weekend Fall 2016
by Quince & Co
by Quince & Co
TABLE OF CONTENTS I NT R O 4 -5
SEDGE 6 -9
CO R DOVA 1 0 -1 3
FA I R B A NK S 1 6 -1 9
NO M E 20 -23
B EA R B ER RY 24 -27
DESI GNER B I O S 30 -32
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he inn is emptying. Red leaves mingle with the green, and acorns drop to the ground with a muffled thump. A few well-sweatered souls savor the change of season on a quiet porch, recently abandoned by summer visitors in shorts and tees. What to wear in this liminal season? Easy. A cozy cardigan (if it has a hood, all the better), a soft, huggable pullover, and things for the extremities—a pair of mitts, some mittens, and a hat. See below. First is Bristol Ivy’s Sedge, a pair of long, almost-to-the-elbow mitts in Finch, decorated with evergreen branches. I love these. They’re something to knit on small needles, but something on small needles that you can accomplish in a week or two. Accessories, let me count the ways… Cordova is a cap. Wear it inside, wear it outside. Its patterns are a riff on Guernsey stitches: vertical panels of garter, stockinette, and a slip-stitch cable motif. Knit the cap in worsted-weight Lark for warmth and substance. Next is Fairbanks, a sweater to double-down in, plush, warm, cushiony. This one knits up in Ibis, Quince’s soft, soft mohair/merino, and it only takes a few days (or thereabouts) to finish on size US 15 needles. And then there’s Nome, The Hoodie. In Puffin, in garter stitch, was there ever a better mosey-in-the-woods cardi? Melissa LaBarre added contrast—color bands to make things interesting. It’s worked from the top down, so keep knitting, if you like, for a longer, coat-ish kind of thing. Finally, we have Melissa’s Bearberry mittens, again in Puffin, color Sedum. Reds are many, reds are varied. And Sedum is, perhaps, one of my favorites—not really red, not really orange, not really rust—more like the underside of an oak leaf in late autumn. Perfect.
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sedge by bristol ivy
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yarn: finch colors: kumlien’s gull / boreal needles: size US 2, 3, 4, and 5
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cordova by pam allen
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yarn: lark color: boreal needles: size US 8 and 10
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fairbanks by pam allen
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yarn: ibis color: lone oak needles: size US 13 and 15
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nome by melissa labarre
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yarn: puffin colors: kittywake / lichen needle: size US 13
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bearberry by melissa labarre
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yarn: puffin color: sedum needle: size US 13
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bristol ivy Bristol Ivy is a knitting designer and teacher from Portland, Maine. Her work focuses on the intersection of classic tailoring and innovative technique, and has been published with Brooklyn Tweed’s Wool People, Quince & Co., PomPom Quarterly, Interweave Knits, amirisu, and many more. website: bristolivy.com ravelry: BristolIvy instagram: bristolivy
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pam allen Pam Allen has worked as a knitwear designer, editor at Interweave Knits, and creative director at Classic Elite Yarns. In 2010 she launched Quince & Co with the idea of sourcing fiber and spinning yarns in the US. Since then the company has grown from four basic yarns to fourteen—and there’s always something new in the works. When she isn’t knitting, she tries to slip away to the White Mountains for a hike. website: quinceandco.com ravelry: pamallen instagram: quinceandco
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melissa labarre Melissa LaBarre is a freelance knitwear designer and coauthor of the books New England Knits, Weekend Hats, and Weekend Wraps. Her designs have appeared in several magazines and yarn company design collections, including the Wool series for Quince and Co. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and daughters. website: knittingschooldropout.com ravelry: knittingdropout instagram: knittingschooldropout
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