Designer Knitting Early Winter 2011 £4.95

♦ DECK THE BALLS
Meet Arne and Carlos, the cheeky Norwegian design team behind the season's holiday-knit hit 55 Christmas Balls. By Leslie Petrovski

♦ SPOTLIGHT ON: SHIBUI KNITS
This in-demand boutique yarn keeps it's eye on global fashion. By Cheryl Krementz

♦ MEG SWANSEN ON: A CUT ABOVE
Steeking—the very word sends shivers through many a knitter. Meg talks about ways to secure your stitching so you don't have to cringe when you cut.

♦ IT'S A YARN THING
On the eve of the launch of her new yarn line, the incomparable Martha Stewart talks yarny pursuits with Designer Knitting's Trisha Malcolm.

♦ DANIELA EDBURG: SOFT AND DANGEROUS
A photographer finds her muse in knitted objects to exquisite effect. By Rebecca Klassen