This week we’ll be spending a lot of time looking at ripple stitch patterns. There’s always a lot of increasing and decreasing going on in them, so it’s a great opportunity to learn 3 of the most common decreases to get rid of one stitch every once in a while. …
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I have had the chance for the past month to knit with Cotton True Sport yarn by Fibra Natura. And wow! Cotton yarns have come a long way baby! When I started knitting 40 years ago, there wasn’t much in the way of cotton yarns to knit with. There was …
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“In the knitting world where grey and beige plain sweaters seem to rule, how extraordinary to find this energetic man knitting such detailed and intricate color. I applaud his moxie!” – Kaffe Fassett, Textile Artist “The Knitting Pilgrim is astounding and the opportunity to engage with it and Kirk’s amazing …
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From the second I saw the Hotness Top I thought it would be an excellent top to summer-ify with Red Heart’s Creme de la Creme cotton yarn. This top would be a perfect knitted to the pattern or as a bathing suit cover up, if you elongated the torso and used …
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Casting on is one of the most crucial skills a knitter will learn, and the backwards loop cast on is one of the most versatile cast ons there is. It can be used as a very basic, beginner’s cast on or as a technique to cast off stitches in the …