Beanie & Cabled Scarf from Luxury Knits

Book 17: Luxury Knits

A collection for Men and Women using the ‘luxury’ range of yarns from the Ella Rae Yarn Collection. Gorgeous yarns are always easy to work with and just to feel a ball of yarn that has an amazing mix of fibres is enough to make any knitter go into raptures!

Here we add a yarn called ‘Latte‘, a mix of milk fibre, baby alpaca, and microfibre and ‘Mocha‘ a blend of camel, extrafine merino, and kid mohair.

Whenever I put a collection together I always keep in mind that when I buy a knitting book I like to think I can knit at least half a dozen (or more) of the projects.

There are pillows, socks, scarves, sweaters and cardigans for men and women, a beret and beanie, over 25 projects for knitters of all skill levels.

Book 18: Island Holiday

Joe hat & Joseph sweater from Book 18.

Knits for teens–this collection fills the gap between young children and adults, both of which are well catered for in pattern books.

I have always felt that ‘teens’ are often overlooked and wanted to design a collection that covered that gap.

This book really showcases the very casual lifestyle and culture of typical Australian teenagers…set on a small “holiday island” off the coast, it’s full of great projects for both girls and boys, warm snuggly sweaters and jackets for the cooler months ahead.

Once again we used the versatile, inexpensive yarns like Ella Rae Classic and Amity, perfect for garments that get a lot of use and abuse from teenagers!