Dear KnitBits® Subscribers,

Today, for the first time we are introducing an entire collection of 30 free patterns available on the Berroco website. We have posted all of these Spring/Summer 2006 instructions for you in our new printer friendly format. The collection of brand new patterns includes knit and crocheted items for you and your children in our new and established warm weather Berroco Yarns.

Reader feedback indicates that you are looking for projects that are easy to make, easy to fit and easy to wear. Fashion's perfectly simple and spare cover-up for bare shoulders is the shrug and it is very hot right now. In style too are other easy items like cardi-wraps, shawls and ponchos. Skirts, long and short tank tops, tunics, tee shirts, dressy and casual items will take you comfortably from day into evening.

Many of you have admired the designer handbags in the high end boutiques and fashion magazines. The fashionista spends hundreds, even thousands of dollars on the "bag du jour" while the savvy knitter or crocheter can create collector's items of her own at a fraction of the cost. So take a moment to browse our web gallery of free patterns and print them as you need them. Not ready to print them all? We will keep them archived on our website for you to print later. Those of you who are desktop publishers may prefer to publish your own Berroco Pattern Collection and keep them in a binder. These 30 new patterns are absolutely free, so go ahead, find your favorite next project and click "print." Then go to our shop finder to locate the Berroco stockist nearest you.



Sophia from DC wrote: "I love your website and your Knitbits Newsletter. I am looking for shrug patterns and I can't find that category on your website. Where should I look?"

Sophia, we appreciate your comment on the navigation of our website. For now, simply click here for free shrug patterns and for shrug patterns preview in our printed books which you can find at your local yarn shop. We will be renaming this category, so in future you will simply look for "shrugs, wraps and shawls" in or pattern library. While you are at it, there are hundreds of Berroco patterns that you can browse in our pattern library.

All the best,


Margery Winter
Creative Director