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One of my favorite things about Knitscene is its featured designer profile each issue. I love learning about designers and their inspiration. This time, it's Hilary Smith Callis, the designer of the Knitty smash hit, Citron, who's designed three special pieces for you. Here's writer Robin...
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That's what I was saying a few months ago, after I impulse-bought some beautiful sparkly S. Charles Luna. It's brown with the most delightful golden sparkle. It's 71 percent mohair, and it's really fine, so I thought I'd run it with another yarn to add a special touch. Here's...
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One of our most popular knitted hat patterns, the Koolhaas Hat by Jared Flood, is a wonderful project for many reasons. The Koolhaas Hat by Jared Flood It's a perfect unisex hat; really attractive on both men and women (I knit one for my brother a couple of years ago). It's a great project for...
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Last week I randomly discovered that you could buy the Knitscene Winter 2007/Spring 2008 issue on Amazon from a reseller. For FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. I'm guessing that's wishful thinking, or some other strange thing, but... whoa! We have tons of amazing patterns in our back issues, but not all...
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The Gate Pullover by Margaux Hufnagle The Friday Slippers by Kristen TenDyke A note from Kathleen: Fall is well and truly here in Spokane, with its beautiful crisp mornings and lovely sunny days. I'm already deep into cool-weather knitting, too. I have a sweater on the needles and a hat and some...
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A couple weeks ago I finished a top-down raglan tee-shirt and I've already worn it twice. Because I could try it on as I knit, I was able to make it the perfect tunic length for my short stature. That's the beauty of the top-down knitting technique —you can really see how your piece is...
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Relaxing with Poppy in my hammock chair Lately Cardigan by Josh Bennett Kennedy Sweater by Anniken Allis I was sitting at my desk with two fans blowing on me, dreaming of a beautiful, crisp fall day, when the mailman arrived with a big manila folder. Inside was the new issue of Knitscene —the fall...
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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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The Knitting Daily gallery gals have been at it again, knitting and customizing four different projects from the Spring issue of Interweave Knits . In our new gallery we're showcasing a cable knitted vest, a knitted cardigan, a really interesting pullover, and a beautiful knitted jacket! Here are...
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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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New knitting magazines come out all the time, with fabulous new patterns that go to the top of the queue. But what about that pattern from last year's magazine? The one that you absolutely loved; the one that you had to knit next; the one that made you want to put down the project you were working...
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If you're new to the story of Allison, our managing editor, and her quest to knit her first sweater (Alexis Winslow's Vera Cardigan from Knitscene Winter 2011 ), you can read the three previous posts here , here , and here . Since we last posted, right after the Christmas holidays, Allison has...
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Editors’ Note: We asked Karin Strom, Interweave’s editorial director for the yarn group, to share her interview with book author Lene Holme Sams ø e. Essentially Feminine Knits: 25 Must-Have Chic Designs by Lene Holme Sams ø e. Every so often a knitting book comes along that...
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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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Fiona is a beautiful knit cardigan that showcases one of the unsung heroes in the craft: Garter stitch. Garter stitch is probably the first stitch you learned when you started knitting. It was for me, and I knit project after project in garter stitch. Hats, mittens, scarves, felted stuff, hot pads, wash...