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Knitting Machine: Fairisle Experiments

I am a huge fan of fairisle knitting by hand.  I teach a course every once in a while to people who want to learn the technique, and I enjoy...

Unwinding

Sometimes you unsew, sometimes you unknit.  This weekend it was time to unknit and unwind... literally. The project: Avril in April was a contiguous method hand-knit top completed last year,...

FO: Twinsies Baby Blankets

I finally finished my first big machine knitting project/commission!  The blanket was machine knit in strips, sewn together, and finished by using simple crochet borders.  The green blanket used a...

Show and Tell: New Stash

I finally got around to photographing some of the lovely new fabric I added to my stash last year... My favorite is this Charles Rennie Mackintosh-inspired print from Liberty's Lifestyle Stile...

Knit Now: Ammersee Top and Wind & Storm

When you design and submit patterns to publications, you never know what will strike an editor's fancy.  In this latest issue of Knit Now, Issue #30, you'll find that my...

Strikkefestival Fanø, 2013

A few weeks ago, I made mention that I went to a wool and knitting festival in Denmark.  Here's what I saw... Hand-knit decorations the shelter at the ferry Fields...