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Eye of Partridge Stitch on a heel flap Plain-Jane slip-stitch heel One of the things I love about sock knitting is there there are so many knitting techniques used in the process. And there are lots of variations for each technique, too! The heel flap is one of the parts of a knitted sock that has A...
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A beautiful collection of summery stuff. Ah, summer. It's really here now, with the heat, the shorts and tank tops, the Popsicles, and the summer knitting. Ribbed Halter Wedding Top I knit all year-round, but in the summer, I change my knitting habits drastically. I dive into my stash for silks,...
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Top-down sweaters are all the rage, and for good reason: many of them are knit in the round, so no purling, and there's relatively no finishing except weaving in ends. Ann Budd has jumped on the bandwagon with her new book The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters , which is written in the...
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The Cochin Shrug by Eunny Jang comes as a free download with the new workshop, Knitting Entrelac: Basics and Beyond . Entrelac is one of my favorite knitting techniques for texture and visual interest in knitting. It produces a fabric with a woven appearance—tiers of tilting blocks appear to run...
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I was thinking the other day about the evolution of technology and how it's changed our lives. When I was in college I thought I was pretty cool because I had a typewriter with built-in correction tape. Pretty slick. I used it to type up papers on topics I researched using the card catalog in the...
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Unless your summer plans involve hiking boots, it may be too warm to wear wool socks for a few months yet—but that doesn't mean you've put away your sock knitting. Lightweight, portable, and addictive to knit, socks are perfect for summer travels. The Last Stitch from the Fall 2011 issue...
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The challenge of heels, unless you’re a veteran sock knitter, is simply trusting the instructions. The most typical shaped heel involves short-rows, which to my mind are not intuitive. You knit most but not all the way across the heel flap; you screech to a halt before you reach the end of the...
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One of the easiest but underused knitting techniques is short-rows. They seem so daunting; some of my knitting friends see "Short-rows used for shaping" in the instructions for a knitting pattern and they say "Forget it!" I use short rows all the time, usually to add rows at the bust...
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As projects come into the Knitscene office, there's a whole lot of "oohing" and "aahing" over the samples. There's a bevy of comments along the lines of "wow that color is perfect!" or "this yarn is sooooo soft!" and more than few "gee, I want one...
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Gerda Porter modeling her version of Ginevra's Pullover by Amy Polcyn My Friend Gerda Porter knitted Ginevra's Pullover from the Winter issue of Interweave Knits , and it turned out great! Gerda has known how to knit since her Oma (grandmother) taught her when she was 7. She took a class from...
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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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Spring is baby season, and to celebrate we've updated our free baby knits eBook, Baby Patterns from Knitting Daily: 9 Free Baby Knitting Patterns ! 1. Preemie Caps; 2. Vine Lace Baby Hat; 3. Baby's First Sock; 4. Better than Booties Baby Socks; 5. Star Light, Star Bright Baby Blanket; 6. Barnyard...
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I just watched Mathew Gnagy's new Knitting Daily Workshop, One Knit Design, Many Versions , and there are so many take-aways that I don't know where to start, so I think I'll start at the beginning: The gauge swatch. When you're knitting garments, you have to know how to knit and work...
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If you love cables as much as I do, maybe for the variety of textures they create or for the flair and grace they add to any knitted fabric, but have always been intimidated to try them, then a new cable basics eBook is just what you need to get started. Eunny Jang and our friends at Interweave Knits...
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Shirley Paden is one of the most knowledgeable knitter/designers I've ever met. She loves garment design and enjoys passing on her skills to the hundreds of students she's worked with. Cable Coat with Cape Collar by Shirley Paden, from Knitwear Design Workshop I was lucky enough to meet Shirley...