I got the latest Rebecca magazine finally! I have a german subscription that is sent to my in-laws and they put it in the mail when they have other stuff to send us. I've heard lots of talk about the "new Rebecca", so was excited to get a look at it. So they say the new Rebecca is bigger. It is surely a lot bigger than previous issues, but it's now only going to be published twice a year! And the Baby & Kids only once every two years. [imagine frowny face here.] They also have patterns now in some bigger sizes, but many of the sweater patterns are still written for just one single size. That makes sense perhaps for some of the designs (oversized sweaters or tiny form-fitting shells), but still generally irks me.

But let me just say I still really love this magazine. It is definitely one of the reasons that I got so into knitting. I don't know if I would have been so excited to knit more stuff after the baby blankets if I'd only seen, for example, Knit 'n Style. (Note: There are nice things in Knit 'n Style, but nothing that has made me say "I just have to learn how to make that!".) Rebecca just has such stylish, fabulous, sumptuous, and lovely knits. And the patterns are often quite clever. Now, I'll admit that much of the stuff in Rebecca is little too high fashion for me--I actually wear a bra--, but I liked thinking this was a magazine made for hip knitters like me. Well, apparently, I was wrong. Now there is the new Edition Rebecca for women (gasp) 30 and over. Has knitting become so hip so fast that I'm now over-the-hill at 33? It seems that I am, sadly, not a Rebecca; I am a Rebecca-wannabe. [imagine less hip looking frowny face here.]

Speaking of Rebeccas, have you seen the new blog, hi, it's rebecca yet? She's working on a beautiful sweater with Rowan's new Cork yarn. I really love looking at what other people are working on because things often look so much different made up than they do in the catalogs. I'm not sure I would have noticed the Bless sweater she's making when flipping through the Cork book, but I'm really impressed with how it's turning out. Thanks for opening my eyes, Rebecca! And Becky of fluffa! has so convinced me of the fabulousness of everything Phildar that I'm going to have to entirely change my opinion of France (not to mention move there and learn French in order to find the stuff and be able to read the patterns!).

And on a non-Rebecca note, here's how Elizabeth is progressing.