Hello, lovely! Today I wanted to pop in and tell you all about Scheepjes YARN Bookazine, Issue 9: NOW Age. Twice a year, Scheepjes comes out with a new issue of YARN, and it just blows me away each time. I have had a design in every issue since the third one, and it seems like I make my humble offering, and send it off to The Netherlands, where the creative geniuses at Scheepjes make absolute magic with it.
I love how each issue has a theme, and a general color vibe and mood to it. This issue’s theme is NOW Age, and here is the gorgeous cover.
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Thoughtful Designs
This issue features stunning designs – something for everyone, ranging from elegant to playful – mixed in with delightful articles all centered on the new age theme.
Changing Tides Bag
One of the makes that I just love is this pretty and practical Changing Tides Bag by Jellina Verhoeff. How fun is this bag? Made in the super-durable yarn Mighty, they look like a great intro to feather and fan type work and open lace.
The combination of the waves and the lace really gets me, and Mighty is the perfect yarn for it because the strong yarn won’t buckle under the pressure of filling the bag with all your beach stuff. I am making a bag tutorial with Mighty and after using the bag for the past months, I can tell you it holds up beautifully.
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Free Flow Shawl
Another project from this issue that I just loved is this design by Tatsiana Kupryianchyk. The Free Flow Shawl has a very basic design constructions, so as a blanket maker I do not find it too intimidating. Bonus: it’s made with Secret Garden yarn which I am in love with!
The stitch is beautiful and just the right amount of mindless, if you get what I mean. I can stitch this while watching my favorite show, and not get bored to death in the process. What a simple, yet elegant stitch.
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Floral Eclipse Throw
My contribution to this issue is the Floral Eclipse Throw (Ravelry link) made with Scheepjes Cahlista. I had a blast creating this piece, as it is worked up in join as-you-go lacy motifs, which come together to make the blanket body, plus bonus tassels added for a not-so-subtle detail.
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Are you as in love with the photo below as I am? The Bug, the Zebra, plus my blanket – I’m telling you, the Scheepjes photography is always incredible!
I also took a lot of photos of this one at my house before sending it off, mostly because of how in love I became with this color palette. The golden circles and border pull it all together.
This is definitely one of those projects that you take with you to a festival or on a long road trip for that big pop of color and perfect lacy weight. The yarn is Aran Weight, but it’s just lacy enough that you wont be hot under the weight. Amazingly, it will also keep you warm! That’s the funny thing about crochet blankets – the air passes through on a breezy night, but the blanket is still cozy warm.
Here is a close-up of the edge – forever in love with that gold color.
And another shot of the long side of the blanket – the edging on the long sides is a bit different for visual interest, and because I added tassels to the short sides.
You can see how I matched up the large petal scallops to the half-hexagon motifs on the long sides, and that was one of the most fun parts of the blanket to design.
Those tassels are so yummy! I wasn’t ever a tassel fan until suddenly I put them on a design, and now I want to make tassels every chance I get. They add such a pop to the blanket. I agree they don’t go on every design, but for this one it really works and they’re perfect with the smaller scallops on this short edge.
One more shot of this beauty before I get back to work on a top secret project!
Pick up your copy of the NOW Age issue of YARN today.
Happy crafting,
Rachele C.
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