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Needle News
The Needle Emporium June 28, 2008
In This Issue
Cocoon
Colourscape Chunky
British Sheep Breeds
Rowan #44
  
rowan 44
 
Rowan Magazine 44 celebrates Rowan's 30th anniversary with a spectacular selection of designs from the Vintage, Elegant and Renaissance Collections. Rowan's famous designers went all out on this issue to design garments to excite every taste. The most difficult choice in this issue will be what to knit first. This issue also introduces the story behind Rowan's new addition of organic Pure British Wool in a chunky weight. All colors are the natural color and name of that particular breed of sheep and has its own separate book with amazing sweater and coat patterns.
 
Cellini 
Cellini knit in Felted Tweed-five new colours in the store.
 
Da Vinci 
Da Vinci knit in Kidsilk Aura and Wool Cotton.
  
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Seven boxes arrived from Rowan this week.  Here is a preview of the new magazines for fall.
 
We don't have the new shade cards on our website yet.  Unfortunately Rowan doesn't have their website updated yet and we get our shade cards from them.
 
You will notice some changes to the yarn section of our website.  Now when you click on a yarn name you see the shade card without clicking to a new page.  Not all yarns are updated to this but we are working on it.
 
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Cocoon
 
A fabulous pattern book using Rowan's Coccon.  This yarn was introduced last fall in natural colours.  Ten colours have been added for this fall. 
 
Cocoon is 80% merino wool and 20% kid mohair.  There are 115m on a 100gram ball.
cocoon
 
The beautiful designs featured in this collection range from sweaters, cardigans, vests and a hat and lace shawl. These designs are in an array of interesting textured, lacy and cable stitches
 
jeanie
 
This is Jeanie.
Colourscape Chunky
Photographed in a working artist studio to echo the creative nature of this yarn. The Colourscape Chunky Collection sees the initial brochure in the Rowan Colourscape label with colour by Kaffe Fasset.

Made from a soft to handle lambs wool and available in eight unique hand blended colours giving a single repeat rainbow like effect, this yarn is for the artisan in us all. Featuring 12 beautiful easy to wear designs by Sarah Hatton. this collection ranges from capes to fitted sweaters and waistcoats, with garments featuring simple cables and textures to allow the beautiful coloures to shine.
 
colourscapes
 
flutter
 
Flutter in Cherry
 
jinx
 
Jinx in Frosty
 
sigh
 
Sigh in Frosty
 
My fingers are crossed that the shade cards will be on the website this weekend.
 
British Sheep Breeds
bainbridge
 
This is Bainbridge.
 
The British Sheep Breeds Collection sees the introduction of the second brochure under the Rowan Purelife label.

As an annually renewable natural resource, the Rowan British wool is shorn and blended from four classic sheep breeds (Jacob, Black Welsh, Blue Faced Leicester and Suffolk) and spun into five beautiful un-dyed shades.

With its natural lanolin maintained, the Rowan British sheeps breeds yarn is perfect for this rugged collection of outerwear for men and women. The collection by Marie Wallin features 12 easy to wear designs which will give warm and comfortable protection against winter weather. Including eight for women, two for men and two unisex designs.
 
british
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