Letter sent to Rowan regarding this book:
I have been looking forward to this book for some time as I have found it hard to find attractive, plus-size designs in yarns that are readily available in the UK. I like designs in magazines such as Vogue Knitting and Interweave Knits, but often the yarn is hard to get and I am wary of substituting yarns.
I have been a member of Rowan International for some years, and although I love the Rowan magazine, have always been limited to knitting scarves, accessories or children’s wear because of the size restrictions. I hoped that this book would enable me to knit a Rowan jumper or cardigan for myself at last.
However, having seen the patterns in the book, I am deeply disappointed. There is nothing there that I couldn’t design for myself with a book of sweater design and a stitch pattern reference. Where is the sense of style that epitomises Rowan? Where are the colours? Why is every design a big, shapeless sack? The patterns are plain, monotone, shapeless and just DULL.
I find it hard to understand why you consider this to be the style preference of larger knitters. We aren’t all over 50; some of us are young women who want to knit and wear attractive, shapely styles as much as our slimmer sisters do. And even larger knitters over 50 that I know are also less than impressed with the designs. I do not see why the designs in the Rowan magazine cannot be sized up to at least a 46� bust as standard anyway, instead of making larger knitters wait for a book to cater for them because they are “special�.
I will not be renewing my membership of Rowan International for the foreseeable future, because I feel that Rowan do not or are unwilling to cater for those knitters who do not have a model figure.
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