This issue is full of both innovative techniques and fabulous yarn in twenty-four projects. Play with color in our Colorplay story. Check out Deb Burger’s primer on crochet cables; then dive into one of the eight cable projects in the issue. Or use a small double-ended hook to make an entire sweater. Pick out a project to make for a guy—we have three to choose from. In the S’mores section are several accessories to keep you warm through winter. Plus: Betsy Greer’s Craftivism column focuses on using craft to empower victims of domestic violence. And we have the first five reader-designed squares for the Chain Reaction Afghan Project.