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The Wavelength Tunic by Hilary Smith Callis It's hard to believe, especially when Interweave's offices in Loveland were closed on Monday because of a blizzard, but summer is coming. We have a 70-degree day coming up in Spokane, and my spring cleaning (I'm talking to you, garage!) is almost...
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I live in a mid-century home, and I've tried to furnish it with pieces actually manufactured during the 40s, 50s, and 60s. We have a wonderful mid-century modern furniture store that's run on consignment, so the prices are fabulous. Cabled Footstool from Knits at Home Bolster Pillow from Knits...
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Knitted baby blankets are so special; they're a fabulous, heart-felt gift that can become a family heirloom. So many people are in need this time of year, I thought I'd do a newsletter about knitting for charity, specifically, baby blankets. Wave Border from Weldon's Practical Knitter Volume...
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I'm just finishing up a top-down seamless tee-shirt and I can tell that I'm going to love it. I've been trying it on as I knit and adjusting the fit here and there. I added short-rows to the bust area, made the sleeves longer, and added short-rows to the hemline to give the sweater a dip...
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Our premiere Knitscene Accessories issue has been so well-received, we're blushing! Thanks to everyone who has responded to the issue and been inspired to make knitted accessories. Eight patterns from Accessories in particular seem to be garnering most of the attention. Jennifer Dassau's Roam...
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What's more precious than a new baby? In my family we call them "newbies" and when there's a newbie on the way, I start knitting as soon as I hear about it! I have a trove of baby knitting patterns that I love to use, and since it's baby season (at least that's what I've...
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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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It seems like cowls are everywhere today, in stores and on the needles. I can see why they're popular—they're useful, quick to knit, and they're often one-skein wonders. A knitting trifecta if I've ever seen one. Knitted cowls can be real stash-buster patterns, too. One of my friends...
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Leave it to renowned designer Pam Allen, one of the founders of the yarn company Quince & Co., to come up with "the perfect sweater." It's actually one basic shape with four knitting options. A vest, a short cardi, a hoodie, and a long cardi with a showy lapel. You can start with the...
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"Vintage" is used all over the place these days. Maybe our busy, tech-filled lives make us long for the simplicity of the past. Although our foremothers had many different challenges than we did—can you imaging knitting by candlelight after being on your feet all day cooking from scratch...
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The Summer 2011 issue of Knitscene featured an article by one of my favorite designers, Stephen West. I just bought his Spectra Scarf pattern, which is a circular scarf knit from a ball of self-striping sock yarn and a coordinating solid sock yarn. One of my knit-night buddies worked it up and it's...
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En Pointe Pullover by Alice Tang The En Pointe Pullover is a whisper of a cover-up, perfect for springtime. Designer Alice Tang uses large needles with lace-weight yarn to make the En Pointe an open stitch piece that makes it one of those quick, easy knitting patterns we love. What makes this piece really...
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There are so many color knitting techniques to learn because adding color to your knitwear is so much fun! It adds interest and a little challenge as you knit, which is always welcome, right? Kate Gagnon Osborne's Norquin Beret, which features the Roositud inlay technique ( download the free pattern...
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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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In keeping with my resolutions, finishing my UFOs and knitting from my stash, I'm thinking about starting with the second one, and as I do, totally blowing the first one. I didn't realize how these resolutions worked against each other, but oh, well! Anyway, I have sweater-quantity of a beautiful...