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Nature's Palette
Knitters Review loves Nature’s Palette sock yarn! They reviewed it last year and this week it was highlighted again in their discussion of semisolid sock yarn.Also on their “favorites” list is Koigu KPM semisolids.
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The Thinking Dress
The weather was perfect this morning for a layer of knitted goodness so we dressed the girl in her “Thinking Dress”.You may remember seeing this pinafore dress in the shop last winter—we knit it for Valentine’s day in the yummy red and pink Malabrigo.
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Hanging Garden
We’re humbled in the presence of this lovely shawl, knit by Nigel in Zephyr merino/silk.Design by Sivia Harding.
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Sometimes Garter Stitch is all you need . . .
Sometimes the yarn is so lovely, all you need are simple garter stitch ridges to make a beautiful statement.
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Cat's New Book Has Arrived!
Go here to read about her innovative new “architecture” for sock knitting.Here’s the Coriolis pattern, a beautifully fitting spiral design, shown in Indigo Moon Handpaint, colour Cedar Forest.
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Summery Things
Summer Flowers Summer Shawls Detail, Simple Linen Shawl3 skeins Euroflax, Worsted Wt, just off the needles.More tomorrow after we give it a good wash and tumble in the dryer!.
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Knitters Love Airplanes
Knitters love airplanes, there is so much captive waitiing time—waiting to board, waiting to take off, waiting to arrive.And guess what we do for all those hours and hours of waiting—KNIT, of course.
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The Everlasting Bagstopper
Knitty has just published its “surprise” pattern, the Everlasting Bagstopper, a perfect hemp alternative to plastic (ugh) bags.It’s just the right project for our vacation knitting (along with a promise to finish 4 other projects!) so we wound up two skei
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Fat Baby Booties
We couldn’t resist knitting Bev Galeskas’ Fat Baby Booties from the new Interweave Felt.This ingenious design is made to slip easily onto fat little feet and STAY ON! Bev uses short rows and other shaping techniques to create the perfect slipper that is
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The Best Blocking Board
If you decide, after reading Knitting Daily’s post about blocking boards, that you can’t live without one, just stop by the shop.
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The Girl Loves Books
The Girl loves books and thinks you’re never too young for a library card! And speaking of books, have you read the Summer Reading List from Knitters Review? We have Stephanie Japel’s popular “Fitted Knits” and Amy Singer’s “No Sheep for You” and we’v
Learn more »More MS3 Madness
What? Over 4000 knitters have joined MS3.And the Yarn Harlot has finally caved.
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MS3.99
Clue No.1 completed! And, yes, we decided to reknit—it went really fast the second time.
Learn more »Donations for Annie
Go here to read about an extraordinary knitter-in-need and then consider making a donation at Annie’s website.
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Hot Tomato
If you haven’t yet visited Interweave’s new website, Knitting Daily, do stop by.Sign up for the newsletter to receive lots of fun information and free patterns, including Wendy Bernard’s summer top Tomato which has been the subject of entertaining posting
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MS3.62
Clue No.1 for the Mystery Shawl is about 2/3 completed—we’re up to row 62.
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MS3--The Fun Begins!
Yes, we’ve joined Mystery Stole 3 (check out yesterday’s posting for details) and knit our gauge swatch.We’re happy with the look of the blocked lace but we haven’t decided yet about beads—we’ll keep you posted once we’ve made our choice.
Learn more »Hurry and Join "Mystery Stole 3"!
If you're a lace knitter, you've probably seen the shawl patterns by Pink Lemon Twist.We're especially intrigued by Hanami, a beautiful asymmetrical stole inspired by Japanese cherry blossom viewing and the celebration of friendship.
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