For the first time the submission for Wool People is open to all designers, and not only to invited guest designers, so just as I anticipated Brooklyn Tweed have received an overwhelming amount of submissions due to their popularity, and stunning tweed yarns. In their submission information they urged designers to include at least 3-4 submissions within the proposal, so I have sent off 3 submissions. If one of my designs is chosen for Wool People 8, and I am not too optimistic, I will be informed no later than 14th March. Any design submission is time consuming but rewarding since I already have another magazine who want them, despite not having seen my ideas yet. Brooklyn Tweed have two yarns; Shelter and Loft, both made of pure wool spun in historic Harrisville, New Hampshire, from the fleece of Wyoming grown Targhee-Columbia sheep; “We fleece dye our wool to achieve rich heathers that give even the simplest fabrics depth and sophistication”. Shelter is worsted/aran weight with 128 m/140 yds per 50 g and Loft is fingering/4-ply with 251 m/275 yds per 50 g, and you can see the shade card for both yarns above. The knitwear design and yarn company was founded in 2007 by designer, blogger and photographer Jared Flood. Among my favorite designs, chosen because of their beautiful texture, are Channel Cardigan by Jared Flood from BT Winter 14, see Ravelry and Kenzo by Olga Buraya-Kefelian from Wool People 4, see Ravelry. For the full collection see Brooklyn Tweed.
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Amirisu Submission for Fall/Winter 2014
I have wanted to submit a design to Amirisu for awhile now, and after an encouragement from one of my Ravelry friends, I needed no more convincing. Amirisu is a stunning digital magazine dedicated to knitting & related crafts, and the only one in Japan of its kind. It was launched in August 2012 by two friends: Tokuko and Meri with the vision of bringing together the best of Japanese knitting and overseas knitting, as well as aspiring to build a community – their dedicated Ravelry group is a proof of their success in doing just that. Hence the magazine is written in both English and Japanese, and published online twice a year in February and August. I was fascinated to read the interview with the Belarusian designer Olga Buraya-Kefelian, who I admire, in their latest issue (see page 12-13). I have registered as a contributing designer, and e-mailed my submission including two swatch photographs; a sketch drawn by my Creative Director (read husband); concept info; yarn suggestion; and construction notes. Before I began contemplating my design I studied their Fall/Winter 2014 Mood board on Pinterest, and what immediately captured my imagination was the leaf/nature sculptures. So no surprise there really. You can read about their selection progress on their blog: call-for-submission. I will not have to wait long if my design is selected, only until 16th February, so I will keep my fingers crossed since I would love to be part of this fantastic magazine, hence have one of my patterns translated into Japanese…