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<h5>Dec 2007/Jan 2008</h5>
<h1>What's New(s) in Knitting</h1>
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<h3 align="center"><em>New in this edition of KnitNet</em></h3>
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<p>This edition is all about colour — not about colourful knitting but rather about using colour knitting techniques — even in the colours are black and white. There's intarsia and Fair Isle and stripes and more.</p>
<p><img src="legwarm.jpg" width="158" height="240" hspace="10" border="0" align="right" alt="">You'll have a preview of Kaffe Fassett's new book — it wouldn't be going too far to call him Mr. Colour — in Special Delivery. You'll love the striped pullover.
We have interesting patterns from Karen Almond and Wendy Mortimer, too. There's an optical illusion from Elizabeth Fallone — can you spot the spider? —
and a reworking of one of our favourite patterns from Sally Melville, Lampshade Legs. We've been around so long, leg warmers are back in style.</p>
<p>Even our book review column — Knitting in Print — and our Knitting the Web feature are all about colour. Finally, we have an interview with designer Fiona Ellis whose new book, Inspired Fair Isle, is reviewed this edition.</p>
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<h3 align="center"><em>Meet the designer</em></h3>
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<p>Kaffe Fassett was born in San Francisco in 1937. When he was 19, Kaffe won a scholarship to the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, but left after 3 months to paint in London. He settled in England in 1964.</p>
<p>Kaffe ventured into the world of colourful yarn on a visit to a Scottish wool mill with fashion designer Bill Gibb. Inspired by the colours in the landscape, Kaffe was thrilled to find the same colours in yarns. He bought 20 colours of Shetland wool and some knitting needles, and on the train back to London a fellow passenger taught him how to knit. The rest, as they say, is history.</p>
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<h3 align="center"><em>New for knitters</em></h3>
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<p>Trudy Van Stralen of <a href="http://www.louet.com/" target="_blank">Louet</a> has designed a new Hand Dyed Sock Kit using Louet's Gems merino superwash wool yarn. This is a preferred yarn by many hand dyers and has a unique twist giving it great loft, elasticity and stitch definition. Trudy has combined this great yarn with acid dyes by Gaywool, distributed by Louet North America. Trudy's technique and recipe is a simple, safe, in your kitchen method of creating your own hand dyed yarn. The Hand Dye Kit comes in five colourways: blues, pinks, greens, reds, and browns. </p>
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<h3 align="center"><em> New from knitters</em></h3>
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<p>You might not believe it, but one of KnitNet's readers has turned a kitchen mixer into an electric yarn winder. Check it out on her <a href=" http://geocities.com/mama_bear_007/" target="_blank">Web site</a> for fun but, frankly, we'd advise against trying it yourself! </p>
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<h3 align="center"><em>New in knitting workshops</em></h3>
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<p>Sally Melville will offer A Knitting Experience May 19 to 23 at <a href="http://www.nancycrow.com" target="_blank">Crowe Timber Frame Barn</a> near Baltimore, Ohio. </p>
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<h3 align="center"><em>New from you</em></h3>
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<p>Do you have news for knitters from your mill, your shop or your needles? If you're a teacher, a designer, a yarn producer or marketer, a charity project or an online community, tell KnitNet what's new with you! <a href="mailto:editor@knitnet.com?Subject=What's new(s)! ">Email What's new(s)</a>!</p>
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<h3 align="center"><em>Tips, Tricks and Trade Secrets</em></h3>
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<p>If you're not receiving our free weekly Tips, Tricks and Trade Secrets bulletin, you're missing out on one of the best free knitting newsletters. Each week, we send along knitting tips from fellow knitters and experts.</p>
<p>If you submit a Tip, Trick or Trade Secret that we publish, you'll get a free one year online subscription to KnitNet or a one year extension to your existing subscription.</p>
<p>Register for Tips, Tricks and Trade Secrets <a href="../../tipssign.htm" target = "_top">here</a>.</p>
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