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aspen socks & legwarmers: making modifications & try on as you go
My own copy of Farm to Needle came in the mail a week or so ago and I am blown away at how beautiful it is in person. I can’t say thank you enough to Anna and everyone who made this book happen, and I am so incredibly grateful to be a part of it. I’m also Continue reading
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trapping long floats in stranded colorwork
One of the questions I get most often from students or knitters working from my patterns is how to trap floats in stranded colorwork. I thought it would be a good idea to finally address this issue! Firstly: what is a float, and why would I need to “trap” it? “Float” is a common term for the Continue reading
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combatting tight colorwork
Happy Monday, everyone! This post took a little bit longer to put together than I wanted, but it’s finally ready to go! It’s a lot to read through, but I hope you find it helpful and please let me know if you still have questions about this topic by the end. One of the most Continue reading
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knitting from repeat-based charts
One of the things you’re likely to encounter as a knitter, whether you’re working in lace, cables, or colorwork, is a repeat-based chart. Some folks don’t like knitting from charts all that much and would prefer to work from a pattern where the instructions are written out, which works just fine for many cable or lace Continue reading
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stranded knitting: the importance of color dominance
Since I have a tendency to use stranded colorwork in my designs, I thought I’d write about an element of stranded colorwork that often gets overlooked: color dominance. So what the heck is it? When working with two colors of yarn in stranded knitting, there is a subtle difference in how the colors show up in Continue reading
Paper Tiger 