Today, there will be two blog entries! The excitement!

First, let’s start with pictures from the three magazines I recently bought. I’ve been on a Starmore collecting kick. It’s a damn expensive collecting kick, I have to admit.

First, I won Interweave Winter 99/00, which has the famous Jade Starmore Adult Beadwork. Unless you want to pay Virtual Yarns a zilion dollars for the kit, this Interweave magazine is the only place you can get it.

(Note - I used auto correction on these pictures, so colors may go completely wonky.)

It’s a gorgeous design, but knit on a very tight gauge with gansey yarn.

Then, I bought Vogue Knitting Fall 94 and Fall 89 from Monica.

Both issues actually have great designs beyond the starmore ones. But, the starmore ones are pretty good too. This vest is in Fall 89:

Here’s a little better picture of it:

I think its gorgeous. I love how the colors just glow. I did read that it is called “Thoroughbred”, and is also in the Scottish Collection, which is very out of print.

The design in Fall 94 isn’t quite as good:

I think the reason why I don’t like it quite as much is that its so horizontal. It’s very stripey. Also, the colors aren’t very subtle, even in the magazine. Maybe if the red bands were switched out with something more muted, I’d like it better.