Today we will take a look at Runway™ and a Web Gallery tour of Book #238, Accessorize.

Runway is a fascinating yarn that's a fusion of rustic whimsy and uberbling. A multi colored, cottony vrille and playful, space dyed nylon paper flags are twisted with a strand of buttery soft metallic flags in either gold or silver. Make a jewelry-like scarf in simple garter stitch on big needles like our Ravelle and Marta scarves.

Or, use it as trim, as we did in our Feltie purse and for the shawl/yoke of our Bard sweater. Go ultra glam and knit an entire garment as shown here in Edgie, a sleeveless disco top.

Our accessories book #238 has 38 unique and very make-able knitted and crocheted items for you and your pooch. Knit a stylish polo shirt, Smoochy, for your pup, and a matching newsboy cap, Capshaw, for yourself in an urban brick shade of Air™. Crocheters can choose from Footzie, Sookie, Norah, Baggie and Francoise. For a complete guided tour of everything in Book #238, simply click on Web Gallery.

Today's Free Patterns are fun projects that feature Runway and Bling Bling. The first is a striped handbag, Fancy Bag, done in alternating single strands of Runway and Bling Bling™. We drew several strands of Runway through some plastic aquarium tubing to create handles that are both decorative and hip. They are also an inexpensive alternative to purchased handles.

Our Bling Bling Bear is dressed up with rhinestone eyes and nose. If you decide to make this glamorous bear for a child, we suggest embroidering eyes and nose with yarn or thread.





One of our KnitBits subscribers found an error in our Air Bear pattern, the first in our series of knitted bears. If you printed out the instructions when you received KnitBits #92 several weeks ago, you will want to also print out this correction. All Berroco Bear patterns featured since the Air Bear are correct as printed.

CORRECTION FOR AIR BEAR
FRONT/BODY
After Row 13, directions should read:

Row 15: K12, SSK, k3, k2 tog, k12–29 sts.
Row 17: Knit–29 sts.
Row 19: K11, SSK, k3, k2 tog, k11–27 sts.

All other directions are correct as printed.
Although we make every effort to publish completely correct patterns, occasionally we discover an error or typo. When we have corrections to online patterns such as the Air Bear, we update the pattern on our website and announce the correction in our newsletter. When we find errors in our pattern books, we always publish a rewrite on our website. I urge you to check our website regularly for changes to any Berroco pattern that you are knitting or crocheting. This enables you to be certain that your instruction is accurate and up to date. To view corrections to all Berroco pattern books, simply go to our home page and click on the Pattern Corrections link or click here.

All the best,


Margery Winter
Creative Director