First of all, I apologize for the lack of posts. School and job hunting have been kicking my butt, so…yeah. Less with the knitting. Sadly.

However…the new Knitty is up! So it’s time for my pattern review.

Mesilla: I’m on the fence. At first I was like–oh god now. But now I’m like, well, hmm. I expect at some point it will move to Must. Knit. Now.

Anatolia: No. Too busy, too old.

Ungranny Smith: See above. What the hell happened to the young, cute, fun Knitty?

T Twist: Cute, but totally unsuited for my body type.

Jamesey: I..don’t knit for guys. Except my father and…no. If I knew any tall, thin guys in need of a sweater, maybe.

Jardin Anglais: Too busy. Too big. Too….something. Don’t ask me what, but definitely no.

Exchequered: Kinda cool, not my style.

Tendrils: Eh. Not horrible, not great. I agree with the comments I’ve seen that it looks a lot like Clapotis.

Nagano Sakura: Adorable and funky. Must knit.

Convertible: Looks…odd.

Topi: Cute, but Mary has a similar design that is, in my opinion, way cuter.

Reid: If I had a child, they’d so totally wear that.

Double Scoop: Cute? I guess? What do I know from kids clothes?

Pedicure Socks: Strikes me as silly, but then I’ve never had a pedicure in my life, so…take from that what you will.

Hedera: Aside from the fact that it took me five minutes of trying to figure out what the hell it was from the first pic, love it. Definitely going on my list, perhaps to use up one of the two random sock yarns I have lying about.

Nautie: I’ve not been much for knitted toys and such. Cute, but..what do you do with it?

Overall, I was really underwhelmed by this issue. One of the things I’ve liked about Knitty is that the patterns are usually younger, funner patterns. And this issue definitely didn’t deliver that for me–it seemed skewed towards what I would consider older styles and of course kids stuff.

Not that I have anything against either of those, but the general perception of a lot of pattern companies seems to be that knitters are either older or knitting for children. And for those of us who are young and don’t have kids, it can be frustrating to try and find styles that we’d actually wear.

I’m still looking foward to the Summer Knitty, though!