Follow along and discover your next inspiration as we cast on for projects we love, explore new techniques, and dish about the latest and greatest from Knit Picks.
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Love this pattern – Gentle. If you follow Diana’s excellent instructions on how to divide your yarn like I did when I got started, you won’t run out of yarn. This quick, colorful project was exactly what I needed as winter continues with snowy, cold days.
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Warm and happy. Nice new slippers to celebrate all of the snow we had at our home the last couple of weeks. And, in my enthusiasm for Chroma in fingering weight, I had completely forgot that we also had it available in worsted weight. Alison pointed this out to me as I blocked my Gentle Reversible Shawl and was trying to figure out my next Chroma project.
This is my free Seed Stitch Hot Water Bottle Cover pattern. I used the twisted stitch version to give the fabric even more texture. It only took a few hours to knit the cover so I was able to use it to keep warm during the worst part of our winter storm. I used one ball of Chroma Worsted in the Mesa colorway plus a little bit more. The good news is there was plenty of yarn left in the second ball to make a hat.
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Progress is delicious!
OK, admit it. It’s the beginning of March – you’ve probably forgotten
what your knitting resolutions even were for this year. I mean, isn’t
that the point of resolutions? You’re supposed to forget aaaaaallll
about them till about December 15.
Well, unless you’re me and you’re completely out of your mind. Why do
I say that? Because not only do I have lofty goals for this year, but I
have all of them. Pretty much. Ok, let me explain.
Kelley talks about different techniques that new knitters can use to
overcome knitting mistakes. Alison and Kerin chat about common mistakes
that can happen to new knitters, share personal stories of projects gone
awry and how they were fixed.
3 easy ways to listen…
Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway! It was so
fun to see how many people were inspired to learn entrelac and give it a
try. Unfortunately, we were only able to pick three winners. To select
our
winners, we used a random number generator that chose our winners based on the number of their comment.
Our winners!
#29 Tami Hunt
Wow,that looks fun! What a fun giveaway!
#395 Cindy Kester
This is a technique I would really love to learn. I want this book! It
looks to me that it would be the best way to learn this technique.
#701 Feisty Irish Wench
OOOH! I have a friend that tells me entrelac is easier than it looks,
and since she’s 1500 miles away, she’s not here to show me. I’d love a
copy to learn from and share with the friend that taught me to knit!
Our winners have each been sent an email and as soon as we hear back
from
them, we will ship them their prize. I am sure that all of our winners
will soon be on track to make some really beautiful entrelac projects
thanks to Rosemary’s wonderful book. If
they do, we will be sure to post them! Thanks again everyone!
Being the coordinator for the IDP program has really introduced me to
some great designers that I may not have been familiar with before. I
mean, I’m a knitter (and, as of late, a crocheter) and over the past
couple of years, I’ve been getting many of my project patterns via the
web so it was a natural fit for me. So you can imagine how hard it is
for me now to decide what to make next!
One designer I was not familiar with when I first started on IDP back in November 2009 was Erica Jackofsky – but now she’s become one of my very favorite designers and I get excited every time she submits a new design. Her patterns are fantastic – not only are they super cute, but they are honestly really fun to knit (and now crochet, as she recently had a series of crochet patterns released). I’ve made several of her patterns and they will certainly not be the last. And I finally got pictures in between storms here in the Northwest!
First, I had some Capra in Honey in my stash without project so I had to make Scalliwag because I wear a lot of hats & especially love slouchy ones.
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