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Make it seamless!

Kathleen's top-down seamless cardigan, in progress! Seamless knitting and I have a love/less-love relationship. When the method first became popular again several years ago (it had a little lull after Elizabeth Zimmermann and Barbara Walker made it...

Published Apr 19, 2013 2:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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I Can't Find a Pattern for this Yarn!

That's what I was saying a few months ago, after I impulse-bought some beautiful sparkly S. Charles Luna. It's brown with the most delightful golden sparkle. It's 71 percent mohair, and it's really fine, so I thought I'd run it with...

Published Apr 1, 2013 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Let's Knit Along!

It's that time again . . . a new knit-along! We haven't had a knit-along here on Knitting Daily in awhile, so I thought we could choose a warm-weather knitting project this time. Oh, and if you want to see more details about each project (sizes...

Published Feb 15, 2013 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Vintage? Divine!

Vintage is a word that pops up a lot nowadays. It's all over the place in fabric, fashion, and home decor. I like bits and pieces of vintage design, especially when it's updated to reflect modern sensibilities. 1940s Fair Isle Sweater Our new...

Published Feb 1, 2013 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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7 Free Sweater Knitting Patterns!

Yes! We feel it, too. It's sweater knitting time, and time for a new free eBook: Cardigan, Pullover and Sweater Patterns: 7 Free Sweater Knitting Patterns ! Whether you yearn for a colorful pullover or a classic cardigan, you can have a whole new...

Published Nov 16, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Cast-On for Winter

The Gate Pullover by Margaux Hufnagle The Friday Slippers by Kristen TenDyke A note from Kathleen: Fall is well and truly here in Spokane, with its beautiful crisp mornings and lovely sunny days. I'm already deep into cool-weather knitting, too. I...

Published Oct 15, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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The Top-Down Yoke: A Classic Wardrobe-Builder

A couple weeks ago I finished a top-down raglan tee-shirt and I've already worn it twice. Because I could try it on as I knit, I was able to make it the perfect tunic length for my short stature. That's the beauty of the top-down knitting technique...

Published Sep 26, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Easy Seamless Knitting

I'm just finishing up a top-down seamless tee-shirt and I can tell that I'm going to love it. I've been trying it on as I knit and adjusting the fit here and there. I added short-rows to the bust area, made the sleeves longer, and added short...

Published Sep 10, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Saddle-Shoulders, from the Top Down

Have you been using technology in your knitting? I have. I'm trying to go paperless whenever possible (after a 20+ year career in publishing, I've used more than my fair share of paper!). I'm training myself to download my knitting patterns...

Published Jul 30, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Yarny gifts

Yarn Bows Yarn Jewelry Lacey Sugar Pattern Gingerbread Sweaters Well Read Sometimes I want to make a knitted gift for someone, but I don't have time to knit it. I found the following non-knitted gifts in a couple of different issues of Interweave...

Published Jul 23, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

Filed under: Lace Knitting, Knitting Techniques, How To Knit, Knitting Patterns, Knitting Gifts, Knitting Daily, Knitting Stitches, Sweater Knitting Patterns, Knitting

Set-In Sleeves, Top-Down

Top-down sweaters are all the rage, and for good reason: many of them are knit in the round, so no purling, and there's relatively no finishing except weaving in ends. Ann Budd has jumped on the bandwagon with her new book The Knitter's Handy...

Published Jul 4, 2012 2:06 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Learn Something New: Short-Rows

One of the easiest but underused knitting techniques is short-rows. They seem so daunting; some of my knitting friends see "Short-rows used for shaping" in the instructions for a knitting pattern and they say "Forget it!" I use short...

Published Jun 11, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Mastering the gauge swatch

I just watched Mathew Gnagy's new Knitting Daily Workshop, One Knit Design, Many Versions , and there are so many take-aways that I don't know where to start, so I think I'll start at the beginning: The gauge swatch. When you're knitting...

Published May 23, 2012 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Turn your knitting on its side!

Sometimes I want a knitting project that's a challenge to knit paired with a really interesting looking finished product. Mathew Gnagy's designs fit that bill to a T. But, P.S., by "a challenge" I don't necessarily mean that they're...

Published May 16, 2012 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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The Spring Galleries Are Here!

The Knitting Daily gallery gals have been at it again, knitting and customizing four different projects from the Spring issue of Interweave Knits . In our new gallery we're showcasing a cable knitted vest, a knitted cardigan, a really interesting...

Published Apr 27, 2012 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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