Karen's knitted heirloom Christmas stocking My dear friend and neighbor Erin tore across the street last week, clutching the beloved Christmas stocking that her grandmother had knit for her almost forty years ago. Knowing I’m a knitter, Erin hoped I was also a knitting mender. Somehow several...
There's something extra special about giving a knitted gift. A lot of thought goes into the process; choosing a color is probably my favorite part of gift knitting. Knitted Gift ideas from Christmas Stockings: 7 Classic Holiday Treasures to Knit eBook For example, I know that my sister loves terra...
The Overshot Mittens by Carol J. Sulcoski I know, I know, holiday knitting during the summer sounds ridiculous, but I'm sure some of you smart knitters have already started! If you have, you're ahead of me, that's for sure. Last year I decided that I wasn't going to knit gifts for people;...
Motifs 187, 132, and 133, from 200 Fair Isle Motifs Fair Isle knitting is so rewarding. It's the type of knitting that really gives me "one-more-row" syndrome because I want to see what comes next, and what comes after that, and then what? I've knitted on Fair Isle projects into the...
I don't have any magic words to help you get all your holiday knitting done on time. (Sorry about that.) However, I do have a nifty little grafting tip for those of you who love knitting socks but, like me, utterly despise the Kitchener Stitch. I ran this tip last year at Christmas time to help everyone...
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Introducing Knitting Socks with Knitting Daily: 5 Free Sock Knitting Patterns I don't have any magic words to help you get all your holiday knitting done on time. (Sorry about that.) But it's Friday, and since everyone around here is busy handing out gifts, I decided I wanted to have a gift for...
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Note from Sandi: My boss is a knitter. (How many folks get to say that?) She also used to own a local yarn shop. She has also worked on Interweave Knits magazine in some capacity since the very beginning--now she is our publisher! (She's also a weaver and a crocheter and a spinner. Does she sleep...
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Ann Budd's Broken Cable Rib Socks I don't have any magic words to help you get all your holiday knitting done on time. (Sorry about that.) However, I do have a nifty little grafting tip for those of you, who like me, completely and utterly despise the Kitchener Stitch. Up until a few years ago...
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