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I'm about to hit the road for a little late spring/early summer traveling and that means packing. I'll figure out the clothing situation the day before I leave (I always do), but meanwhile I'm a little stressed out over what knitting projects to bring. Raise your hand if you feel me! Yeah...
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Today's stop on my list of internet favorites for knitters is Twist Collective . (The Spring/Summer 2011 issue just went live last night!) The Twist Collective is an online magazine filled with knitting designs, how to knit articles, Q&A with the Mason-Dixon gals, and much more. Well-known knitting...
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Anna Zilboorg's Fireworks Socks . Photograph by Joe Coca . The square Kristine Byrnes knitted from First Lady Grace Coolidge's pattern for Great-Grandmother's Counterpane. Photograph by Joe Coca . Ingrid Murnane's man's glove that she knitted in 2007 from a 1941 Bestway pattern. Photograph...
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Introducing the Groundbreaking New Way to Knit Socks: Sockupied, the eMag! Sockupied, the new special-issue eMag, is an interactive journey through sock knitting. With an easy-to-download format that includes videos, galleries, tips and techniques, informative articles, designer profiles, and more, this...
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I love a good chuckle, especially when it really hits home, like this cartoon from Franklin Habit's Stash of Knitting Cartoons 2011 Calendar . I'm a football coach's daughter and a football player's sister—my dad coached high school and college football for years and my brother...
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I love new technology, especially when it enhances my knitting! So I'm really excited about our new eMag, Sockupied . I mean REALLY EXCITED. It's so cool—I've been playing with it for a couple of weeks now. It's a multimedia magazine that uses live links and video to illustrate...
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A few years ago I knit my mom a summer sweater. The yarn is Tahki Trio, a fabulous yarn that I've used for two sweaters. It changes hue and texture throughout, going from matte to shiny nylon to matte cotton. My mom wore the sweater a lot, but the last time she wore it, she leaned down and caught...
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I knit Henry (my nephew) the H Sweater when he was about two and a half, and at four years old he's ready for a new one! This sweater is my own conglomeration of elements from several kids' sweater patterns. The original was knit out of a cotton rope-type yarn, and I think it was a bit too stiff—see...
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A note from Kathleen: Even though I'm a knitter first, I look forward to seeing each new issue of Interweave Crochet . There's always something that inspires me to try a new pattern or stitch. This time, the inspiration came from an article by the ever-adventurous Franklin Habit. Here to tell...
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Yep, I'm the new girl here. It's my first week on the job in the Loveland office, and what do I find? A pile of books sitting on the desk. Of course, they're piled according to size and there at the top sits this little very bright green book of cartoons -- It Itches , by Franklin Habit....
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It's always nice to start off a Monday on a nice note. And today's nice note is "We have winners!" Earlier this winter, we published our special Holiday Gifts 2008 issue, and filled it with lots of cute little sheep cartoons--sheep hanging from knitting charts, sheep peeking out from...
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BOO! (OK, I just had to get that out of my system.) Happy Halloween, everyone! (The guy in the photo chimes in, "And you think YOU have trouble with socks!" Today, as is fitting and right, I have a few treats for you (but no tricks). And don't worry about the gargoyle. I'm getting him...
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I love Halloween. Bats, boneyards, witches. Adorable children coming to my door dressed up as everything from ladybugs to superheroes. And luckily for me and my bins full of spooky decorations, Canadians like Halloween just as much as folks in the U.S. do. I think the main reason I love Halloween is...
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I spent a good chunk of last week giggling. Giggling at what? Funny things you wrote! You see, I was helping to choose the winner of Franklin Habit's Caption Contest . You people crack me up. There were nearly 2500 entries, which meant a lot of giggling. Narrowing the field was painful, but we finally...
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Note from Sandi: On Wednesday , Vicki Square , author of our book Knit Kimono: 18 Designs With Simple Shapes , shared some thoughts about her passion for knitting with us. Today, as inspiration for your own creativity, Vicki shares her instructions for a Chinese knot. You can use these to dress up your...