Pink shawl
The Ida Neck Wrap is this little scarf Iím wearing right here, and Iíve named it the Ida Neck Wrap because my great-great Aunt Ida, the woman who taught me to knit when I was a little girl, used to...
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I want to give a quick overview about reading charts. Because there are some basic things that are understood between pattern designers, and if a knitter doesn’t understand them, it can be really...
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I’m going to show you how to do the backwards loop-cast on, which is not an ideal cast-on for the beginning of a project, like your first initial cast-on, but it’s usually what we use when we want to...
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We’re going to talk about a couple of different ways of reinforcing sock toes and heels when you’re knitting. [laughs] This has become really important to me. My whole family lives in Alaska, I live...
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This tutorial is for this zippered lettermanís jacket, and there are so many good lessons in this tutorial. This is worked like a top down raglan, but weíre knitting it in pieces so that we can have...
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In this tutorial weíre going to cover the tricky parts of this scarf. Itís called Saroyan, and itís designed by Liz Abinante of feministy.com. If youíd like your free copy of this pattern, you can...
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There are some patterns out there that are knit in the round that have you start at the center of the piece, and have you increase and increase until you end up with a bigger piece. I have a blanket...
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When we’re talking about ladders, we’re talking about stretched or pulled stitches when you’re knitting in the round, usually in a small circumference like a little hat or a sock. And the space...
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I donít have any kids, but Iíve heard from my sister who lives in Alaska, who has two kids, that once you put thumbs on a pair of mittens, itís totally useless. No one actually takes the trouble of...
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There are a couple of ways of working the long tail cast-on, the most common one is sometimes called the “slingshot” method. It’s not the way that I normally do it, or the way that I normally show...
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