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Pictures of the Fair Isle Lumber Jacket
Here I am in Gwynne's living room. Notice the stash behind my left shoulder. Gwynne gets to keep her stash in the living room! How great is that? When we were knitting in her living room yesterday,...
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What are you knitting in the snow?
The sleeve is really helping to give this sweater shape, don't you think? I've been working at home today, and that doesn't mean knitting. It did include writing blog entries, but it also included...
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Where does creativity come from?
Yesterday, I got an e-mail from Interweave Press, authored by its founder, Linda Ligon, who talked about how she chooses a sweater to make. Very often, she grabs 2 books and finds a stitch in one book...
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Getting ready for Vogue Knitting Live
The lumber jacket is finished and washed, and I'm trying now to figure out what knitting project to take with me tomorrow to the Vogue Knitting Live marketplace. I'm torn between starting a simple...
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Shirley Paden: Designer of haute couture
Shirley Paden in her classroom at Vogue Knitting Live, holding the Fair Isle sweater that she designed. It was published in Interweave Knits Winter 2010. On the table lay some of her other designs. In...
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Fiona Ellis: The Queen of ‘What-If?’
Fiona Ellis has written , "Inspired Cable Knits" and "Inspired Fair Isle Knits." The last person I interviewed at Vogue Knitting Live was Fiona Ellis. It was about 5:30 p.m. when we both sat down in a...
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Book review: ‘Knitting Vintage’ by Claire Montgomerie
Knitting Vintage by Claire Montgomerie is available in paperback or hardcover. Knitting fashionistas who relish the classic 20th century designs associated with Hollywood will want to take a look at...
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Book review: “Socks A La Carte, Colorwork” by Jonelle Raffino and Katherine Cade
"Socks a la Cart, Colorwork," by Jonelle Raffino and Katherine Cade is available for $26.99. Book publishers have been sending out lots of books for reviews lately, probably in anticipation of the...
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Book Review: “Classic Elite Quick Knits” from Taunton Press
Classic Elite Quick Knits has 100 projects you can make fast that will please people you are giving presents to this or any year. A few weeks ago, I got a beautiful new book from Tauton Press that I...
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Book review: ‘Knitting with the Color Guys’ by Kaffe Fassett & Brandon Mably
"Knitting with the Color Guys" by Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably has recently been published by Sixth & Spring Books. Kaffe Fassett was an artist and painter in San Francisco back in the 1970s. I...
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