The Knitter

The Knitter caters for skilled knitters with more than 10 challenging patterns in each issue. The Knitter has beautiful, original patterns and inspiration from world-class designers. Our patterns aren’t just fabulous to look at, they’re enjoyable to make, with a few unusual techniques and intriguing ways with yarns for you to try.

The Knitter • Issue 196

Our featured designers • ISSUE 196

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Myrrine • This soft top has a fascinating pattern of mosaic triangles and squares

The Knitter loves • …ideas, websites, patterns, events, inspiration and more!

NEW BOOKS • Our pick of the best pattern collections and e-books

BEAUTIFUL BLANKETS Stylish throws to keep you cosy

CHAMPIONING BRITISH BREEDS

DIARY DATES • Events and workshops to inspire your knitting

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Barragán • Add the Diamond Fantasia lace sections to your shawl with the third instalment of our knitalong project

Winter Iris • This V-neck cardigan is decorated with cable motifs inspired by flower buds and stems

Yarn choice • We’ve picked out six interesting yarns for your autumn and winter projects, from soft laceweights to cosy arans

Great reads • Create your own knitted versions of Beatrix Potter’s iconic book characters with this charming collection of patterns

Spring Gardens • Lace and wrap stitches form a stunning design on this DK-weight hat

Fireside Mittens • Keep your hands cosy with these cabled mittens, knitted in British Bluefaced Leicester wool

Gully • Slip stitches and a colour-changing yarn create a woven effect on this boxy jacket

IT’S THE WRITE STUFF!

Geraint • Snuggle up in this relaxed, cosy cabled sweater, knitted in Shetland wool

A future for Fair Isle • Mary Macgregor of BAKKA reinvents traditional Fair Isle for her contemporary knitwear pieces, as Janine Sterland discovers

Budleigh • Spectacular brioche stitch patterns decorate this wonderfully soft alpaca-silk hooded jumper

Sangria • Play with the magical moebius cast-on technique to create this silky lace cowl

Focus on… WORLD OF WOOL • This Yorkshire-based, family-run spinning mill produces an inspirational range of British breed yarns and fibres

Arctic Dawn • This quick-knit hat has a lace stitch pattern worked in a chunky yarn

KNITTING WITH THRUMS • You can create super-cosy fabric by incorporating fleece thrums while you knit, as Helen Spedding explains

Frøya Bank • This sweater, with its bold colourwork bands, was inspired by Norwegian fishermen’s knits

Rügen • This full-length coat is knitted in a dramatic two-tone slip stitch pattern

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Smile and carry on • After a run of bad luck, Graeme Bethune is trying to focus on more positive developments at Ballachly Farm

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Shetland gems • The pattern archives at Jamieson & Smith are packed with beautiful Fair Isle and traditional Shetland lace designs, as Helen Spedding discovers