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4 Ways To Wear A Sweater In The Summer Without Overheating
Sweaters can easily become a staple in your summer wardrobe. They aren't just for the fall and winter months.
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I finished my first knitting project
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Hand-knit alien puppets and William Shatner: the Clangers' recipe for stateside success
The lo-fi space creatures were the heroes of a family-focused show that aired in Britain in the late 60s and early 70s, and will now be narrated by the original Captain Kirk as an updated version moves across the pond to US television
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Knitting for yourself this summer; book review of 'Warm Days, Cool Knits'
“Warm Days, Cool Knits” by Corrina Ferguson is a book filled with designs to help you and me find great projects to do with these cotton, bamboo and rayon yarns.
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Yarn bomb hits Buffalo Bayou Park
Local Houston knitting group Urban Yarnage created a temporary art installation at Buffalo Bayou Park. The colorful project celebrates International Yarn Bomb Day and the revitalization of the park. Its grand re-opening has been pushed back to October due to damage during Houston’s recent floods.
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"Phalangees" Gloves - Knitting Pattern
In my opinion, gloves are great projects until you get to the fingers. Then they become tedious: casting on stitches, picking up stitches, breaking and reconnecting yarn, dealing with gaps. Puh. I'd cheat and make fingerless mitts...
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"Make Up Your Mind" Racerback Tank - Knitting Pattern
Racerbacks are great way to have a summery knit that you can wear and not sweat to death in. This textured tank is meant to be layered over another lightweight item like a tank top or a t-shirt, and provides lots of visual interest. The bands change stitches 5 times so the knitting doesn’t get dull, and the lovely cotton blend yarn is lightweight, breathable and fantastic to wear.
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Ferret Sweater - Knitting Pattern
I adore my ferrets. I am also a knitter. This led to my creating a little sock-like tube with armholes for my little ones.
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Fair Isle Mitts - Knitting Pattern
Free knitting patern for adorable fair isle stranded mitts. Keep your hands warm, cozy, and stylish. Full written instructions and charts included. Pattern provided by Wee Country Yarns.
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Hotness Top - Knitting Pattern
With a silhouette that flatters the figure, this lacy-yoked, black top proves that knit lace isn't always prim and proper. It's a stunning night-out look in black, but other colors can be used for a more feminine mood.
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‘Chunky Knits’ by Anna Mo Incorporate Enormous Stitches to Comfortably Engulf the Body
Anna Mo's chunky knits are not shy about their pattern, the soft form of her objects forcing the wearer to observe the pieces in all of their magnified glory. To knit these mammoth material works the Ukraine-based Mo not only uses extremely thick sections of wool, but also XXL needles...
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Knitting up a storm: It’s World Wide Knit in Public Day
Knitters unite! It’s time to take to the streets and knit proudly for all to see. Saturday, June 13th, is officially World Wide Knit in Public Day. Knitters, stitchers, and spinners are getting in on the action.
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This Guy Is Knitting Every Frame Of A Movie Into A Watchable Scarf
Greg Climer's test shot is already as long as a city block.
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Darn It All!
4 methods for darning knit socks. These methods can also be used to repair holes in other knit garments. Tutorial includes written instructions and photo illustrations.
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Designing Stranded Motifs... Is Actually Rather Easy
The only difficult things in knitting are the techniques you haven't tried yet. When I was a beginner, I looked at all that beautiful knitted colourwork out there – fairisle, especially – and I thought, ‘Well obviously, I could never do that‘. And so I couldn’t, right up to the moment when I picked up my needles and tried. Because let’s face it, less competent people than us have produced truly beautiful work.
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Knitting Fundamentals: 5 Different Ways to Cast On
Try experimenting with a few new cast-on methods just for fun while you're in-between knitting projects. This way casting on isn't just the step you're trying to rush through in order to start knitting, it's a new and fun technique that you're trying out.
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Learn to Knit With Scales
Here you'll find free learning tutorials and links to patterns that use the scale stitches to create your own scaly items. Many of the patterns include information to make them in any colour arrangement you want, and there are several simple patterns suitable for learning.
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Free Knitting Books from Knit Picks
Get a free knitting book of your choice with online purchase of $25 or more. Discount yarn and knitting supplies are also available.
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Christina Fagan - Shit That I Knit
The charming Christina Fagan is the designer behind cool girl knitwear label Shit That I Knit.
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Student from Yeovil spends 375 hours knitting for art project three-quarters of a mile long
A student from Yeovil has created a piece of art by knitting solidly for the equivalent of more than two weeks day and night. Student Sandra Charles, 22, who now attends Nottingham Trent University's School of Art & Design, spent 375 hours knitting together recycled material for her final year degree show this week.
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