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6 Designs by Marie Wallin, Lisa Richardson & Kaffe Fassett.


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'Exploring Colour in Knitting' looks at our responses to colour, and suggests new ways to use the dazzling variety of yarns available to knitters. With ideas on how to change or adapt existing colour schemes, and step-by-step instructions on intarsia and Fair Isle knitting techniques, this fantastic new book will teach you how to knit in colour with confidence.

25 Timeless Patterns for Women & Men from the Rowan Collection. Edited by Kate Buller

23 Handknit Designs in Rowan yarns by Martin Storey.
Inspired by traditional fishermen's sweaters from around the British Isles, the 23 classic cable and Aran projects in this book are perfect for knitters who want to experience the delight of creating Aran texture without finding the patterns too complicatied to knit.

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Studio 25 is inspired by the coming festive season. The collection includes 'must have' Nordic pattered garments as well as elegant, easy to wear evening pieces. Martin Storey uses Kidsilk Haze, Kid Classic and Shimmer to create a collection that lets you select the perfect festive knit for you and the party season.

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21 Stylish accessories in Rowan's Kidsilk yarns.
Improve your knitting skills with 21 delightful lacy accessories, graded from the simplest to the more challenging.
Alison Crowther-Smith makes light work of lace knitting with her carefully chosen designs and useful tips and techniques.
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A collection of 21 designs by Marie Wallin, Lisa Richardson, Grace Melville, Martin Storey and Janice Anderson using Fine Milk Cotton, Cotton Glace, Siena 4ply, Handknit Cotton and Cotton DK.

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A collection of 15 designs by Marie Wallin, Lisa Richardson and Grace Melville using Rowan's new Panama yarn.

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A collection of 12 designs by Marie Wallin using Rowan's new Savannah yarn.

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A collection of 16 designs by Martin Storey using Handknit Cotton and All Seasons Cotton.

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A collection of 12 designs by Martin Storey using Purelife Organic Cotton 4ply and DK and Purelife Revive.

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A collection of 15 designs by Amy Butler using Belle Organic DK and Aran.

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Spring 2011 will celebrate knitwear through the form of extreme ultra fine and see through pieces, contrasting with more dense, textured and natural yarns. Fine, hazy and draping styles in lace, crochet and cut out details will feature heavily throughout, with transparency being the key trend.
These trends are reflected in the following three stories:-

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21 Designs by Sarah Hatton selected by Kate Buller.

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25 Stylish small projects by Martin Storey.

Inspired by Scandinavian design, Nordic Knits has 25 projects to delight knitters who love stitch, pattern and texture.

ISBN 987-1-906007-94-2

Over 12 designs in Cashsoft and Cashcotton DK & 4Ply by Martin Storey.

A collection of over 12 crochet and hand knitting designs in Cashsoft Baby DK by Martin Storey.

A collection of 17 designs by Martin Storey in Baby Alpaca DK, for men and women that blends tradtional English patterns and textures with the unrivalled softness and luxurious feel that only Alpaca can offer.

'Alpine' Designed by Martin Storey featuring Cashmere Tweed, Cashsoft Chunky, Cashsoft Aran and Wool Tweed.

Classic Family features a collection of casual, aran summer-beach knits for Men, Women & Children. The designs include modern cable designs ‘Steffen’ and ‘Leon’ for Dad. Casual guernsey-inspired styles ‘Inga’ and ‘Sandi’ for Mum. ‘Alfie’ stripe pocket jacket and ‘Beno’ sporty hoodie for Boys. ‘Pippa’ bolero and ‘Rosie’ beach jacket for Girls. There are 16 designs and accessories using natural silk aran and cotton jeans.

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Featuring 6 men's designs, 6 women's designs and 3 accessory designs using Cashsoft 4Ply. This is a collection of beautiful, elegant knits hich are very easy to wear.

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A collection of 12 women's designs using the new Silky Tweed. This highly patterned brochure features Fairisle and cabling creating a traditional craft inspired look.

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Featuring 6 men's designs, 6 women's designs and 3 accessory designs using Pure wool DK, Extrafine Merino DK, Cashsoft DK and the new Pure Cashmere DK. Simple styling compliments the classic shapes of waistecoats, raglan cardigans and cable jackets.

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Minature Classics - A collection of adorable 'vintage-knit' inspired designs for babies and toddlers from 0 to 3 months up to 3 years. Designed by Martin Storey and featuring Hand Knit Cotton, Calmer, Denim, Fine Milk Cotton, Cashsoft DK and Baby Cashsoft DK.


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Understated elegance was the Autumn/Winter 2010 catwalks main message. With inspiration from 1950's icons, Studio 21's theme is desirable staples. Established stitch details in sophisticated colours using Cashsoft 4ply, DK and Baby Alpaca Cotton DK yarns combined with sleek urban silhouettes and modern details make these designs both fresh and timeless.

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Rowan's new Magazine features 3 wonderful design stories, all of which reflect the latest trends in fashion and hand knitting. Nomad is inspired by the spiritual landscapes of remote and far off places. Russian Doll finds its inspiration in the romantic folktoric design epitomised by the Russian matryoshka nesting doll. Timeless is inspired by a renewed interest in investment dressing. Featured Yarns: Felted Tweed Chunky, Felted Tweed Aran, Felted Tweed, Cocoon, Big Wool, Wool Cotton, Kidsilk Aura, Kidsilk Haze, Silky Tweed, Kid Classic, Cashsoft DK, Cashsoft 4ply, Pure Wool DK, Pure Wool 4ply

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Rowan Studio Issue 20 by Grace Melville is a combination of the Spring/Summer 2010 denim on denim trend, and the modern safari trend. The yarns Denim and Pima Cotton DK are perfect for reflecting these key looks. Using pattern and textured stitch detail in the Denim and adding soft sculptural details in the Pima Cotton DK created a collection just right for this summer.

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Silk Twist Classics:
Silk Twist Classics is a brochure of refined, simple but sophisticated women's knits and accessories, featuring 18 designs by Martin Storey and using Rowan new Autumn/Winter yarn 'Silk Twist'. A collection of easy to knit stocking stitch shapes and accessory designs feature together with uncomplicated cabled and textured scarves.

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Homestead Classics:
A rustic, homestead exterior provides the backdrop for the brochure which contains 15 men's and women's designs and accessories by Martin Storey. The alpaca collection (Lima, Alpaca Cotton & Baby Alpaca DK) features simple and fashionable stocking stitch designs through to more intricate ethnic and geometric intarsia patterns, folkloric textures and homespun cabling.

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Pure Life Autumn:
Purelife Autumn features 16 designs by Marie Wallin using Rowan's second fully recycled yarn 'Renew' as well as the new British Sheep Breeds Boucle. The brochure showcases a lovely collection of garments ranging from cabled jackets, capes and wraps for outdoor wear and pretty cropped cardigans, shrugs and layer pieces for indoor wear.
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Winter Drift:
Winter Drift is a brochure which epitomises the key trend for big chunky knits that are warm, enveloping and cuddly to wear. This fabulous collection of 15 designs for both women and men by the Rowan design team showcases one of the Rowan's new yarns, 'Drift', as well as firm favourite 'Big Wool'.

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Rowan Winter Kids:
A collection of 20 designs by Marie Wallin, Lisa Richardson and Grace Melville.

Rowan Summer Crochet a collection of 12 designs by Marie Wallin for women using Cotton Glace and Siena 4ply. Due to popular demand Rowan is launching its first brochure dedicated to the craft of crochet. The feminine designs are both modern and easy to wear and range from beautiful lace panel tunics and summer tops, to the chunkier openwork of a shrug and poncho.


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The Purelife Recycled Collection - a collection of 16 designs by Marie Wallin for women and men using the new Purelife Revive yarn. Using the first recycled yarn under the Purelife label. This lovely textured and coloured yarn is made entirely from Recycled clothing. The once worn clothes are sorted into the fibre content batches of silk, cotton and viscose, these are then shredded and eventually spun to create this wonderful yarn. This is a standard DK yarn, available in 8 shades.


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Rowan Kids sees the launch of a new 'Rowan Kids' brochure featuring 18 wearable designs by Lisa Richardson and Sarah Hatton, for girls and boys aged 6 to!2 years. The designs use Cotton Glace, Siena 4Ply, All Seasons Cotton, Handknit Cotton, Denim and Calmer.
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Rowan Knitting and Crochet Magazine No. 47 (ZM47) features handknitting and crochet designs from Marie Wallin, Kaffe Fassett, Martin Storey, Erika Knight, Sarah Dallas, Sarah Hatton, Amanda Crawford, Antoni & Alison, Brandon Mably, Jennie Atkinson.

There is a serene calmness about the trends for Spring 2010, with femininity, elegance, vintage and drape being the key words for the season. Natural yarns are as popular as ever, with the majority of yarn aficionados declaring that ecological and sustainable yarns are becoming the norm rather than the exception. We see the emergence of recycled yarns mostly with fibres such as recycled silk, cotton and viscose. Sustainable yarns made from hemp, linen and corn are also very important in both heavier, rustic effects as well as being blended with fibres such as silk and viscose to create beautiful, fine draping yarns with fantastic fluidity, great stitch definition and understated shine.

Rowan is delighted to celebrate 30 years of great knitwear designs with this retrospective collection, featuring some of its best loved designers and most popular designs. With images taken from the Rowan magazine, including the early Swallows and Amazons issue, featuring the young Kate Moss (now a collectors item!). Also included in this book are 30 patterns from the 80s, 90s and 00s with replacement yarn suggestions. Featured designers include Kaffe Fassett, Annabel Fox, Marion Foale, Sarah Dallas, Jean Moss and Sasha Kagan, along with Rowans own celebrated in-house designers, such as Kim Hargreaves, Martin Storey, Marie Wallin and Sarah Hatton.

Featuring men's, women's and accessory designs by Sarah Hatton, in Colourscape Chunky by Kaffe Fassett

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Featuring 17 designs; 13 women's and 4 men's, using Organic Wool DK, British Sheep Breeds Chunky and the new British Sheep Breeds DK.

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Featuring 14 designs; 10 women's and 4 men's using the new yarn Lima.

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Fabulous bi-annual publication from Rowan Featuring the Autumn/Winter 2009/10 Collection in three design themes to tantalise and tease!
Be the first to see the closely guarded secrets of this years 'must have' designer knitwear from Rowan.

This beautifully soft cotton based yarn, so called because the yarn contains 30% milk protein, lends itself perfectly to this charming collection of ladies spring and summer wear by Marie Wallin. There are 15 designs ranging from simple modern shapes to delicate feminine florals and lace.

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Hit the high seas!....the catwalks were 'awash' with both nautical and preppy styles for spring/summer 2008.

Studio 10 covers both of these important and wearable trends with classic cardigans, elegant cables and simple textures in Handknit Cotton and Cotton Glace.

The Big easy A collection of laid back, easy pieces in calming greys and browns. Featuring the new yarn Cocoon, Big Wool and Kid Classic. This collection was designed by students from the Royal College of Art.

14 Designs by Marie Wallin using Rowan 'British Shhep Breeds Wool' (100% British Wool)

14 Designs by Kaffe Fassett using Rowan Colourscape Chunky yarn (100% Lambswool)

16 Designs by Sarah Hatton and Marie Wallin using Rowan Cocoon (80% Merino Wool, 20% Kid Mohair)

How 2 Knit BIG with Rowan Big Wool
Choose from two quick and easy projects with step by step instructions.
Relax & Enjoy.......
Welcome to the world of Knitting!

Requires 2 balls of Rowan Big Wool for each project

A collection of 14 classic and charming baby garments designed by Marie Wallin and Martin Storey and 7 accessories by Lisa Richardson. From coats, baby shrugs and kids hoodies to romper suits and enchantingly details dresses and cardigans, complimented by soft toys, slippers, shoes hats and a classic blanket.

Beautifully photographed in rural North Norfolk, ‘The Organic Cotton Collection’ sees the introduction of the first brochure under the new Rowan Purelife label.
The collection features 18 beautiful, easy to wear designs including 10 for women, 4 for men and 4 for girls. Photographed by Moy Williams, with styling and art direction by Marie Wallin

An inspired collection featuring one of Rowan's most popular yarns, Summer Tweed.
This brochure features a collection of twelve wonderful, easy to wear designs by Marie Wallin, Martin Storey and Sarah Hatton, all of which reflect the lovely subtle appearance of this silk rich yarn.

The Pure Wool collection features a classic collection of 12 timeless, easy to wear designs ranging from elegant cardigans to cosy hats and scarves.

Photographed in the quaint garden of Millstream cottage in Kent, the brochure has a traditional feel with a contemporary twist.

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Arabesque is collection of seventeen dance-inspired designs for men and women using Little Big Wool, a brand new yarn for Winter 2006

How 2 Knit BIG with Rowan Biggy Print
Choose from three quick and easy projects with step by step instructions.
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Welcome to the world of Knitting!

Requires 3 balls of Biggy Print for each project