Alan Dart & Simply Knitting

Bought a magazine the other day which I had not seen before - Simply Knitting. I thought that it may be a bit of a waste of money as there are loads and loads of 'craft' magazines on sale at the moment and when you look through them you wouldn't bother to make half of the stuff that they show as it is so awful. So, I was very pleasently surprised at how good the mag was. Full of great stuff, nothing too naff, and lots of info and links out to other shops / web sites etc. One of the featured patterns was by Alan Dart. Being a big fan of Jean Greenhowe (although I have to confess that I haven't actually made anything yet - I just like looking!), it seems that Alan's designs are very similar. I visited Alan's web-site and liked the stuff so much that I have ordered his 'bookazine' Irresistible Gifts to Knit and, as knitting is so much more fun when you can discuss with someone, have also ordered one for Lizyloo. Here are some pics of his stuff (not necessarily in the book) - also opposite are web links to his site and also to Simply Knitting.