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There's so much to learn in knitting, whether you're a beginner or an expert! 30 Knitting Techniques for Beginning Knitters and Beyond is brought to you by the folks at Knitting Daily TV; I'm sure you'll learn something new! Knitting Technique Tips Get started on the right foot with your...
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Finished Object Alert! Plus Sparkly Sock In Progress Quick note: This post is late! I actually wrote it more than a week ago, before my laptop died and took everything with it. Now I'm trying to catch up with all of you! Here's the latest...with more to come soon. –Sandi Your comments on...
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Dearest Knitting Daily Reader, Here are two free patterns for you to use with our new app . I hope you enjoy working on these portable projects! Cheers, Fingerless Gloves This pattern is based on the mitten pattern from The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns by Ann Budd. I basically just left the tops...
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Andean Figure Purses A note from Kathleen: I took my shiny, new issue of Knitting Traditions to my knitting group on Wednesday, and I added my own love to as well! There are a ton of glove and mitten patterns in this issue, all beautiful and with interesting stories behind them. There are other exciting...
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Té Rosada by Pam Allen There are lots of projects that say "quick-to-knit" in the descriptions, and there are lots of reasons that's probably true. Quick knits can be small projects such as hats, mittens, or cowls. Some people might say scarves are quick projects, but my scarves...
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I'm glad you all liked the Leapfrogging Hearts cable (below, in the turquoise yarn) I designed for my sister's Central Park Hoodie . I will definitely share the chart once I get a little further along and am sure that all the kinks in it are worked out. It would be my pleasure! Hang in there...
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The Caftan Pullover TN Yarn Lady's Caftan Pullover. She sewed up the front, too! Love the 2-color pullover that a2965z-craft knit up. She says the colors are a little off in this photo and that the inset and hem are more red than pink. Some of us finished up our Caftan Pullovers on schedule (and...
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Sandi Wiseheart designed this shawlette using handspun qiviut that she painstakingly dehaired by hand. The pattern and charts are available in the Winter 2010 issue of Spin-Off . A note from Kathleen: Here's a truly fun fiber factoid about the fabulous Arctic musk-ox fiber Qiviut! Knitting Daily...
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My favorite scarf! Cashmere goodness in a beautiful color. Lots of knitters stop knitting scarves after they become intermediate knitters—as beginners, we're encouraged to knit scarves to get comfortable with the knit stitch, and we end up with a lot of garter-stitch scarves in our scarf drawer...
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Are you a list-maker like I am? I have all kinds of lists on my desk: a grocery list, an outdoor chore list, a hardware store list, a "things Gramma needs at the retirement home" list, and the ubiquitous to-do list. This time of year I start another list, in fact it's my favorite list—a...
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The Paisley Hat by Vicki Square (available as part of Knitting Creative Details: Designing Original Knitwear with Vicki Square) I didn't used to fancy myself a designer. I've done a few designs for Knitting Daily—a cowl, a hat, and a pair of socks—but because they were small, easy...
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Dear Liz, You've been waiting patiently for it to be your turn, and it's waaaaayyy past time. So this one's for you, sweetie. Love, Your big sis There's a tradition in my family that one gift each year, usually presented at Christmas, is what we call a "heritage gift." A heritage...
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Granny Cheyne's Shetland Shawl from Wrapped in Lace by Margaret Stove In the past few months, I've written quite a bit about lace shawls from Estonia. I got a new book today, called Wrapped in Lace , which includes the patterns and history of lace shawls from all over the world; while Estonian...
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Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts is just full of knitting patterns, but it also offers tidbits of holiday goodness for us, the knitters of the gifts. One of my favorites is on the last page; it's a trio of stories from Interweave staffers that all tell the same tale: Not every knitted holiday gift...
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Maikell Shawl from Knitted Lace of Estonia I have a friend who knits the most beautiful lace shawls. One day I asked her where she wore them, and she said "Oh, wherever—usually to Alberson's and Costco, actually, because I don't go anywhere fancy." I loved that answer so much—what...