willet summer 2017
by Quince & Co
by Quince & Co
TABLE OF CONTENTS I NT R O 4 -5
R O B ERTA 6 -9
BOBBIE 1 0 -1 3
PAT T I 1 4 -1 7
ET TA 20 -23
DA R L ENE 24 -27
DESI GNER B I O S 28 -29
Summertime. And we wish the livin’ were easy. Sometimes it is. And a lot of times it isn’t. We have company, we take off for hiking weekends, we run to the beach when the sun is out, we take in the county fair, we have picnics, search out a good ice cream cone. Anything to take advantage of the warm, welcoming out of doors. Therefore, summer knitting should be easy. And that’s what we went for in this little Willet collection. Lots of stockinette and reverse stockinette, purl ridges, and some stripes. Our trickiest piece is a lovely sleeveless tank top, embellished with tidy cables running down the back. And everything knitted in Willet (love), a perfect summer cotton. It’s spun from Cleaner Cotton, a sensible alternative to organic cotton. We love its soft hand and pretty drape. We love wearing it—cool and breezy.
Pam
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ROBERTA by cecily glowik macdonald
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yarn: willet color: starboard
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BOBBIE by pam allen
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yarn: willet colors: rudder + sail
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PATTI by pam allen
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yarn: willet colors: windlass + sail
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ETTA by cecily glowik macdonald
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yarn: willet color: squall
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DARLENE by isabell kraemer
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yarn: willet color: windlass
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designer bios pam allen
cecily glowik macdonald
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. The company began with four classic wool yarns in 37 colors. Today the ‘basics’ line comes in 63 colors and Quince now makes and sells twelve yarns originating in the US and two organic linen yarns from Italy. And there’s always an idea in the works.
Cecily Glowik MacDonald lives in beautiful Portland, Maine, where she spends her time knitting, designing, and enjoying the wonderful hiking trails, coastline, and lovely people of Maine.
website: quinceandco.com ravelry: pamallen instagram: quinceandco
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website: cecilyam.wordpress.com ravelry/instagram: cecilyam
isabell kraemer Isabell Kraemer describes herself as “chaotic, sometimes nerve-wracking, tiny, cluttered with laughter lines, all-loving, creative, with never enough time to get all the ideas out of my head, always sketching, and a lover of all things related to fashion.” She lives in a small, medieval town in southwest Germany. Her aim is to design everyday items for modern knitters—casual with a little twist. She’s addicted to stripes and seamless construction. She doesn’t mind seaming, but likes the fit-as-yougo aspect of top-down knitting. website: owlsisters.blogspot.com ravelry: lilalu instagram: lilalu72
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