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CONTENTS
Welcome Letter
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Monthly Free Pattern
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New Season Autumn Winter 2014/15
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Competition TIme
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Rowan Loves... Lakeland
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Summer Knits
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Intarsia Christmas Bunting
Design Masterclass
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Hello and welcome to the July
eNewsletter!
We are looking towards summer with excitement here at the mill, and this issue brings
you our top picks of colourful summer cover-up pieces, perfect for those balmy
evenings.
Looking onwards into the autumn, we are very excited about our new Rowan Knitting
& Crochet 56 design collection, which launches this month – why not grab your copy
and see page 15 for details on how you can enter our fabulous competition!
We also bring you news of all our stunning new yarns and brochure collections. We
think that this autumn season is one of our strongest ever, and hope that you will
agree! As always, we’d love to hear your feedback, so please do get in touch using
our Facebook and Twitter pages.
The Rowan team
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NEW SEASON Autumn Winter 2014/15
R O W A N Knitting
& Crochet Magazine 56
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Autumn 2014 is all about rich, tonal
colour. Warm neutrals are key, with
rustic tweeds contrasting beautifully
against fairisle and jacquard patterning
to create a quietly modern and textured
feel.
Colour is muted, with anthracite, gunmetal
and chocolate hues all sitting perfectly
alongside ochre and camel shades.
These trends are reflected perfectly
throughout the following three design
stories:
Wilderness
Inspired by wide open, dramatic
landscapes,
Wilderness
showcases
an iconic mix of rustic plaids, checks
and fairisles. Cosy, patterned knits
feature alongside cabled sweaters and
richly decorated cardigans in a highly
atmospheric collection.
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Craftwork
Traditional in style, Craftwork celebrates
pattern, colour and texture and showcases
intricate and eye-catching designs
ranging from pretty sweaters to an iconic
wrap.
Essentials
Key shapes are translated effortlessly
into style icons by the new Essentials
collection. Worked in pale neutral tones,
pieces range from open work tops and
longline cardigans to slouchy sleeve
sweaters.
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Big Accessories
Big Accessories is a fabulous collection
of quick-knit outfit embellishments,
meaning you can customise your style
with a look not found on the high street.
Textured scarves meet signature cowls in
this hugely on trend collection, worked in
the chunkier yarns of the Rowan range. As
part of the collection, Rowan introduces
its brand new Fur yarn.
Launched in reaction to the hug AW14
catwalk trend, Fur is made from 97%
wool with 3% polyamide to bind it, and
will be available in a natural palette of
four shades.
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Big Wool Colour Collection
The Big Wool Colour Collection debuts the
brand new Big Wool Colour yarn; a bright
and colourful extension to the popular Big
Wool range.
An eye-catching blend of 96% wool and
4% polyamide, the yarn will be available
in six variegated shades.
The design collection features thirteen
fun and on trend pieces ranging from
cosy cowls through to sweater dresses
and stylish accessories.
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Fazed Tweed
The Fazed Tweed collection showcases
sixteen sumptuous designs for women by
Marie Wallin, all worked in the new 72%
wool, 22% alpaca and 6% polyamide
blend Fazed Tweed.
Soft, light and rounded, Fazed Tweed
has a tube construction, which gives a
blended, tweed-like knitted fabric.
Traditional aran cable features alongside
colourful block stripes in this delightful
collection, photographed in the stunning
surroundings of Charleston Farm House,
East Sussex.
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Brushed Fleece
The Brushed Fleece collection introduces
the new Brushed Fleece yarn, perfectly
showcasing its beautifully soft and
featherweight qualities through sixteen
stunning designs for men and women.
Comprising 65% wool, 30% alpaca and
5% polyamide, the new yarn is super soft
and boasts a pretty marl colour effect.
Designs take the form of on trend outdoor
wear, and vary from pretty cabled
cardigans to flattering sweaters.
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Rowan Finest
A stunningly elegant collection
of fourteen modern designs
introduces the brand new Rowan
Finest yarn; a blend of 50% wool,
20% cashmere and 30% alpaca.
Available in twelve decadent
shades, the yarn is beautifully soft
to the touch and knits to a 4ply
tension.
Designed by Sarah Hatton, the
supporting ladies designs range
from neat cardigans to colourful
sweaters and stylish accessories.
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Simple Shapes Fine Art Aran
This collection of eight stylishly simple
designs by Sarah Hatton showcases the
best qualities of the stunning Fine Art
Aran yarn perfectly.
The soft, aran weight yarn is ideal for
relaxed sweaters, simple cardigans and
wraps, and boasts a unique colour effect
achieved by hand painting the fibres.
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Simple Shapes Lima
Simple Shapes Lima is an essentially
wearable collection of eight key design
shapes for women by Lisa Richardson.
Garments include sweaters, tunics and
a cardigan, all worked in the beautiful
colours of the popular Lima palette.
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COMPETITION TIME
Win
a yarn hamper
worth
£200!
Post a picture of you with your new copy of
Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 56
on our Facebook page to be in with the
chance to win £200 worth
of woolly loveliness…
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R O W A N Loves…
Lakeland
by Marie Wallin
July sees the launch of a beautiful collection
of fourteen designs for women and the home
from Marie Wallin.
Worked in Rowan British Sheep Breeds
Chunky and Rowan Fine Tweed, pieces feature
iconic fairisle, defined cabling and pretty felted
effects.
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Colourful Summer Knits
Step into the sunshine with these brilliant and bright summertime designs, all
handpicked by the Rowan design team!
Patty
by Kim Hargeaves
using Panama
Honey
Mindil
by Lisa Richardson
using Pure Linen
Pure Linen Collection
Pollen Shrug
by Martin Storey
using Wool Cotton 4ply
Knitting Pretty
Amazonite
by Martin Storey
using Truesilk
Truesilk Collection
Jetty
by Martin Storey
using All Seasons Cotton
Cotton Classics
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Intarsia Christmas Bunting Design Masterclass
with Dee Hardwicke
8th & 9th November 2014
Green Lane Mill
Holmfirth
During the workshop, participants will be guided through the working of intarsia bunting
featuring Christmas motifs. Once a basic understanding of the intarsia technique has
been established, Dee will spend the weekend showing participants how to develop
an understanding of colour and use of inspiration to develop an intarsia chart of their
own design, helping them to start incorporating this design into a small project.
Participants will leave with a working knowledge of the intarsia technique and with
the inspiration, skills and confidence to create their own colour charts from things that
inspire them.
For more information click below
WORKSHOPS
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