The newest Ennea Collective edition is live! The theme for this edition is Celtic and natural wools. We had a lot of fun with pattern concepts for this one. There's a great article on CVM sheep by Nancy Zeller at Long Ridge Farm, and we've profiled FatCatKnits as our Indie artist this month.
In this issue, I've got three patterns. The first is a lacy stole knit in 3 natural colors of CVM handspun (from Long Ridge Farm), but it'd be great in any DK or light worsted yarn in a solid color too. (If you had something like a Silky Wool from E. Lavold, or even Cascade 220, those would be great to use.) It knits up quickly on size 8 US needles. That's the Currach stole. Knit on a lot of our driving trips to and from Texas this winter.
Then, I worked up two smaller projects. The first is the Ballycastle Tam. And MANY thanks to Christina for test-knitting this sucker. The charts took some finagaling, but we got them there!. This is knit from 5 different Shetland fingering-weight wools. It has two traditional peerie patterns and a star-shaped crown. If you don't wish to spin your own fiber, you can easily substitute in something like Harrisville Shetland or Jamieson's Spindrift yarns in any color grouping you like.
Finally, the Triskele Mittens, which are also knit in a fingering-weight yarn, this time a colorwork kit of BFL from Two If By Hand in Fawn and Cranberries. Again, Harrisville Shetland or Jamieson's Spindrift yarns would be great substitutions if you don't wish to use handspun.
Look for our next edition to be out this summer! We are also planning a spin-along of an exclusive colorway with another indie artist for that issue, so details on that shortly.
All for now.......
Just bought the tam. I have tons of shetland and this looks great, not as tiny as some tams. The whole issue looks good.
Posted by: Mary Lou | April 18, 2011 at 06:06 AM
I love them all. Going over to check out all the patterns right now!!!
And you are very welcome. The tam is ADORABLE in person!!!
Posted by: Christina Scovel | April 18, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Wonderful patterns - I've queued almost all of them!
Posted by: Laurie | April 18, 2011 at 01:32 PM
Oh my, I am always amazed by Ennea and so proud to know you... I am wearing my socks today and thought when I pulled them on this morning how lucky I was to have them and to have gotten to meet up in person. That was years ago now but I still treasure having you on my first-hand friend list (as opposed to virtual-only). The mittens are my faves this time, and will be on the needles during summer, when only small projects will do.
Posted by: Birdsong | April 18, 2011 at 02:35 PM
Wow, where did the time go between the last issue and this one? I really like how Currach has both a formal and informalness to it - I bet it would look great in a lighter weight yarn too.
Posted by: Toby | April 19, 2011 at 09:54 AM
I love the stole in particular! Congratulations!
Posted by: Sarah | April 20, 2011 at 10:33 AM