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When I first came to work at Interweave, I found out that my officemate was to be none other than the one and only Ann Budd , author of one of my most well-loved knitting books: The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns . I was petrified. They might as well have put me in the same office with Maya Angelou...
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Aug 3, 2007
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Ah, technology. As Mary Chapin Carpenter sang, "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug." Our server-hosting company had some technical difficulties this week, which meant that we were unable to do our regular Monday post. Sorry about that. The technogeeks have been...
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Aug 1, 2007
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Ready to block! On Wednesday, we began our Adventure in Blocking with a review of the basic tools and preparations you need to make before you get started. Now that you have everything gathered together, and now that you have experimented with blocking your swatch (and of course, you would never, ever...
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My own weekend knitting Last Friday, I innocently asked what was on your needles...and oh my goodness. Do you people ever SLEEP? What's your secret for getting housework done? Do you do laundry online? The sheer number of projects y'all are working on was stunning. I did a rough count, and of...
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Just for you: The Icelandic Lace Shawl I absolutely LOVED reading all the different clever solutions you folks have come up with to use as blocking surfaces ... amazing. I do think, however, that Jen S. gets the Creative Gold Star for the week: For items that just need to be patted into shape and dried...
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Spray blocking on a blocking board After years of blocking my knitting and crocheting on kitchen counters, floors, and dryer tops, I finally broke down this weekend and ordered an Official Blocking Board (from Webs —thanks, Kathy and Steve!). I'd been telling myself for years that I didn't need...
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Coming Soon: Icelandic Lace Shawl Sometimes the best part of writing a post is getting to answer back someone who leaves a really great comment: Dear Eirwen in Wales, I am so sorry that visions of the gorgeous Icelandic Shawl have distracted you from your previously-scheduled vacation knitting (of a...
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Hot Tomato Salsa! It is Friday the 13th, a traditional "bad luck day" in the U.S.--but I am throwing caution to the winds and wearing my fresh-off-the-needles Hot Tomato. I realize that in doing so, I am making myself a target for coffee accidents, spaghetti spills, and other natural disasters...
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What The Front Looks Like So, my lace-loving friends: I made a list of the more than 30 questions you asked in the comments from Monday's post. About a quarter of those were promptly addressed by your fellow commenters...which is a Very Good Thing, seeing as it would take me several weeks of posts...
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my lacy little Summer Shawlette OK, so I couldn't resist the goofy title. It's Monday, my laptop decided to die halfway through this post...but who cares, because we get to talk about lace knitting this week. Whoo! Increases and decreases: That's really all lace knitting is--really! Yarnovers...
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More than 300 of you wrote in to say why you thought the Comfy Socks were a bit lonely. The two factors mentioned most often were the bulky yarn/large gauge used in the pattern, and—surprisingly—the photograph. The bulky yarn part made sense—most of you felt that these knitted socks...
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According to the Sock Survey, your perfect sock pattern would be: Worked from the cuff down (70% of the votes); For a woman (46%); Designed in a textured (but not cabled) stitch pattern (22%); Worked on 5 dpns (37%); and Suitable for a variegated or handpainted yarn (36%). To this, I say: Knitters, I...
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Jun 6, 2007
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Caspian Sea Socks I'm noticing that the sock patterns on Knitting Daily are wildly popular--well, some of them, anyway. Judging from the download numbers, you loved the Caspian Sea Socks and the Diagonal Rib Socks, but the Comfy Socks are feeling teensy bit neglected. This makes me curious to know...
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I have an industry secret to reveal: Knitting editors are human. (Not aliens from The Planet Of Perfect Knitting! Imagine that.) We make mistakes while knitting just like anyone else. The difference is that sometimes our knitting mistakes end up in a high-resolution photograph, published for all the...
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Knitting Daily is now 10,000 strong! Meet Lynn G., of Wilmette, IL, our 10,000th member, who has this to say about herself: I have been knitting since I was a teenager. I have a husband (we'll celebrate our 30th anniversary this summer) and two sons. Knitting has really become a major part of my...