Renowned designer Shirley Paden has just come out with a new book, Knitwear Design Workshop: A Comprehensive Guide to Handknits. And we're not kidding when we say "comprehensive"! Shirley provides you with everything you need to confidently and successfully design own knitwear—from...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Mar 15, 2010
Filed under: Easy, Gloves , Shawls, Cables, Lace, Vests, Books, Yarn, Tips, Silk, Finishing, Schematics, video, summer knitting, techniques, knitting, knitted, patterns, Knit, Shirley Paden, Designing
I joined both the Knitting Olympics and the Ravelympics this year. I set my Olympic goals: To finish the Farmer's Market Cardigan . To knit a sock. To spin some luscious fibre. I made a schedule. I organized each knitting project in a pretty box. At the opening ceremonies, I jumped in with both needles...
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KD Sandi
on Mar 4, 2010
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A note from Kathleen: I just saw the projects in the new Spring 2010 issue of Interweave Knits , and I'm so inspired! Spring is such a time of new things—come March I always want to throw all my winter clothes in a box and break out the shorts and tee-shirts. Alas, it's still chilly here;...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Feb 17, 2010
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Sometimes a pattern catches your eye and you can't stop thinking about it. Whether it's the yarn that gets you, or the texture or fit, there's just something about certain designs that grab you and won't let go. You put them in your queue, or buy the patterns or books and keep them on...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Jan 29, 2010
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Being a larger gal who's also quite short (5' 2"), I have to make adjustments to almost every sweater I knit. While the main tool in making those adjustments is the ever-important gauge swatch, there are lots of other little things that I pay attention to as well. Ease is one of those "little...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Jan 18, 2010
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I finally finished the Central Park Hoodie (a.k.a. "The CPH"). I'm only a couple months behind my own schedule—this project was my second knit-a-long with all of you, and most of you speedy knitters finished on time or soon afterward. Not that that's important, mind you—in...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Dec 30, 2009
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At Knitting Daily, we define fearless knitting as facing your knitting fears, mastering them, and then using those previously feared knitting situations with gusto. We've just published a new book, Fearless Knitting Workbook by Jennifer E. Seiffert, that embodies all of those ideals perfectly. I...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Dec 7, 2009
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One UFO Down: 17 Left To Go I've had a pair of socks sitting in my knitting basket for, oh, I think it's been over a year now. Way back when, I wanted to make a pair of socks to be for Nicholas, so I opened up the bin containing my sock yarn stash and told him to Pick Something. He chose a lovely...
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KD Sandi
on Oct 8, 2009
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A note from Kathleen: We're so excited for our fourth season of Knitting Daily TV . Our TV crew taped the season this week and while it's fresh in our minds, we wanted to give you a peek behind the curtain at what went on during the three-day taping. So enjoy this quick look, and if you don't...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Oct 2, 2009
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Note from Sandi: There's more than one way to work a sock, as many long-time sock knitters will tell you. Most of us learn to make them by starting at the cuff--but if you find that this method isn't making you happy, then perhaps you could try knitting socks from the toe up. Here to explain...
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KD Sandi
on Mar 27, 2009
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