A couple of years ago my knitting group took a beginning crochet class. Some of us took to it more than others, but my friend Molly really got crochet fever and she's been interspersing knitting with crochet ever since. She told me once that when she loses her knitting mojo, she turns to crochet...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Jan 22, 2010
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Not many people are fortunate enough to live a life of books. I've been surrounded by books for my entire life—from Pat the Bunny as a baby to my favorite mystery of this year, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . Books can be such an important part of a person's life. I've laughed ( Bridget...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Dec 14, 2009
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Chunky wool in natural sheep shades combined with colorwork. Love it! I’ve been working on the Heritage Cardigan by Sharon Shoji, found in the winter issue of Interweave Knits . A lover of neutrals and a lover of colorwork, I was immediately attracted to this project. As I worked on the pattern...
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LisaShroyer
on Dec 4, 2009
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The Central Park Hoodie Knit-a-Long is officially over, although there are many of us still knitting like the wind to get this puppy done so we can wear it already! I've got a sleeve left and the finishing, which is at least a week's worth of work. I'm knitting steadily, though! We had an...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Nov 6, 2009
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Sailing the Fair Isles In my knitting, I tend to get inspired by something and just jump right in, whether or not I know how to do certain techniques. I figure that hands-on is the best way to learn, so I go for it. Fair Isle intimidated me more than usual, though, so I found a beginning class and signed...
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Kathleen Cubley
on Sep 11, 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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Colorwork patterns--such as the gorgeous Poetry Mittens we put into the online store on Wednesday (see below)--are some of the most beautiful knitting on the planet. But they can also seem quite daunting, since they involve working with more than one yarn at a time. But learning to work with two or more...
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KD Sandi
on Jan 16, 2009
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Such a treat I have for you today... are you ready? Last fall, we had a knitting poetry contest. It wasn't your average poetry contest, mind you, because where would the fun in average be? It was a poetry magnet contest, where we challenged you marvelously clever folks to take the words on the Interweave...
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KD Sandi
on Jan 14, 2009
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I don't have any magic words to help you get all your holiday knitting done on time. (Sorry about that.) However, I do have a nifty little grafting tip for those of you who love knitting socks but, like me, utterly despise the Kitchener Stitch. I ran this tip last year at Christmas time to help everyone...
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KD Sandi
on Dec 22, 2008
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TODAY'S POST IS BY LAURA RINTALA , managing editor of Interweave Knits, and designer of the White Witch Mitts : our new featured free pattern. Laura's White Witch Mitts (free!) I have to admit, when Eunny asked us to do some sort of movie-inspired knit for our spring staff project, my mind sort...
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KD Sandi
on Feb 5, 2008
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