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Hitting the wall and other challenges
Here's the blue prayer shawl with one braided border sewn onto the end. One of the reasons that I knit more than one project at once is that when I hit a wall on one project, I can move over to another...
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The finished Nevis cardigan
I love the way the Nevis sweater turned out. When we were last discussing the Nevis cardigan, I believe I was trying to decide whether or not to knit the front plackets, and if I did them, I needed to...
View ArticleGetting ready for Vogue Knitting Live
Vogue Knitting Live is coming to the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square on Friday, Jan 18. That's 9 days away! As I have done since the first VKL, I'll be there to interview designers and report on...
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What about my knitting?
Here's a close-up of my latest prayer shawl. This morning, before I head out to cover a political rally for the papers, I thought I'd get a post in about what I've been knitting the last few weeks...
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Book Review: ‘Prayer Shawls from the Heart’ by Nazanin S. Fard
This photo from the cover of the book shows the Hope Lace, Bumpy Road and Rough Seas shawls. Nazanin S. Fard is a knitwear/crochetwear designer who is a member of the Knitters group on Facebook that I...
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Making progress, but I’m not in love
Here's a clos-up of the pattern stitch. Nazee Fard says it's the "marrow bone" stitch. I've never seen i before. Note: This blog was written on Tuesday. I thought I had posted it, but here it is...
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Free patterns for summer shawls
Sometimes in summer, there is nothing better than a light, lacy shawl to chase away the chill of an evening breeze or an over-active air conditioner. And many knitters prefer knitting a shawl, rather...
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Shopping my stash last night
The other day, I wrote about the new KAL/CAL on Ravelry in the prayer shawl group, and how I was going to make a purple shawl. I had two choices of worsted-weight yarn in my computer room, but no, I...
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Book review: ‘Free-spirit shawls,’ edited by Lisa Shroyer
Many knitters will remember a photo of Katherine, Dutchess of Cambridge, released in 2011, in which she was wearing a green knitted shawl on her way to the market. Designed by American design-house...
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Interviewing Tanis Gray
It's been a couple of years since I last interviewed Tanis Gray. At that time, she was a brand-new mom, as well as a knitwear designer, former yarn editor at Soho Publishing (Vogue Knitting, Sixth...
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