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Yes, that's a llama. Her name is High Hope, and she likes humans. (I think she thinks we're funny looking.) She and her sisters kindly appear on my blog this week in order to amuse and distract you from the fact that no actual sweater was photographed in the creation of this blog. My camera battery is dead, and the charger and the spare battery...
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A woman’s intermediate raglan pullover with colorwork techniques, waist shaping, and button placket along the raglan line. The front is worked in two colors with mosaic knitting, while the back is worked in one color. Designer Kate Gagnon Sizes 30¾ (34¼, 38, 41, 44¼, 48½)" bust; shown in size 34¼",...
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Woman’s intermediate pullover with waist shaping, faux placket, and set-in collar shaped with short-rows. The sport-weight wool yarn works up nicely in an easy texture pattern. Set-in sleeves and shoulder shaping refine the fit. Designer Melissa Wehrle Sizes 30½ (32½, 36½, 40, 44, 47½)" bust circumference; shown...
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Toni Shoulders a bit narrower than hips High waist and longish torso Subtle, less defined hourglass shape Killer smile and beautiful complexion Climbing Vines Pullover from Knits Winter 2008 Climbing Vines Gallery page Color matches the roses in her cheeks! Ribbing at hem does not emphasize hips Vines help give more "curve appeal" Feminine...
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Designer: Wendy Bernard Published: June 19, 2007 Technique: Colorwork - Fair Isle, Decreasing, Increasing, Ribbing Skill Level: Intermediate Featured in No Sheep for You (Interweave Press 2007), this sweater is knitted in Blue Sky Organic Cotton, which is soft, soft, soft, but worked at a tighter gauge than the ball band suggests to improve the drape...
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1. Find a pattern that you like hat has a schematic with measurements. 2. Take a sweater, vest or sweatshirt that your man likes for fit. 3. Compare the relevant measurements of the garment to the pattern measurements - esp. across the shoulders, depth of armhole, waist, hip and length. If it's a crewneck, you need the width of the neck. If it's...
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Converting to knit in the round is pretty simple, I'm going to assume bottom up for this but it works basically the same top down. First you need to check if there are selvedge stitches included on the flat pieces, a lot of newer patterns have them since they make seaming easier, but not all of them. If there are selvedge stitches you need to leave...
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The story so far: Waist decreases from hem to waist have been successfully navigated in my Farmer's Market Cardi . This week, I managed to make it halfway up the armholes! Here is where things start to get (more) interesting. Neck decreases, bust increases, split to work back and fronts separately, armhole shaping...it's like watching coverage...
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Just a little scene-setting photo—knit on! I was reading through the forums and the Knitting Daily blog post comments, and I was impressed by the wealth of knitting expertise out there! I thought I'd pull some of them and put them all here for you to enjoy. This is a potpourri of knitting tips, with my favorite tip of all time is at the end...
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Hi... Remember, I haven't actually made this sweater, so I'm doing my best fr just reading the patt + looking @ the available pics!!! Your comment re: doing the WS (purl side) rows in patt makes sense. It IS going to be a bit more awkward doing these sts ...they were just worked as a "K2 tog" on the previous row...that makes them "stick...