Quince & Co Arctic

arctic

6 knits to beat the chill

by Quince & Co

t ab le of conte nts introduction 4-5

nakti 6-9

ausma 10-13

yeti 16-19

milliken 22-25

argus 26-29

katla 30-33

contributors 34-41

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Close your eyes and hear the word

arctic . What do you imagine?

Snow? Expanses of white, stark and unrelenting?

Yes, of course.

Now picture an ice chunk, big as a glacial erratic, and imagine the shadow it casts in the late afternoon. Is it gray? With overtones of blue?

Picture the sun coming up over dark clouds massed and waiting at the horizon, wearing purple shrouds.

Think of wind patterns indenting the surface of snowfields, of sculpted curves in snow dunes catching light and shadow in patterns that change as the sun moves across the sky.

Bare, sparkling, endless, minute—a landscape beautiful and selfsufficient.

On first glance, the sweaters in this collection may not conjure Antartica, but we hope they reflect in color and pattern an Arctic we can imagine while we sit in warmth and listen to our needles ever so softly clicking.

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nakti

by leila raabe

nakti

yarn: finch colors: sabine + audouin 8

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ausma

by michele wang

ausma yarn: lark color: damson 12

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G e ese a ppea r h i gh ov er u s, pass, a n d th e s k y c lo ses. A b a n do n , as in love o r s l eep, h o l ds t he m to th ei r way, c l ea r in t he a n c i en t fa i th : wh at we n eed is he re. A n d we pr ay, n ot for new ea rth o r h eaven , b u t to b e qu ie t i n h ea rt, a n d i n ey e, c le ar. Wh at we n eed i s h er e.

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yeti by leila raabe 16

yarn: puffin colors: sabine, frost, kumlien’s gull + fjord

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yeti

yarn: puffin colors: crow, frost, kumlien’s gull + damson 19

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milliken by elizabeth smith

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milliken yarn: ibis color: lone oak

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argus by leila raabe

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whimbrel

by beatrice perron dahlen

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argus yarn: owl color: albertine

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katla

by pam allen 30

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katla

yarn: osprey colors: iceland + egret 33

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designers

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MICHELE WANG Michele is an independent, full-time knitwear designer currently residing in Las Vegas, NV. Her love of textures and designing women’s garments can be seen throughout her work as she plays with cables, knits, and purls. website: mishi2x.com ravelry: mishi2x instagram: @mishi2x

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ELIZABETH SMITH Elizabeth Smith is a knitting designer who has called the Portland, Maine, area home for the last 13 years. She learned to knit just before moving to Maine, and she turned her passion for the craft into a designing career 8 years ago.

Her design inspiration comes from her love of combining a modern, simple aesthetic with a natural, earthy vibe—pairing these elements together into wearable pieces using simple knitting techniques. website: thebrownstitch.com ravelry: elizknits instagram/twitter: @thebrownstitch

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LEILA RAABE Leila Raabe lives and works in downtown Portland, Maine, and is part of the Quince & Co team. Find her previous work in the pages of Making, Amirisu, with Brooklyn Tweed and other fine yarn companies.

Ravelry: wolletron Instagram: leilaraabe Twitter: woolpig

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yeti

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PAM ALLEN Pam Allen has worked as a knitwear designer, editor at Interweave Knits, and creative director at Classic Elite Yarns. In 2010 she launched Quince & Co with the idea of sourcing fiber and spinning yarns in the US. The company began with four classic wool yarns in 37 colors. Today the ‘basics’ line comes in more than 60 colors and Quince now makes and sells twelve yarns originating in the US and two organic linen yarns from Italy. And there’s always an idea in the works. website: quinceandco.com ravelry: pamallen instagram: quinceandco

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many thanks to: the des i g ners - M i c h el e, Pa m , L ei l a , a nd El i za beth ; the photo g ra p h er - Wh i tney H ay wa rd; the produ c ti o n tea m - Jeru s h a Rob inson a nd Daw n C ata nza ro ; th e m o del - Da na Fa del ; and Pam A l l en, fo r h er vi s i o n for th i s c o l l ec ti o n a nd fo r Q u i nc e.

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