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The cuff and front panel of these elegant lace stockings are inspired by a nineteenth-century Shetland veil. Margaret Stove demonstrates how different arrangements of yarnovers and decreases create contrast in lace patterns. Aileron Shawl by Carol Feller A note from Kathleen: We're so excited about...
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The Bower Cardigan by Vera Sanon is a versatile cardigan knitting pattern that incorporates a leaf lace design. A note from Kathleen: The summer 2012 issue of Knitscene is coming soon and it's everything you'd expect from a summer issue: beautiful designs for warmer weather, fun and challenging...
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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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Beautiful domino knitting Even though domino knitting has been around for a century, Vivian Hǿxbro is the present-day ambassador for this fun knitting technique. Vivian teaches about domino knitting all over the world and she's published books on the subject as well. Her newest venue is our DVD workshop...
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I've just come home from the Sock Summit in Portland (my review will be on Knitting Daily next Wednesday!), and although socks took center stage, the crowd was a sea of knitted lace shawls, scarves, and tee shirts. I didn't have a shawl, but I sure wished I did! One of the gals sitting next to...
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Melanie Rice's Baby Elephant Vest, featured in the Summer 2011 issue of Interweave Knits A note from Kathleen: Lace knitters are so passionate about their craft. I admire that, and I hope to catch the lace bug in earnest at some point in my knitting life. I've dabbled in lace with scarves, a...
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Arcelia Skirt Arcelia skirt worn as a halter! A note from Kathleen: Kristin Omdahl is best known for her amazing crochet patterns, but she's a wonderful knitting designer, too. Her work incorporates unique stitches, shapes, and embellishments that are so much fun to work with! In her newest book...
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Last time , we left our intrepid knitting heroine (that would be me) discovering (after knitting roughly 3800 stitches, of course) that she had unwittingly added extra ease to the hips of her Farmer's Market Cardigan . We also left Our Intrepid Heroine admitting that she had added a steek to the...
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Today we have a real treat for you -- a how-to video and free pattern for the most amazing blanket project from WEBS - America's Yarn Store ( www.yarn.com ). If you liked the Babette Blanket by Kathy Merrick that has been popularized on the Internet, you're going to love the Illusion Cube Blanket...
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How to Block A Lace Shawl Using Blocking Wires You can always use pins to block any lace project. But for generations, women have used thin wires, or even strong lengths of cotton thread, in place of pins to shape their lace shawls. This tutorial shows you how! Why use wires? Some people find that using...
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Note from Sandi: It's not as easy as you think to be a proficient designer in both of the two sister crafts, knitting and crochet. Yes, the two crafts are similar, but each has its own architecture of style that has to be mastered before a design--a successful, beautiful design--can be created. So...
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I have a serious case of startitis right now: I seem to want to cast on for every single pattern I see lately. (Well, perhaps not ALL of them. When I saw your Halloween photos of knitted and crocheted wigs and mohawks and smurfs , I admit that I didn't feel the need to make myself a nice pink mohawk...