Knitting Daily TV Series 300

Episode 313 Eco-Friendly and Green

2009-07-17T15:23:00Z

Learn more about the world of eco-friendly fibers on Knitting Daily episode 313. Guests share some of the ways that yarns are being made more sustainable and better for the environment. Plus, learn how to go green with some great projects using these yarns.

Getting Started – Lace is the perfect way to stretch those unique eco-friendly skeins of yarn. Eunny begins with a lace primer on yarn-overs and decreases. Download 13 tips and tricks for improving your knitting, from the hosts and guests on Knitting Daily.

Designer Spotlight – Adina Klein joins Kim to talk about the creation process and attributes of “green” yarns. Plus, she shares how different yarns properties lend themselves to specific garments or looks. Download the pattern, a carry all made of eco-friendly yarn.

How-To – Liz demonstrates how to dye yarn the eco-friendly way using natural materials like indigo and madder. Yes, you can dye your own yarn in the comfort of your kitchen using proper safety measures.

Did You Know? – Kathy Elkins is back with tips for working with bamboo, linen, and sisal yarns; popular yarns on the market that you can feel good about knitting with. All the yarns shown in this segment are available at WEBS yarn store.

SPONSORS: Interweave, Tahki Stacy Charles, WEBS

Episode 312 Gifts for Every Season

2009-07-17T15:18:00Z

On Knitting Daily episode 312, you’ll see ideas for projects that make great gifts for all seasons, from crocheted toys to simple socks, and you’ll even look at gifts to help the fiber crafter organize his/her tools and supplies.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates costly ways to decorate your knitwear and gifts with yarn – pom poms and tassels! These easy embellishments can turn simple designs and packaging into something special. Download 13 tips and tricks from the editors and guests of Knitting Daily TV.

Designer Spotlight – Kim puts on her designer hat and visits with Shay about the world of Amigurumi – the coolest craze in the crochet world. Kim demonstrates her playful Doug & Gordo dolls from her book Crochet Me (Interweave, 2008).

How-To – Socks are great gifts for every person in your life, including yourself! Eunny demonstrates how to cast on for a sock using 3 different types of needles. Download the pattern for a sock shown in this episode.

Did You Know? – Kim joins Kelly Lealos and Dawn Butler with gift ideas for fiber crafters that want to organize their supplies and yarns, and want to do so in style. Namaste bags, needle cases, and more, are the perfect gift for a stylish, knitting girlfriend – or for yourself!

SPONSORS: Interweave, HiyaHiya, Namaste

Episode 311 Stripes!

2009-07-17T15:11:00Z

Stripes are one of the easiest ways to add color to your projects, especially if you’re a beginner to colorwork. On episode 311 of Knitting Daily, you’ll learn the secrets to successful stripes no matter what the stitch, plus easy ways to change yarns and deal with pesky yarn ends.

Getting Started – Eunny gives a basic lesson on how to knit jogless stripes in the round. Download 13 tips and tricks to improve your knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Kathy Elkins is back to share her design, the Nantucket Felted Rug. She demonstrates how to knit simple stripes, from changing colors for each new row to weaving in the yarn tails as you go.

How-To – Laura Bryant and Barry Klein are back with a colorful array of striped designs! They’ll share techniques with Shay for creating stripes using the Fibonacci sequence of numbers and their tips for striped designs worked in garter and simple stockinette stitches, plus tips for knitting on the bias for diagonal striping. Download the Fibonacci Scarf pattern and the Tonalita Boxed Cardigan.

Did You Know? – Kathy Merrick, contributing design of the book Interweave Presents Crocheted Gifts, shares her striped, colorful Swirling Bag. It’s a crocheted bag with striped panels that is sewn together at the end for an interesting construction. Download this free pattern.

SPONSORS: Interweave, WEBS, Trendsetter Yarns, Prism Arts, Inc., Jimmy Beans Wool

Episode 310 Blankets and Afghans

2009-07-17T15:06:00Z

Afghans, throws, and baby blankets are always popular projects with fiber crafters, especially for beginners because they require minimal finishing. On Knitting Daily episode 310, you’ll learn how to make two afghans—one knitted, one crocheted.

Getting Started – Let’s get back to basics! Eunny gives a lesson on how to knit a blanket using a long, circular needle. Plus, she gives tips for managing such a large piece of fabric. Download 13 tips and tricks for improving your knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Kathy Merrick, designer and author of Crochet in Color (Interweave, 2009), joins Kim to demonstrate the Urchins and Limpets blanket, a textural, fun, and easy-to-crochet design that uses pops of color for added interest.

How-To – Kathy Elkins from WEBs yarn store is on-hand with a knitted blanket design, the Illusion Cube Blanket. This stunning design is actually simple to knit, using garter stitch hexagons and simple finishing techniques, which Kathy demonstrates. The results are an amazing array of color that looks a lot more complicated than it is.

Did You Know? – Kim offers tips for preserving and cleaning heirloom projects and children’s blankets. Eucalan’s new travel size care items are perfect for knitters and crocheters on the go!

SPONSORS – Interweave, CNS Yarns, WEBS, Eucalan

Episode 309 Start Spinning

2009-07-17T14:05:00Z

Spinning is continuing to grow in popularity amongst yarn loves, and fiber crafters everywhere are wanting to make their own yarns. Learn how to spin with Knitting Daily episode 309. All it takes is some fluff, a spindle or spinning wheel, and a little practice!

Getting Started – Liz joins Eunny for a spinning lesson using the hand spindle. This is spinning 101! You can make your own hand spindle using a CD. Be sure to visit the Spinning and Weaving Association’s website for more info on Learning to Spin.

Designer Spotlight – Author of Respect the Spindle (Interweave, 2009) Abby Franquemont takes you one step further and shows how to use the hand spindle to spin self-striping sock yarns from hand painted fibers.

How-To – Liz returns for another unique “spin” on making yarns. She demonstrates spinning techniques applied to commercial yarns to make them uniquely yours, all done on a spinning wheel. Visit the Spinning & Weaving Association's website for more spinning tips and tricks!

Progressive Project – Eunny and Shay finish up the lessons on the Progressive Project – the Ivy League Vest. Learn how to steek your vest for a flattering fit, as well as no-fuss finishing techniques. Download the pattern for the Ivy League Vest.

SPONSORS: Interweave, Spinning & Weaving Association (SWA)

Episode 308 You're the Designer

2009-07-16T18:45:00Z

You’re the designer on Knitting Daily episode 307. You’ll be guided through the knitwear design process and taught how to customize your designs for one-of-a-kind results.

Getting Started – Eunny offers a primer on knitting and gauge swatch – the foundation for all successful knitting projects. Download 13 tips and tricks to improve your knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Author of Knitwear Design Workshop (Interweave, 2009), Shirley Paden joins Eunny to discuss her design process, such as selecting a silhouette and neckline for a fashionable sweater.

How-To – Adina Klein is back with a lesson on choosing yarns for specific stitch patterns. She also offers tips on how to combine colors in your designs. Download the pattern for the Knit Fair Isle Scarf.

Progressive Project – Eunny is back with the second lesson of the Progressive Project, the Ivy League Vest. She’ll demonstrate how to knit the colorwork stitch pattern in the round, allowing for steeking later on.

SPONSORS: Interweave, Tahki Stacy Charles

Episode 307 Go Global!

2009-07-16T18:20:00Z

On Knitting Daily episode 307, you can armchair travel across the globe! Take a closer look at global-inspired knitwear designs and techniques. Learn about cast-on and bind-off methods popular in other parts of the world, get inspired by fusion knitting, and start the first part of our new knitalong – a Fair Isle vest project designed by host Eunny Jang.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates various cast-on and bind-off methods from around the world. Download 13 tips and tricks for improving your knitting skills.

Designer Spotlight – Meet Andrea Wong and she joins Liz to demonstrate the Portuguese style of knitting on a simple baby bootie pattern. If you’re interested in the equipment to knit in the Portuguese style, visit AndreaWongKnits.com.

How-To – Eunny is back to show off Marianne Isager’s knitwear inspired by global textiles and traditions, in this case the South American or Incan textiles. Marianne calls this style of knitwear “fusion knitting,” and Eunny demonstrates a Marianne stitch pattern shown in her newest book, Inca Knits (Interweave, 2009).

Did You Know? – Shay joins Eunny for the first lesson in the Progressive Project, the Ivy League Vest, a Fair Isle colorwork pattern. Knit along with Eunny on this modern design with classic construction elements. The first lesson will be a 2-color corrugated ribbing.

SPONSORS: Interweave, Andrea Wong Knits

Episode 306 Fun with Color

2009-07-16T16:28:00Z

Bring your knitwear to life with color! On Knitting Daily episode 306, you’ll learn ways to work color into your projects, with a focus on stranded knitting techniques and tips for making color your key to success.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates how to hold and manage your yarns when working with two or more colors of yarn. Download 13 tips and tricks to improve your knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Author of The New Stranded Colorwork (Interweave, 2009) joins Shay to demonstrate the Ebony Jewel-Wing Hat and Purse pattern. It’s a colorful knit project that is knit in the round with a folded hem. Learn how to cast-on for this project, knit a turning ridge, and how to knit the knitted hem. Download this pattern.

How-To – Lisa Myers presents more tips and tricks for colorwork knitting and presents another multi-colored hat, the Star Beret.

Did You Know? – Laura Bryant and Barry Klein are back to talk with Kim about their techniques for colorwork success. Download their tips and tricks for color knitting.

SPONSORS: Interweave, Brown Sheep Company, Inc., Fairmount Fibers, Trendsetter Yarns, Prism Arts, Inc.

Episode 305 Charity Projects

2009-07-16T15:06:00Z

All around the globe, crafters are taking up their needles and hooks to make projects for charities and other important causes. On Knitting Daily episode 305, you’ll see featured patterns for charity projects—and easy-to-knit hat, scarf, and soldiers’ unique mittens.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates the fundamentals of basic hat construction and knitting in the round to create preemie caps. Download this simple pattern.

Designer Spotlight – Penny Sitler joins Shay to discuss The Helping Hands Foundation, a great cause put together by The National NeedleArts Association to teach young children the needle arts. Learn more about Helping Hands by visiting www.tnna.org.

How-To – Liz and Eunny demonstrate an easy charity scarf to knit. Kits for these scarves are provided by Jimmy Bean Wool, and include the one shown for Breast Cancer Support. You’ll learn how to combine the 5 various yarns in the kit—which features enough yarn to make the scarf and add some fringe! Download the Breast Cancer Support Scarf pattern.

Did You Know? – Halcyon Blake joins Eunny for a step-by-step demonstration of Guard’s Gauntlets and Soldier's Glomitts patterns. These muted hand warmers are perfect to create for American soldiers, which is what Halcyon has done with her knitalong group.

SPONSORS – Interweave, The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA), Jimmy Bean Wools, Halcyon Yarns

Episode 304 All About Alpaca

2009-07-15T21:05:00Z

Alpacas are South American animals and descendents of the camel, but to crafters they are known for their fiber that creates beautiful yarns—prized for their softness, drape, and warmth. On Knitting Daily episode 304, you’ll get the inside story behind how these yarns are produced for their high-quality fibers. Plus, you’ll learn how to best knit with alpaca yarn to its best advantage.

Getting Started – Eunny welcomes Kathy Elkins from WEBS to demonstrate the best way to make a hank of alpaca into a useful ball of yarn by using a yarn swift. Download other tips and tricks for knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Meet Beth Lutz, an alpaca farmer, who joins Liz with a lesson on alpaca fiber types and properties. Download the pattern for the felted alpaca oven mitt.

How-To – Becca Smith from Bagsmith joins Eunny and demonstrates Tunisian crochet (with a large crochet hook and extra bulky alpaca yarn!) Download the rug pattern.

Did You Know? – Eunny demonstrates unique aspects of alpaca yarn with the Manchester Jacket pattern, made with a blend of alpaca and extra fine merino wool for a beautiful drape. Download the pattern.

SPONSORS: WEBS, The Alpaca Yarn Company, Bagsmith, Alpacas with a Twist

Episode 303 Make it Reversible

2009-07-15T21:04:00Z

With reversible fabrics there’s never a bad side! In Knitting Daily episode 303 you’ll explore reversible garments that look great on both sides of the work, showing the same clean, finished fabric no matter how you wear it.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates invisible cast-on for reversible ribbing, which alternates knit and purl cast-ons. Download 13 tips and tricks for knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Iris Schreier demonstrates a fun, reversible hat made of unique and colorful yarns. Learn how to knit both sides of this hat, one in a plain color and the other in a variegated, vibrant yarn. Download the hat pattern.

How-To – Adina Klein joins Shay to demonstrate the reversible mobius pattern – a simple, yet stylish design for all occasions. Download the Faggot Lace Mobuis Scarf pattern.

Did You Know? – Liz shows off several reversible woven scarves and a simple pattern for weaving them on the rigid heddle loom using sock yarns. Visit Ashford's Knitters Loom site to learn quick and easy methods for getting yarn onto your loom!

SPONSORS: Interweave, Lark Books, Art Yarns, Tahki Stacy Charles, Ashford Handicrafts

Episode 302 Babies and Children

2009-07-15T21:03:00Z

Create handmade expressions of love for those special babies and children in your life. In Knitting Daily episode 302, you’ll learn how to make a child’s holiday capelet, vintage-inspired booties, plus some knitting basics on the art of increasing and decreasing stitches that are best suited for kids’ garments.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates basic stitches—knit, purl, and seed stitch—and and several increases and decreases that are perfect for children’s clothing because they don’t have scratchy seams. Download 13 tips and tricks for knitting, free!

Designer Spotlight – Jil Eaton is on set to demonstrate her Child’s Holiday Capelet” and how to make fun embellishments on knitwear with crochet chains and bobbles. Download the pattern.

How-To – Barry Klein and Laura Bryant join Shay to discuss yarns and stitches suitable for knitting for babies and children—everything from easy-to-clean children’s sweaters and some legacy pieces for generations of children. Plus, they bring with them an array of projects that are sure to bring joy to all those young and young at heart. Download the Scoubidu Hearts Cable Blanket, Tonalita Intermezzo Surprise Jacket, and their tips and tricks for knitting for babies and children.

Did You Know? – Kristen Rengren is along demonstrating her “Kitty Slippers” from the book Vintage Baby Knits and some basic finishing techniques. Download this free pattern.

SPONSORS: Interweave, Classic Elite Yarns, Trendsetter Yarns, Prism Arts, Inc., and Stewart Tabori and Chang

Episode 301 Traditional Cables

2009-07-15T20:59:00Z

Cables are one of the most traditional knitting techniques, whether they are classic textured ropes, twists, or braids. In Knitting Daily episode 301 the world of cables is explored. Learn how to knit cables and use them to make beautiful knitwear. Plus, see the Knitting Daily TV new feature! Each episode, beginning with 301, will start out with beginning tips and techniques, so you can freshen up on your knitting basics.

Getting Started – Eunny demonstrates the basic rope cable and how to read a cable chart. Download 13 free tips and tricks for knitting.

Designer Spotlight – Kathy Zimmerman, the Queen of Cables, visits the set and demonstrates the Katharine Hepburn cardigan, a classic piece that incorporates lace and cables. Download the cardigan pattern from Lace Style.

How-To – Eunny joins Shay and demonstrates a reversible cable-scarf designed by Rebecca Daniels, The Rivulet Scarf original featured in Interweave Knits Fall 2009. This scarf is shown in a wool version and a cotton version, making this scarf perfect for all seasons. Download the scarf pattern.

Did You Know? – Finally, Adina Klein joins Liz to offer her purls of wisdoms about cables and other traditional knitting techniques. Learn how to make a cable “lifeline,” how to remember what size needle each project in your stash uses, and more. Download 13 tips and tricks for knitting.

SPONSORS: Interweave, CNS Yarns, and Tahki Stacy Charles