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Learn how to make the perfect buttonhole with Anna Zilboorg I love knitting cardigans , but I've had some missteps with buttonholes. We have a new mini-workshop, Knit the Perfect Buttonhole with Anna Zilboorg, and it's super helpful. I think my future buttonhole work will be much better! Anna...
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If you want to know how to stitch a sleeve into its armhole, this is the tutorial for you. Well, actually, this is Part 2 of the tutorial for you. Part 1 is here . I'm using the sleeves of my Farmer's Market Cardigan as an example. (That's a photo of Bertha, my studio mannequin, wearing the...
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I've finished the sleeves on my Farmer's Market Cardigan . (Hooray!) That means I'm ready to sew them into the body of the cardigan, a job that some knitters detest. C'mon, admit it–how many of you knit only top-down raglans so you won't have to sew in a sleeve? And how many...
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I joined both the Knitting Olympics and the Ravelympics this year. I set my Olympic goals: To finish the Farmer's Market Cardigan . To knit a sock. To spin some luscious fibre. I made a schedule. I organized each knitting project in a pretty box. At the opening ceremonies, I jumped in with both needles...
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I'll admit: I truly love seaming my sweaters. (Does this make me a freak?) I actually enjoy the finishing steps of a big knitting project. I've been happily sewing up the pockets on my Farmer's Market Cardigan , and am looking forward to seaming the sleeves when I finally finish them. And...
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Note from Sandi: I'm sick with the stomach flu, and although I tried and tried to write a coherent blog entry for you about the wonderful pockets of the Farmer's Market Cardigan I'm knitting, unfortunately, coherency eludeth me at the present time. I do have a backup post in my bag of tricks...
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I keep thinking I'm going to get bored with the Farmer's Market Cardigan , but every time I sit down to work on it, I enter some sort of strange space/time warp. You know the one I mean, the one where there's only you, the needles, and the yarn, all happy in a little space/time continuum...
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Are you ready for the next installment in my adventures knitting the Farmer's Market Cardigan ? Sure you are! Last week, I was so high on the whole cutting-my-knitting-experience that I blithely typed the following bit of knitterly hand-waving: Remember, the steek panel itself will become a facing–I...
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I did it. I cut my knitting, and the sweater survived, and no one fainted, and in the end, it wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be. (Two cups of coffee, max. No chocolate required, not even afterwards. No alcohol required. Strictly PG-13.) I recommend Eunny Jang's article "Steeks–Cutting...
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As I write this, a 6.1 aftershock has just hit Haiti. In light of the suffering of Haiti's people, to some it may seem trite to be discussing knitting, especially knitting we are doing for ourselves and not for a charity of one flavour or another. I stand with Elizabeth Zimmermann on this one: "Knit...
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The cardigan sweater is a classic for all seasons. You can throw it on over a T-shirt in the fall and spring, keep a light-weight cardigan on hand for chilly summer evenings, and wear one as a top in the winter. I have several cardigans in my closet and I wear them all year. There are so many ways to...
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My sister doesn't like pumpkin pie, (I do not understand; does not compute) but her favorite color is orange. I was thinking about this yesterday as I was raking up orange and yellow and brown leaves, thinking about how pretty the fall colors are, even as I'm hating raking. There are so many...
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LOSE THAT CABLE NEEDLE! My current project in Kathleen's Knit-a-Long —the Central Park Hoodie —is a cable pattern, and I'm saving tons of time doing the cables without a needle. In the fall 2009 issue of Interweave Knits there's a Beyond the Basics lesson on this technique, and...
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A Note from Kathleen: My main craft is knitting, but several years ago I took a crochet class because I expected that I might like that craft, too. And I do enjoy crocheting, especially for items like baby blankets--it's simply so much faster than knitting. What I didn't expect was that knowing...
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With her designs inspired by Africa ( Knitting Out of Africa ) and Japan ( Japanese Inspired Knits ), Marianne Isager has taken us on quite a trip. Now she gives us Inca Knits , a book of beautiful designs that were conceived while Marianne travelled through Central America. According to Marianne, "Latin...