With catalogs swamping the mail slot this time of year, it seems appropriate to note some of the more attractive knits on the market. (This list isn’t meant to endorse the following purveyors, but to serve as inspiration for us handworkers.) Below please find a smattering of Nake-id faves: (I might post more as the day progresses, and please weigh in with your ideas, too.)
1. Loved the revisioned “fair isle” from Garnet Hill—very clever, employing beads for the colorwork. The retailer has many other creative knits, including felted kids slippers tarted up to look like animals.
2. For the price, you can’t beat the traditional Scandinavian-inspired, Kingfield button-front cardi from LL Bean. Comes in cotton and wool. And red!
3. Weirdly, I’ve been itching to knit a man’s garment. I pressed Mitch’s face against this catalog, exclaiming, “My this is a fine sweater!” Very little reaction from the aforementioned man, but I’m digging it. The corrugated ribbing makes it very today, don’t you think?
4. Those savvy marketeers at Peruvian Connection, are now sending me email. There’s no escape. This is the catalog I have to will into the recycling bin. Currently have a crush on this and this and this:
5. You can’t beat Eileen Fisher for knits that mix modernity and wearability. Who wouldn’t look good in the following?
