Expect lush photographic spreads and more room for patterns. They’ve also permanently increased the page count to bring you even more Pom Pom!

*Pom Pom issue 41 has now sold out.

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Let’s Take a Closer Look….

Decima | Isa Catepillán

Pattern Notes: A reversible crochet bag that is worked from the bottom up in the round.
Yarn Weight: DK /8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Alfama

Liina Twine

Purppura | Sari Nordlund

Pattern Notes: A sweater worked in the round from the top down, with a circular lace and bobble stitch yoke. The back is shaped with short rows.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

TEC

Puna

Alumina | Inyoung Kim

Pattern Notes: A symmetrical triangle shawl, beginning at the wide edge and decreasing towards the point. The pattern consists of an upper half-circle row, a band of rhombuses worked individually between the half-circles, then a bottom half-circle row.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Exquisite 4 Ply

Skinny Yana

Reduplicate | Marie Régnier

Pattern Notes: Reduplicate Top is an oversized t-shirt worked in one piece from the top down. Reduplicate Shorts are knit seamlessly in the round from the bottom up in a lace and cable pattern, with pockets!
Yarn Weight: Sport / 5 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Dreamtime Merino 4 Ply

Bio Love

Floribunda | Gina Fama Röckenwagner

Pattern Notes: A summer top constructed of 4 panels made separately and then joined together. Each sleeve is made from 2 panels joined together into a tube with double crochet added to complete the sleeve.
Yarn Weight: Sport / 5 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

HØR

Bio Love

Euphorium | Dawn Henderson

Pattern Notes: Socks worked from the top down, beginning with a rolled cuff and a textured colourwork leg. They feature a heel flap and gusset and finish with a slightly rounded toe, which is grafted shut.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply + Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Chaski

Lackadaisical | Kindred Red

Pattern Notes: Fingerless mits with all-over stranded colourwork featuring a lazy daisy flower power motif with a special textured knot stitch on the largest flower.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Bio Shetland

Signature 4 Ply

Keswick | Xandy Peters

Pattern Notes: A lightweight square scarf worked in an intarsia plaid pattern. Mohair yarn is used throughout, tinting the other yarn colours as they overlap horizontally and vertically. Colourwork is created by holding 1, 2 or 3 strands simultaneously.
Yarn Weight: Fingering + Lace = Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Skinny Yana

Kid Seta

Paragon | Sylvia Watts-Cherry

Pattern Notes: Sweater worked in an all-over intarsia colourwork pattern. The front, back and set-in sleeves of Paragon are worked separately in pieces from the bottom up and seamed; stitches are then picked up for the neckband and worked in the round.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Dreamtime Merino 8 Ply

TEC

Chōcho Hat + Mits | Kiyomi Burgin + Sachiko Burgin

Pattern Notes: A hat and mit set with stranded colourwork detail.
Yarn Weight: Sport / 5 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Jardim

Millpost Merino 4 Ply

Streamers | James N Watts

Pattern Notes: A cropped sweater worked flat, from side to side in four pieces, then seamed.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Benjamim

Bio-Wool

Lateralis | Ainur Berkimbayeva

Pattern Notes: Socks worked sideways in garter stitch, with increases and decreases to shape the heel.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Meia Print

Signature 4 Ply

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The Dreamscape Issue | Pom Pom Quarterly Spring 2022

Pom Pom’s 40th issue conjures up a knitted dreamworld! Get transported to your yarn-filled happy place with joy-bringing patterns that are whimsical without compromising elegance or wearability.

The designs reference the seemingly unstructured nature of dreams through floaty fabrics and ethereal embellishments, loose gauge, and by gently emboldening the maker to use their intuition when it comes to playing with colour.

As with anything that appears effortless, copious amounts of imagination and clever thinking form the foundation of these designs encouraging the kind of creative escapism we cherish in crafting.

The patterns in this collection vary in intensity; from ones which will allow you to realise your knitting fantasies to others you could finish with your eyes closed. But rest assured, each one will grant you gratification in a different way.

Rhythm features designs by Aimee Sher, Allison Lutes, Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, Hanna Lübben, Julie Dubreux, Marie Régnier, Marzena Kołaczek, Pope Vergara and Reed Keyes.

In addition to 10 knitting patterns, the spring 2022 issue contains an article, ‘Making a World’ by lilith green, in which lilith talks about her experience of autism and how the act of making provides a haven from a world which prioritises neurotypical people. And, if your goal is to try your hand at a craft other than knitting, learn how to make decorative Polish pająki with Karolina Merska, or use Stephanie Ganz’ recipe to bake Honeysuckle Cream Puffs – divine!

We have now sold out of Issue 40.
Print and digital copies are available HERE.
Or, shop Pom Pom’s current titles HERE.

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Let’s Take a Closer Look….

Effervescent | Aimee Sher

Pattern Notes: A cropped sweater worked from the bottom up.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Millpost Merino

Kid Seta

Cloudbow | Reed Keyes

Pattern Notes: A ruffled, puff-sleeve pullover or dress, worked modularly starting with the front and back body panels.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Uma

Reverie | Allison Lutes

Pattern Notes: Worked from the cuff down, beginning with a 1x1 twisted rib cuff before vertical stripe colourwork and bobbles, a short-row garter-stitch heel, and ending with a round toe.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Meia

Meia Print

Nereides | Marie Régnier

Pattern Notes: A light spring tee worked in an allover lace pattern from the bottom up.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Merian

Kid Seta

Plumetis | Julie Dubreux

Pattern Notes: Worked from the bottom up, mostly with a single strand of mohair lace, with a simple drop-shoulder construction.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Dreamtime Merino 4 Ply

Oneiro | Hanna Lübben

Pattern Notes: A brioche knit cardigan worked flat and sideways in two pieces, working from the sleeve cuff towards the centre back.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Uma

Kid Seta

Cirriform | Marie Régnier

Pattern Notes: Socks worked from the toe up, beginning with Judy’s magic cast-on, and features a shadow wrap short row heel.
Yarn: Light Fingering / 3 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Chaski

Uma

Althaea | Marzena Kołaczek

Pattern Notes: A seamless sweater worked from the top down.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Puna Traceable

TEC

Flótti | Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir

Pattern Notes: Cardigan featuring stranded colourwork. Worked flat, from the bottom up.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Bio Shetland

Kid Seta

Leonora | Pope Vergara

Pattern Notes: A cardigan worked flat in pieces from the bottom up, and features charted colourwork using the intarsia technique.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Uma

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AMIRISU ISSUE 23 | Inspired by Films

This issue features twelve film-inspired knitwear designs created by some of amirisu’s favourite designers from Japan and abroad.

Articles in this issue include a contribution from Lori Ann Graham, a look at amirisu’s new Tokyo shop, and an introduction to machine quilting. Plus, discover more about each of the films that inspired the included designs.

We have now sold out of Issue 23.
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PATTERN HIGHLIGHTS….

Amirah | Keiko Kikuno

Pattern Notes: A sweater worked in the round from the bottom up.
Yarn: Sport / 5 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Bennet | amirisu Magazine

Pattern Notes: A shawl is worked from the top down.
Yarn: Worsted / 10 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Cléo | Orlane Sucche

Pattern Notes: A sweater worked in the round from the top down.
Yarn: Sport / 5 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Fantastic Stripes | Meri Tanaka

Pattern Notes: A cowl, double-knit in the round.
Yarn: Aran / 10 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Fosse | JOHANNA KUNIN

Pattern Notes: A cardigan worked flat from the bottom up in pieces.
Yarn: DK / 8 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Hawkins | Nataliya Sinelshchikova

Pattern Notes: A pullover knit from the top down with modified drop- shoulder construction and boxy cropped body.
Yarn: Sport / 5 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Kitchen Stories | Dianna Walla

Pattern Notes: A cardigan knitted in the round with steeks which are later cut open to form the front opening, neck opening, and armholes.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Michèle | Rievive

Pattern Notes: A sweater knit top down using two yarns held together.
Yarn: Lace + Lace = Sport / 5 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Moulins | yamagara

Pattern Notes: A top-down pullover with textured stripe pattern worked flat to shape the back neck, shoulders, front neck and underarm, then worked in the round with slight waist shaping.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Satsuki | Sari Nordlund

Pattern Notes: A pullover worked seamlessly from the top down using two strands of yarn held together.
Yarn: Lace + Fingering = Fingering / 4 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Varda | Paula Pereira

Pattern Notes: A cardigan worked flat from the bottom up for the fronts, starting with the ribbed hem. After shaping the back neck, the front bands are seamed together using the Three Needle Bind-Off Method. The back is worked flat from the top down, then the sides are seamed together. Finally, the sleeves are picked up from the body and worked in the round from the top down.
Yarn: Worsted / 10 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

Virginia | Helga Isager

Pattern Notes: A sweater worked from the bottom up in the round.
Yarn: Sport / 5 ply weight
Yarn + Sizing: Ravelry

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EYB’s Tenderfoot is a soft and super squishy heathered sock yarn with rustic appeal.

A true sock yarn, the Merino fibres provide warmth and woolly comfort while a touch of Polyamide adds the necessary strength to produce a hard-wearing fabric.

Not just for socks, Tenderfoot will produce equally satisfying sweaters and cardigans for when light warm fabrics with a rustic hand-feel are desired.

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THE YARN

FIBRE CONTENT: 75% Merino Lambswool, 25% Polyamide
NET WEIGHT: 100g (3.5oz)
YARN WEIGHT EQUIVALENT: Fingering / 4 Ply
APPROX. YARDAGE: 375m (410yd)
CONSTRUCTION: Semi-worsted, 4 plies
ORIGIN: Turkey
CARE: Hand wash

PROJECT SUGGESTIONS

Tenderfoot is suitable for a range of knit and crochet pieces. For sock project inspiration check out our patterns favourites on RAVELRY.

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