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As soon as she tried it on, Dinah knew she had to knit the Heliotropic Pullover. A note from Kathleen: About a year ago, my knitting group tried on sweaters from the Spring 2011 Interweave Knits , and they all loved the Heliotropic Pullover by Mercedes Tarasovich Clark. In fact, Dinah loved it so much...
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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 pullover, and a beautiful knitted jacket! Here are...
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The Off-Rib Cardigan by Stefanie Japel Last fall I took a top-down sweater class from Stefanie Japel at Interweave Knitting Lab and it was fab. She talked about easy alterations that make sense, like adding in short-row shaping where you need it, making your sweater bigger or smaller and where to do...
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So many of my friends try to knit for their husbands or boyfriends, with very limited success. I guess guys are pretty picky about their knits because I know of only two successful guy knits in my entire circle of knitting friends, which is a pretty healthy number of people. After the latest failure...
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New knitting magazines come out all the time, with fabulous new patterns that go to the top of the queue. But what about that pattern from last year's magazine? The one that you absolutely loved; the one that you had to knit next; the one that made you want to put down the project you were working...
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If you're new to the story of Allison, our managing editor, and her quest to knit her first sweater (Alexis Winslow's Vera Cardigan from Knitscene Winter 2011 ), you can read the three previous posts here , here , and here . Since we last posted, right after the Christmas holidays, Allison has...
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Editors’ Note: We asked Karin Strom, Interweave’s editorial director for the yarn group, to share her interview with book author Lene Holme Sams ø e. Essentially Feminine Knits: 25 Must-Have Chic Designs by Lene Holme Sams ø e. Every so often a knitting book comes along that...
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The Bower Cardigan by Vera Sanon is a versatile cardigan knitting pattern that incorporates a leaf lace design. A note from Kathleen: The summer 2012 issue of Knitscene is coming soon and it's everything you'd expect from a summer issue: beautiful designs for warmer weather, fun and challenging...
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Fiona is a beautiful knit cardigan that showcases one of the unsung heroes in the craft: Garter stitch. Garter stitch is probably the first stitch you learned when you started knitting. It was for me, and I knit project after project in garter stitch. Hats, mittens, scarves, felted stuff, hot pads, wash...
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Finishing is a crucial part of knitting a sweater, and most of us have had to learn on our own how to accomplish neat looking, buttonholes, picked-up stitches, and so forth. We can take loads of classes about how to knit, but finishing skills classes are few and far between. So I thought I'd have...
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The new knit-along is the Lapis Yoke Pullover. It's available in the Knitting Daily Shop or in the Fall 2010 issue of Knitscene. Remember when you voted for a pullover and I said I'd knit the winning design? Well the winner was the Lapis Yoke and I'm just about ready to start. Want to knit...
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We've got a new crop of galleries for you, fresh from the pages of the Winter 2011 Interweave Knits— Customizing Pullover and Cardigan Knitting Patterns from Interweave Knits: A Winter Knitting Gallery Presented by Knitting Daily . Five knitters took up their needles and made one of two beautiful...
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Kathy O'Neill models her Spoked Cardigan from the 2011 issue of Interweave Knits Weekend . My knitting group went to a function at our local yarn shop and my friend Kathy showed up in the most beautiful cardigan sweater. I recognized it but I couldn't put my finger on where I'd seen it. I...
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A few weeks ago, I introduced you to our Managing Editor, Allison, and her plan to knit her first cardigan . A quick recap: Girl sees Vera Cardigan sample in the office, girl falls in love with cardigan, girl asks Amy to knit cardigan for her, Amy says "No. You will knit this yourself." And...
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Linda Ligon and Alice Starmore having fun after Interweave's very first Knitting Lab. Interweave held its very first Knitting Event in San Mateo, California, in November 2011. Editor's note: We invited Karin Strom, Editorial Director of Interweave's Yarn group to tell us about her recent...