This issue was supposedly released on December 29th, 2020, but I was not able to get a copy until yesterday. It is an interesting issue, given the changes that have been happening with Vogue Knitting Magazine. Norah Gaughan is now the Editor-in-Chief, and I have heard that the magazine is now reducing the number of published issues to two a year.
There is a marked effort to make the magazine more inclusive, with respect to the models who are wearing the samples, and the range in sizing that is now available in the patterns. However, Vogue Knitting Magazine doesn't look like Vogue Knitting Magazine anymore. It looks like an issue of Interweave Knits, which is also a great knitting magazine.
I do not want to complain. I want Vogue Knitting and Interweave Knits to survive Covid-19, and to keep publishing, but this last issue of Vogue Knitting appears to be so much like its competitor, that I wonder if they could be fighting for the same readership.
I have been collecting VK issues since 2008, and I have found past issues to follow a high fashion/haute couture/designer/glitzy editorial look, as opposed to the more casual, relaxed, natural atmosphere that permeates IK issues. The Winter 2020/21 issue of Vogue Knitting resembles an issue of Interweave Knits except for the ads promoting patterns that had been published in previous issues of VK. The difference could be how the models are styled in previous issues as compared to this latest issue, with respect to make up, hair, and coordinating clothes.
It would be interesting to see what direction Vogue Knitting will take for future issues.
