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Bead Crazy
We went crazy with beads on Tuesday night at Sivia’s beaded necklace class! Students brought vials, boxes, drawers full of beautiful beads and then spent the evening sorting, sharing, stringing and knitting them into necklaces and bracelets.A lot of tiny
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A Cozy Neck Warmer
We’ve been seeing lots of these cozy asymmetrical neck warmers in the fashion news lately.And every knitter knows this is a quick 1 to 2-hour project—perfect for the holiday gift list.
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If you love lace . . .
Sivia has just unveiled her new Moonshadow stole.Here’s a bit of detail Go here to see more of this beautiful wrap.
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More Cat Bordi Magic
Join us on Tuesday nights and knit another amazing Cat Bordhi sock.Sivia Harding will guide you into colourwork with the “Sllp Stitch Rings Sock”—slipstitch means you only use one colour per row, so this is a great first colourwork project.
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Stream of Consciousness Knitting
Join us for Sivia Harding’s class beginning November 19 and knit the River Rock Scarf.This scarf, based on a simple 2×2 rib with a little lace openwork at the edges, is an exercise in stream of consciousness knitting.
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Another Nice Vest
Today’s Knitting Daily features a nice ribbed vest pattern originally published in Knitscene.We love vests for layering as cooler Fall weather approaches.
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Great New Vest Pattern!
We love the Scoop Neck Vest from Blue Sky AlpacasThis design combines one strand of Brushed Suriwith one strand of Alpaca SilkWe’re making one in the chocolate brown! If you’re wondering where “Suri” comes from, click here to read about these beautiful s
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The Girl Loves Koigu
You won’t be seeing this shawl at the shop for a while—the Girl has taken it over!.
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Friday Night with Lucy
Lucy Neatby, owner of Tradewind Knitwear Designs in Nova Scotia, is an award-winning hand-knitter, designer and teacher.Most recently she has released the acclaimed Knitters’ Companion DVD series.
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Why our work is so much fun . . .
Because almost every day we get to be surprised and inspired by our customers’ beautiful projects.We love this sweet baby blankie made in Mission Falls 1824 Cotton Pattern from Wee Knits 3 Seeing the blankie folded up on our bench reminded us of a beau
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Ann (of Mason-Dixon Knitting) was trolling through Ravelry and discovered that Cascade 220 is the most popular yarn in use (2264 projects); in second place is Koigu, with 1764 projects.We have lots of both! By the way, we just checked our position on the
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Baby Surprise Jacket
It’s called the “Baby Surprise Jacket” because this.
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Is this the bike of a knitter?
Seat detail, Christa’s handspun Handlebar detail, Christa’s handspun.
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Trellis 14 months later . . .
We knit this for The Girl when she was 6 months old and she’s still wearing it (not for much longer, we admit, but it’s held up really well and will be passed on to another wee one some day)—Trellis from Knitty, knit in All Seasons Cotton.
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Oh, that Kid Silk Haze!
Have you read Sandi’s scarf posting on Knitting Daily? Yes, we agree—Mags Kandis’ Modern Quilt Wrap is one of the most inspiring projects in the new book, Folk Style.We’ve been waiting for our copies of the book to arrive, but when the pattern posted on
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Hanne Falkenberg
Go here.Spend a few hours looking at the incredible designs and colour combinations (we’re in love with Diva).
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Able 2 Cable
Join cable enthusiast Jo Skinner in this fun class that unlocks the mysteries of Aran knitting.Jo will guide you through completing the four blocks, each increasing in complexity—then seam them together to make this wonderful pillow.
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Origami Cardi
Sandi features the Origami Cardi from Interweave Summer 2007 in today’s posting of Knitting Daily.Designed by Nora Gaughan, author of “Knitting Nature,” the cardigan’s interesting design is created by joining squares into a raglan shaping.
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Dyeing Your Own Sock Yarn!
After reading today’s Knitter’s Review Newsletter, you may want to try dyeing some yarn yourself.You’ll find detailed instructions here, including lots of wonderful visuals and some important safety precautions.
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Garter Stitch Shawl Gets Lacey
We decided to add a lacey border to our Koigu shawl, following Cheryl Oberle’s Wool Peddler’s Shawl design from her book Folk Shawls.We started the lace border near the end of the third skein of Koigu and continued with eight pattern repeats.
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