AMIRISU | Issue 24 Spring / Summer

Harmonised by a soft palette of pastel and neutral hues, the twelve knitwear designs in issue 24 of amirisu are inspired by the customs, family traditions, and special places that have contributed to each designer’s heritage.

Featuring a craft guide to Toronto, three locals, Laura Chau and Kiyomi & Sachiko Burgin, share some of their favourite spots in the city.

Plus, this issue shares a project from Lori Ann Graham, a machine-quilted tote bag project, a look at Retrosaria Rosa Pomar’s new shop, and much more!

*This is has now sold out.

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Wellamo | Leeni Hoimela

Pattern Notes: Toe-up socks with twisted stitch cable detail.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Meia

Tenderfoot

Shophouse Tee | yamagara

Pattern Notes: A top-down pullover with lace and cable details.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Jardim

Madragoa

Breeze | Megumi Sawada

Pattern Notes: A long vest worked top-down in textural stitches.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Tacama Organic

Semilla Pura GOTS

Conflux | Susanne Sommer

Pattern Notes: A shawl vest knit flat from the centre out, on the bias.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Jardim

Tenderfoot

Umibata | amirisu

Pattern Notes: A collared V-neck vest worked in the round.
Yarn Weight: Light Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Bio Shetland

Skinny Yana

Saltkaret | Sari Nordlund

Pattern Notes: A colourwork pullover knit seamlessly top-down.
Yarn Weight: Light Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Wool Local

Bio Shetland

Tiehua | Rastus Hsu

Pattern Notes: A textural garter stitch cowl with twisted stitch detail.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Skinny Yana

Millpost Merino

Madara | Inese Sang

Pattern Notes: A lightweight shawl with unusual construction.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Awa

Tenderfoot

Lulu | Rosemary (Romi) Hill

Pattern Notes: A shawl knit from side to side, picking up stitches to finish with a ruffled edge.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Exquisite 4 Ply

Skinny Yana

Moonrise | amirisu

Pattern Notes: A hat and mit set with stranded colourwork detail.
Yarn Weight: Worsted / 10 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Loch Lomond

Kathmandu Aran 100

Scallops and Blooms | Dianna Walla

Pattern Notes: A cropped sweater worked flat, from side to side in four pieces, then seamed.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Dreamtime Merino 4 Ply

Millpost Merino

Koto | Yucca

Pattern Notes: Socks worked sideways in garter stitch, with increases and decreases to shape the heel.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Chaski

Meia

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POM POM | 10th Anniversary Issue

Issue 41 marks Pom Pom’s 10th birthday and they have a host of jubilant and celebratory designs which radiate all the joy they’re feeling on this landmark occasion!

Likely one of their most collectable editions yet, this rare bumper edition of Pom Pom Quarterly contains 13 designs for warm and cool climes, so no matter where you live in the world, there’s handmade party outfits aplenty within its pages.

What’s more, Issue 41 comes complete with party favours in the form of two articles and a recipe! Atsushi Futatsuya writes about cultural appropriation and the practice of Sashiko, and Atia Azmi’s ‘A Crafter’s Guide to London’ is a wonderful tribute to the vibrant city in which Pom Pom was founded. Dee Omole shares her recipe for the most stunning white chocolate madeleines – sure to make a statement centrepiece at any shindig.

This is also the first issue printed in their new larger format! Expect lush photographic spreads and more room for patterns. They’ve also permanently increased the page count to bring you even more Pom Pom!

*Pom Pom issue 41 has now sold out.

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Decima | Isa Catepillán

Pattern Notes: A reversible crochet bag that is worked from the bottom up in the round.
Yarn Weight: DK /8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Alfama

Liina Twine

Purppura | Sari Nordlund

Pattern Notes: A sweater worked in the round from the top down, with a circular lace and bobble stitch yoke. The back is shaped with short rows.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

TEC

Puna

Alumina | Inyoung Kim

Pattern Notes: A symmetrical triangle shawl, beginning at the wide edge and decreasing towards the point. The pattern consists of an upper half-circle row, a band of rhombuses worked individually between the half-circles, then a bottom half-circle row.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Exquisite 4 Ply

Skinny Yana

Reduplicate | Marie Régnier

Pattern Notes: Reduplicate Top is an oversized t-shirt worked in one piece from the top down. Reduplicate Shorts are knit seamlessly in the round from the bottom up in a lace and cable pattern, with pockets!
Yarn Weight: Sport / 5 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Dreamtime Merino 4 Ply

Bio Love

Floribunda | Gina Fama Röckenwagner

Pattern Notes: A summer top constructed of 4 panels made separately and then joined together. Each sleeve is made from 2 panels joined together into a tube with double crochet added to complete the sleeve.
Yarn Weight: Sport / 5 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

HØR

Bio Love

Euphorium | Dawn Henderson

Pattern Notes: Socks worked from the top down, beginning with a rolled cuff and a textured colourwork leg. They feature a heel flap and gusset and finish with a slightly rounded toe, which is grafted shut.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply + Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Chaski

Lackadaisical | Kindred Red

Pattern Notes: Fingerless mits with all-over stranded colourwork featuring a lazy daisy flower power motif with a special textured knot stitch on the largest flower.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Bio Shetland

Signature 4 Ply

Keswick | Xandy Peters

Pattern Notes: A lightweight square scarf worked in an intarsia plaid pattern. Mohair yarn is used throughout, tinting the other yarn colours as they overlap horizontally and vertically. Colourwork is created by holding 1, 2 or 3 strands simultaneously.
Yarn Weight: Fingering + Lace = Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Skinny Yana

Kid Seta

Paragon | Sylvia Watts-Cherry

Pattern Notes: Sweater worked in an all-over intarsia colourwork pattern. The front, back and set-in sleeves of Paragon are worked separately in pieces from the bottom up and seamed; stitches are then picked up for the neckband and worked in the round.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Dreamtime Merino 8 Ply

TEC

Chōcho Hat + Mits | Kiyomi Burgin + Sachiko Burgin

Pattern Notes: A hat and mit set with stranded colourwork detail.
Yarn Weight: Sport / 5 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Jardim

Millpost Merino 4 Ply

Streamers | James N Watts

Pattern Notes: A cropped sweater worked flat, from side to side in four pieces, then seamed.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Benjamim

Bio-Wool

Lateralis | Ainur Berkimbayeva

Pattern Notes: Socks worked sideways in garter stitch, with increases and decreases to shape the heel.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Meia Print

Signature 4 Ply

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The Dreamscape Issue | Pom Pom Quarterly Spring 2022

Pom Pom’s 40th issue conjures up a knitted dreamworld! Get transported to your yarn-filled happy place with joy-bringing patterns that are whimsical without compromising elegance or wearability.

The designs reference the seemingly unstructured nature of dreams through floaty fabrics and ethereal embellishments, loose gauge, and by gently emboldening the maker to use their intuition when it comes to playing with colour.

As with anything that appears effortless, copious amounts of imagination and clever thinking form the foundation of these designs encouraging the kind of creative escapism we cherish in crafting.

The patterns in this collection vary in intensity; from ones which will allow you to realise your knitting fantasies to others you could finish with your eyes closed. But rest assured, each one will grant you gratification in a different way.

Rhythm features designs by Aimee Sher, Allison Lutes, Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, Hanna Lübben, Julie Dubreux, Marie Régnier, Marzena Kołaczek, Pope Vergara and Reed Keyes.

In addition to 10 knitting patterns, the spring 2022 issue contains an article, ‘Making a World’ by lilith green, in which lilith talks about her experience of autism and how the act of making provides a haven from a world which prioritises neurotypical people. And, if your goal is to try your hand at a craft other than knitting, learn how to make decorative Polish pająki with Karolina Merska, or use Stephanie Ganz’ recipe to bake Honeysuckle Cream Puffs – divine!

We have now sold out of Issue 40.
Print and digital copies are available HERE.
Or, shop Pom Pom’s current titles HERE.

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Effervescent | Aimee Sher

Pattern Notes: A cropped sweater worked from the bottom up.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Millpost Merino

Kid Seta

Cloudbow | Reed Keyes

Pattern Notes: A ruffled, puff-sleeve pullover or dress, worked modularly starting with the front and back body panels.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Uma

Reverie | Allison Lutes

Pattern Notes: Worked from the cuff down, beginning with a 1x1 twisted rib cuff before vertical stripe colourwork and bobbles, a short-row garter-stitch heel, and ending with a round toe.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Meia

Meia Print

Nereides | Marie Régnier

Pattern Notes: A light spring tee worked in an allover lace pattern from the bottom up.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Merian

Kid Seta

Plumetis | Julie Dubreux

Pattern Notes: Worked from the bottom up, mostly with a single strand of mohair lace, with a simple drop-shoulder construction.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Dreamtime Merino 4 Ply

Oneiro | Hanna Lübben

Pattern Notes: A brioche knit cardigan worked flat and sideways in two pieces, working from the sleeve cuff towards the centre back.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Uma

Kid Seta

Cirriform | Marie Régnier

Pattern Notes: Socks worked from the toe up, beginning with Judy’s magic cast-on, and features a shadow wrap short row heel.
Yarn: Light Fingering / 3 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Chaski

Uma

Althaea | Marzena Kołaczek

Pattern Notes: A seamless sweater worked from the top down.
Yarn Weight: DK / 8 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Puna Traceable

TEC

Flótti | Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir

Pattern Notes: Cardigan featuring stranded colourwork. Worked flat, from the bottom up.
Yarn Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Bio Shetland

Kid Seta

Leonora | Pope Vergara

Pattern Notes: A cardigan worked flat in pieces from the bottom up, and features charted colourwork using the intarsia technique.
Yarn Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestions:

Kid Seta

Uma

We have now sold out of Issue 40.
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NEW IN STORE

The Shetland Trader, Book 3 | Heritage

Get ready for Pom Pom’s latest release, an unprecedented blend of groovy 70s silhouettes, classic Shetland colourwork, and contemporary design elements. The Shetland Trader, Book 3: Heritage contains 11 patterns (7 garments and 4 accessories) by Shetland-born knitwear designer Gudrun Johnston, including a first for Pom Pom Press: dresses!

This third instalment of The Shetland Trader series celebrates Gudrun’s geographical and familial roots. The designs not only incorporate the traditional Shetland knitting techniques and motifs Gudrun has helped to popularise internationally, but also represent a throwback to the made-to-order knitwear business run in the 1970s by Patricia Johnston, Gudrun’s mother, which operated as The Shetland Trader.

Exclusively for The Shetland Trader, Book Three, Gudrun has selected some of her mother’s best-loved designs and updated them for twenty-first century knitters. Use these patterns to create Shetland-chic ensembles as well as heirloom pieces impervious to time.

Available now, find it HERE.

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BUNABERRY

Pattern Notes: Bottom up sweater, balloon sleeves with choice of two Fair Isle bands.
Yarn: Fingering / 4-ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

ELSK

Pattern Notes: Worked in the round from the bottom up. Design details include folded hems and Fair Isle bands. Choice of crew neck or turtle neck.
Yarn: Fingering / 4-ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

HJARTA

Pattern Notes: Worked in the round from the bottom up. Design details include folded hems and Striped Razor Shell bandS. Choice of crew neck or turtle neck.
Yarn: Fingering / 4-ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

MAYWICK

Pattern Notes: Sweater featuring the Razor Shell pattern. Worked in one piece from the bottom up.
Yarn: Fingering / 4-ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

SMORA

Pattern Notes: Instructions for both a beret and a beanie.
Yarn: Fingering / 4-ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

SNARANESS

Pattern Notes: Triangular Kerchief.
Yarn: Lace / 2 ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Millpost Merino 4 Ply

SOORIK

Pattern Notes: A smock worked in the round from the bottom up with a folded hem.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

TARRA

Pattern Notes: A shawl worked from the outside in, starting with the widest edge.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

VAIR

Pattern Notes: Worked in one piece from the bottom up, featuring Fair Isle and Razor Shell patterns.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

VATNA

Pattern Notes: A shawl worked from the outside in, starting with the widest edge.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

WILLAPUND

Pattern Notes: A vest worked in one piece from the bottom up.
Yarn: Fingering / 4 ply weight
Colourways + Sizing: Ravelry
Yarn Suggestion: Bio Shetland GOTS

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AMIRISU | Strata Issue 22, Spring/Summer 2021

I’m excited share that we’ve just added Amirisu Magazine to our growing collection of BOOKS + PERIODICALS.

New to Amirisu? It’s a bi-annual knitting lifestyle magazine from Japan. What more could you ask for.

Our inaugural issue Strata - Issue 22 Spring/Summer 2021 takes inspiration from layers and features twelve knitwear designs created by some of Amirisu’s most favourite designers from Japan and abroad.

With feature article - Colours of OkinawaIn. A craft guide to Okinawa, encounter two fascinating textile traditions and get inspiration for a future trip with our recommendations for museums, textile workshops, and pottery galleries on the island.

Plus a project from Lori Ann Graham, virtual events and content to enjoy from anywhere, a needle felt project, and more.

We have now sold out of Issue 22.
Digital copies are available HERE.
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Humboldt

By amirisu

Pattern notes: A bottom-up sweater worked in the round with lace detail yoke.
What we love: Delicate lace pattern reminiscent of the veins on an ageing leaf.
Yarn suggestions: Linen or linen blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Humboldt pattern page

Ranunculus

By Trine Bertelsen

Pattern notes: Top-down construction with a simple lace motive.
What we love: Sleeve and body length can be tailored to suit.
Yarn suggestions: Pima cotton or cotton blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Ranunculus pattern page

Thistle

By Sari Nordlund

Pattern notes: Cuff-to-toe construction with reinforced heel flap.
What we love: A new heel technique to try - Round French heels!
Yarn suggestions: 100% wool or sock blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Thistle pattern page

Fay (above)

By Fiona Alice

Pattern notes: Bottom-up construction using a mix of flat knitting and knitting in the round.
What we love: Advanced construction techniques for when you’re up for a challenging knit.
Yarn suggestions: Cotton or cotton/wool blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Fay pattern page

Sand Waves (above)

By Ririko

Pattern notes: Top-down seamless construction.
What we love: It just has to be the the gentle waves around the yoke.
Yarn suggestions: 100% wool or sock blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Sand Waves pattern page

Nigella (above)

By Kate Gagnon Osborn

Pattern notes: Slight asymmetrical design worked from the neck out.
What we love: A mix of interesting textures sure to make for an engaging knit.
Yarn suggestions: 100% wool or wool blend sport weight yarn.
Ravelry: Nigella pattern page

Agave (above)

By Orlane Sucche

Pattern notes: Worked top-down and in-the-round with very on trend sleeve shaping.
What we love: The stripes with repeating eyelet detail.
Yarn suggestions: 100% wool or wool blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Agave pattern page

Blomsterkrans (above)

By Dianna Walla

Pattern notes: Hat and cowl set using stranded colourwork.
What we love: The flower motives!
Yarn suggestions: 100% wool or wool blend light-fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Agave pattern page

Calathea

By amirisu

Pattern notes: Neckerchief worked flat utilising increases and decreases to shape the piece.
What we love: A mismatch of yarn weights and fibres to create interesting colour and texture.
Yarn suggestions: Linen blend lace weight yarn and a wool blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Calathea pattern page

Lelia (above)

By Nataliya Sinelshchikova

Pattern notes: A drop-shoulder pullover knit flat from the bottom up.
What we love: An array of techniques to keep you busy.
Yarn suggestions: Textured wool yarn in a DK weight.
Ravelry: Lelia pattern page

Plumeria (above)

By eri shimizu

Pattern notes: A pullover worked top down. German short rows are used to shape the neckline.
What we love: The layers of luxurious alpaca/cashmere.
Yarn suggestions: Alpaca/cashmere blend lace weight yarn and a wool blend fingering weight yarn.
Ravelry: Plumeria pattern page

Liila (above)

By Sari Nordlund

Pattern notes: A vest worked bottom-up, in-the-round. The ruffle is worked separately and seamed to the finished fabric.
What we love: The fine fabric created using the Merino/alpaca bland.
Yarn suggestions: Merino/alpaca blend lace weight yarn and a mohair/silk for lace weight yarn.
Ravelry: Liila pattern page

We have now sold out of Issue 22.
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