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  • Continental Knitting: A "Picking" Lesson and a Free Pattern

    When I first learned to knit I was a "thrower" (or English-style knitter)—I held the yarn in my right hand and wrapped it (or threw it) around the right-hand needle. Most of my friends were "pickers" (or Continental-style knitters)—they held the yarn in their left hands...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by Kathleen Cubley on Dec 4, 2009
    Filed under: Easy, Scarves, Blocking, Decreasing, Increasing, Interweave Knits, Yarn, Colorwork, how to, Knits, video, raglan, weaving, knitting, patterns, Knit, knitters, Knitter, felt, Free Easy Knitting Patterns, Continental Knitting

  • Knitting For SOAR (plus VOTE on my next sweater)

    Knitting For SOAR You might have noticed that I did not post last week (bad blogger!). My excuse? I was at Interweave's Spin-Off Annual Retreat , learning all about my most favorite thing: Yarn. My SOAR adventure was, in part, a mission to find out more about this beloved substance, to see if I could...
    Posted to What's on Sandi's Needles? by KD Sandi on Nov 5, 2009
    Filed under: Knitting, lace, blocking, knit, yarn, Books, Swatching, how to, spinning, techniques, knitters, Abby Franquemont, gauge, knitter, socks, blog, cardigan, sweater pattern, silk, alpaca, designers, Spin-Off, cashmere, Eunny Jang, Lisa Shroyer, Central Park Hoodie

  • A Whole Lot of Frogging Going On Here...

    This is so embarrassing. How many posts have I written about putting a lifeline in one's lace knitting? Maybe you could be gentle and just not answer that. Because I could go back and count the lifeline posts myself..I'm going to guess there's at least three of them, probably more like five...
    Posted to What's on Sandi's Needles? by KD Sandi on Sep 17, 2009
    Filed under: Sandi Wiseheart, Knitting, lace, blocking, Patterns, knit, crochet, yarn, Knits, Books, decreases, how to, easy, finishing, lifelines

  • Free pattern: Child's Fair Isle Hat

    Note from Sandi: Knitting for a child seems to bring out in us the longing to make something worthy of being passed down through the generations. Here is Lisa Shroyer's contributrion to the staff design challenge for Interweave Knits Summer 2009: "Design an Heirloom." Sweet Hex Child’s...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by KD Sandi on May 15, 2009
    Filed under: Easy, Intermediate, Gifts, Blocking, Fair Isle, Lace, Toys, Weddings, Socks, Kids, Interweave Knits, Yarn, Silk, Kitchener, Lisa Shroyer, Stranded Colorwork, how to, Knits, Free ebook, Heirloom knitting, Knitting for Baby, Free Baby Blanket Pattern, Knitting Baby Booties, Baby Knitting Pattern, Knitted Toys, Baby Knitting Patterns, Baby Knit Patterns, free baby knitting patterns, Baby Socks, Baby Sweaters, knitted toy patterns, Baby pattern, Knitting for Babies, Baby hat pattern, knitted baby blanket, Free baby patterns, techniques, eBook, knitting, knitted, patterns, Knit, Cardigan, blog, Sandi Wiseheart, baby knitting, baby patterns, 7 Free Baby Knitting Patterns, charity, Knitting for Children

  • Using Blocking Wires To Block A Lace Shawl

    How to Block A Lace Shawl Using Blocking Wires You can always use pins to block any lace project. But for generations, women have used thin wires, or even strong lengths of cotton thread, in place of pins to shape their lace shawls. This tutorial shows you how! Why use wires? Some people find that using...
    Posted to How To by KD Sandi on May 6, 2009
    Filed under: Techniques, Crochet, Blocking, lace knitting, knitted lace, knitting, Lace, Estonia, Knitted, shawls, felting, How to, knitters, Patterns, knit, Nancy Bush, Knitting Terms

  • Using Blocking Wires to Block Lace Shawls

    For years, I have used pins to block my lace shawls--dozens and dozens of T-pins, painstakingly placed and then adjusted one by one until every single point was just right, and every single motif was shown off to its best advantage. I'd heard of blocking wires, but never given them much thought,...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by KD Sandi on May 6, 2009
    Filed under: Shawls, Blocking, Lace, Socks, Yarn, estonia, how to, free lace patterns, lace knitting, Nancy Bush, Estonian lace, Free ebook, Free Knitted Lace Patterns, techniques, eBook, knitting, knitted, patterns, Knit, Knitter, blog, Sandi Wiseheart, Knitting For Women, Edgings and Insertions

  • Video: Blocking A Large Lace Shawl

    If I am knitting a piece of lace in public, friendly strangers will ask, "What are you knitting?" When I tell them it is a lace shawl, they get this very polite, back-away-slowly-from-the-crazy-woman look on their face. I look down at what I am knitting and realize that to them, the rumply...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by KD Sandi on May 4, 2009
    Filed under: Scarves, Shawls, Blocking, Lace, Wraps, Stoles, estonia, how to, video, free lace patterns, lace knitting, Free ebook, Free Knitted Lace Patterns, eBook, knitting, knitted, patterns, knitters, Knitter, blog, Sandi Wiseheart, Kathy Elkins, Knitting Videos

  • Plan A Finishing Party!

    Note from Sandi: My boss is a knitter. (How many folks get to say that?) She also used to own a local yarn shop. She has also worked on Interweave Knits magazine in some capacity since the very beginning--now she is our publisher! (She's also a weaver and a crocheter and a spinner. Does she sleep...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by KD Sandi on Dec 12, 2008
    Filed under: Christmas, Crochet, Gifts, Hats, Blocking, Fair Isle, Lace, Vests, Slippers, Holiday, Mittens, Books, Interweave Knits, PieceWork, Spin-Off, Yarn, Whimsies, Ripping Out, Kitchener, Finishing, Holidays, Amy Clarke Moore, estonia, how to, Knits, sweater finishing, garment finishing, videos, Nancy Bush, weaving, Rebecca Daniels, techniques, eBook, knitting, knitted, patterns, Knit, Cardigan, Knitter, intarsia, Sandi Wiseheart, crocheted, crocheting, Interweave Press

  • Tips for When You Don't Have A Blocking Board

    Spray blocking on a blocking board After years of blocking my knitting and crocheting on kitchen counters, floors, and dryer tops, I finally broke down one day and bought an Official Blocking Board. All that time, I'd been telling myself that I didn't need anything fancier—that is, until...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by KD Sandi on Dec 3, 2008
    Filed under: Christmas, Crochet, Shawls, Blocking, Cables, Lace, Tops, Kids, Books, Yarn, Tips, towels, how to, video, blocking board, Harmony Guides, knitting, patterns, Knit, knitters, Sandi Wiseheart, crocheting, crocheters, dogs

  • Blocking Tips: Acrylic and Other Non-Woolly Fibers

    Note from Sandi: There were so many questions on blocking different sorts of fibers when I ran last week's posts on blocking that I decided to expand a bit on some tips I gave when this series was originally published in July of 2007. Here's a few thoughts on blocking non-wool fibers... ( Are...
    Posted to Knitting Daily by KD Sandi on Dec 1, 2008
    Filed under: Experienced, Blocking, Lace, Slippers, Holiday, Books, Interweave Crochet, Yarn, Tips, Holidays, towels, how to, video, how to block, knitting, Knit, knitters, www.knittingdaily.com, Knitter, Sandi Wiseheart, Interweave Press, Knitting For Women
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