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.