Pom Pom Issue 40 - Dreamscape

For the 40th issue Pom Pom has concocted a knitted dreamworld! Allow their latest collection to transport you to your yarn-filled happy place with joy-bringing patterns which are whimsical without compromising elegance or wearability. The designs reference the seemingly unstructured nature of dreams through floaty fabrics and ethereal embellishments, loose gauge, and by gently emboldening the maker to use their intuition when it comes to playing with colour. As with anything that appears effortless, copious amounts of imagination and clever thinking form the foundation of these designs and they encourage the kind of creative escapism we cherish in crafting. The patterns in this collection vary in intensity; from ones which will allow you to realize your knitting fantasies to others you could finish with your eyes closed. But rest assured, each one will grant you gratification in a different way.

Featured Designers: Aimee Sher, Allison Lutes, Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, Hanna Lübben, Julie Dubreux, Marie Régnier, Marzena Kołaczek, Pope Vergara, Reed Keyes

Featured Patterns: Effervescent, Cloudbow, Reverie, Nereides, Plumetis, Oneiro, Cirriform, Althaea, Flotti, Leonora

Effervescent Details

• Yarn weight: Fingering / 4ply + laceweight 
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 856 - 1748m / 936 - 1911yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
• Yarn B: approx. 120 - 272m / 132 - 298yds of laceweight yarn
• Needle size: 3.75mm / US 5 circular needles, 40cm / 16" length and 60cm / 24" length and 80cm / 32" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round; 3.5mm / US 4 circular needles, 40cm / 16" length and 80cm / 32" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round 4mm / US 6 circular needles, 80-100cm / 32-40"length
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Finished chest circumference: 92 - 162.5cm / 36¼ - 64" – to be worn with 10-20cm / 4-8" positive ease

Cloudbow Details

• Yarn weight: Laceweight
• Yardage: PULLOVER: 
• Yarn A: approx. 327 - 580m / 356 - 632yds of laceweight yarn
• Yarn B: approx. 293 - 512m / 319 - 558yds of laceweight yarn
• Yardage: DRESS: 
  
• Approx 1041 - 2015m / 1135 - 2196yds of laceweight yarn AND a minimum total of 699 - 1354m / 762 - 1476yds of scrap yarn in an assortment of weights from laceweight to aran-weight, as preferred.
• Needle size: 6.5mm / US 10.5 circular needle, 80cm / 32" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round; 4mm / US 6 circular needle, 40cm / 16" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
• Finished chest circumference: 81.5 - 172.5cm / 32 - 68" – to be worn with 5-15cm / 2-6" positive ease

Reverie Details

• Yarn weight: Fingering / 4ply 
• Yardage:
• Yarn A: approx 100 - 155m / 110 - 170yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
• Yarn B: approx 115 - 225m / 125 - 250yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
• Needle size: 2.25mm / US 1 knitting needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4)
• Finished foot circumference: 16.5 - 24cm / 6½ - 9½" – to be worn with 1.5-2cm / ½-¾" negative ease

Nereides Details

• Yarn weight: Fingering / 4ply + laceweight 
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 801 - 1620m / 875 - 1772yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
• Yarn B: approx. 655 - 1428m / 716 - 1562yds of laceweight yarn
• Yarn C: approx. 655 - 1428m / 716 - 1562yds of laceweight yarn 
• Needle size: 3mm crochet hook; 4.5mm / US 7 circular needle, 80-100cm /
  
• 32-40" length (depending on size worked) and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round; 4mm / US 6 circular needle, 80-100cm / 32-40" length (depending on size worked) and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Finished chest circumference: 100 - 180cm / 39¼ - 70¾" - to be worn with approx. 20-30cm / 8-12" positive ease

Plumetis Details

• Yarn weight: Fingering / 4ply + laceweight 
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 180 - 390m / 197 - 427yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
• Yarn B: approx. 770 - 1630m / 842 - 1783yds of fluffy laceweight yarn
• Needle size: 5 mm / US 8 circular needle, 80-100cm / 32-40" length (depending on size worked) and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round; 3.25 mm / US 3 circular needle, 80-100cm / 32-40" length (depending on size worked) and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Finished chest circumference: 112 - 192cm / 44 - 75½" – to be worn with 35-40cm / 13¾-15¾" positive ease

Oneiro Details

• Yarn weight: Laceweight
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 1210 - 2428m / 1324 - 2656yds of laceweight yarn 
• Yarn B: approx. 637 - 1278m / 697 - 1397yds of laceweight yarn 
• Yarn C: approx. 1065 - 2137m / 1165 - 2337yds of laceweight yarn
• OR approx. 2912 - 5842m / 3184 - 6389yds of laceweight yarn in total NOTE: Work with three strands of yarn held tog throughout
• Needle size: 4.5mm / US 7 circular needle, 80cm / 32" length and spare needle for three-needle cast off; 4mm / US 6 circular needle, 80cm / 32" length and DPNs (for front edging)
• Sizes:1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Finished chest circumference: 100 - 178.5cm / 39¼ - 70¼" - to be worn with 12-18cm / 4¾-7" positive ease

Cirriform Details

• Yarn weight: Fingering / 4ply
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 101 - 164yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn; 
• Yarn B: approx. 156 - 230m / 170 - 251yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
• Needle size: 2.5mm / US 1.5 needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3)
• Finished foot circumference: 17.5 - 23cm / 7 - 9"

Althaea Details

• Yarn weight: DK
• Yardage: STRIPE:
• Yarn A: approx. 180 - 450m / 197 - 493yds of DK-weight yarn
  
• Yarn B: approx. 99 - 252m / 109 - 276yds of DK-weight yarn
  
• Yarn C: approx. 176 - 437m / 193 - 478yds of DK-weight yarn
  
• Yarn D: approx. 185 - 441m / 203 - 483yds of DK-weight yarn
  
• Yarn E: approx. 320 - 880m / 350 - 963yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
  
• Yarn F: approx. 264 - 420m / 289 - 460yds of heavy lace / 2-ply-weight yarn
  
• Yardage: BLUE: 
  
• Yarn A: approx: 640 - 1622m / 700 - 1774yds of DK-weight yarn
  
• Yarn B: approx. 320 - 880m / 350 - 963yds of fingering / 4-ply-weight yarn
  

• Yarn weight: Light fingering / 4ply + laceweight 
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 247 - 579m / 269 - 630yds of light fingering-weight yarn
• Yarn B: approx. 351 - 845m / 384 - 923yds of laceweight yarn
• Yarn C: approx. 153 - 358m / 166 - 390yds of light fingering-weight yarn
• Yarn D: approx. 350 - 820m / 382 - 896yds of laceweight yarn
• Yarn E: approx. 189 - 442m / 205 - 481yds of light fingering-weight yarn
• Yarn F: approx. 365 - 855m / 399 - 935yds of laceweight yarn
• NOTE: When working with yarn A, C or E, work with a single strand; when working with yarn B, D or F, work with two strands held together.
• Needle size: 3.5mm / US 4 circular needle, 80cm / 32" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round; 5mm / US 8 circular needle, 80cm / 32" length and 40cm / 16" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
  
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Finished chest circumference: 82 - 158.5cm / 32¼ - 62½" - to be worn with 5-10 cm / 2-4" positive ease

Leonora Details

• Yarn weight: Laceweight + DK
• Yardage: 
• Yarn A: approx. 900 - 1820m / 984 - 1990yds of laceweight yarn
• Yarn B: approx. 100 - 348m / 109 - 380yds of DK-weight yarn
• Scraps: Use a range of scrap yarns for Scraps A-H, in varying colours and weights (laceweight to DK-weight range is recommended). Use scrap yarn in a bulky-weight for the shoulder embroidery.
• Needle size: 3.25mm / US 3 circular needle, 40cm / 16" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round; 3.75mm / US 5 circular needle, 80cm / 32" length
• Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
• Finished chest circumference: 92 - 160cm / 36¼ - 63" – to be worn with up to 10cm / 4" positive ease

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