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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Kelley chats with Knit Picks designer Kerin about felting your knitted items. She also chats with Patricia about a felting-related knitting problem.
Book Review
Shibori Knitted Felt by Alison Crowther-Smith
Felted Kits
Cheery Cup Cozies Kit
Arden Bag Kit
Town and Country Slipper Kit
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Kelley goes over some personal tips for keeping relaxed and avoiding discomfort while knitting up a storm. Regarding a different kind of comfort, Kelley also chats with Knitting Community friends Cheryl, Peggy, and Susan about how online communities have changed their own knitting lives.
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Ready for a new year of knitting? Kelley and Tina chat about different ways to reorganize the yarn and projects in their stashes.
Book Review
Cardigans by Louisa Harding
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Kelley chats with Nicole Dickson, author of the novel “Casting Off.“
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Hello again! In this installment of Demystifying Lace, I’ll tell you why
getting gauge isn’t really all that important, basics of casting on for
different types of lace, and give a quick primer on the holeyest of
stitches, the yarn over!
Click ‘Read More…” to see the answers to some questions I got in last week’s class comments.
Kelley goes over common cast on techniques and describes the best uses for each.
Books in Book Review
Simple Knits for Little Cherubs by Erika Knight
Itty-Bitty Nursery by Susan B. Anderson
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Kelley chats with designer Hannah Fettig, author of “Closely Knit.”
Hannah’s Blog
*After a flood of requests from listeners, Xena’s bark is back!
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Kelley chats with designers Nina and Kerin about their inspiration and
development process for new fall kit patterns.
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So a confession – I’ve never used lace yarn in my 9 years of knitting. I bought one skein a couple of years ago, but never used it – it just sits prettily on my shelf. I guess I’m scared it too thin for me & I’ll break it immediately – even though I will happily knit socks in light fingering weight yarn on size 0 needles!
But I finally broke down & bought some because I am determine to overcome my fear of it. Plus I’m in love with Barb Wire and feel I must have it for my next sweater project! (interview with the designer tomorrow!)
So I bought some pretty Gloss Lace in the new Peapod color
Since our Gloss line is my favorite yarn, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to start there.
Then I love Alison’s Citron so much that I needed to do that too …
Ever since we put Grace‘s first IDP pattern up in December, she has been one of our most popular designers. All three of her patterns have sold strongly – including her new Victorian Rose, which only went up 2 weeks ago! And it’s not hard to see why – she has such a distinct & lovely style to her designs. Anyone who reads my twitter feed (or my blog here) knows I’m obsessed with making Barb Wire as my first project in lace weight yarn. So I was delighted to get a quick interview with her!
(Grace’s “unwilling” models – her children)
How long have you been knitting?
I have been knitting since I was about 10 – so off and on about 30 years
What motivated you to learn to knit?
My Mother knit all the time. I remember …
