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Intro to Lace Knitting Class
I’ll be teaching an introductory lace knitting class in a few weeks at the wonderful “Keep Me In Stitches” LYS. We’ll be working on lace scarves with a couple of different, basic lace patterns. You’ll have both a chart and … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Knitting Classes, Mary Ann's Designs, Technique
Tagged chart, class, knit, Knitting, lace, lace scarf, Mary Ann Stephens, yarn
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Fishy Booty
…Or, how to get maximum cuteness from one tiny pile of sock yarn scraps… The Fishy Booty design is knit circularly and seamlessly, using mainly garter stitch, with a few priceless little rounds of stranded garter stitch (which is explained … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Mary Ann's Designs, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged baby, baby shoes, baby ull, baby yarn, bootie, booties, booty, cuteness, Dale of Norway, DIY, fair isle, fingering, garter stitch, home, knit, Knitting, merino, newborn, nordic knitting, pattern, pdf, sock yarn, stranded, stranded knitting, yarn scraps
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Perfect Mitten Blockers, on the Cheap
Right about now, I’d guess quite a few of you are finishing up Mitten #2, and you’re looking forward to that sparkling moment when you present your beautiful work to a (hopefully deserving and endlessly appreciative) special someone. Before you … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Mary Ann's Designs, Miscellaneous, Technique
Tagged block, blockers, blocking, finishing technique, free, homemade, knit, Knitting, mitten, mittens, mitts
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Link to class at KMIS
The details for my stranded knitting class are now up on the “Keep Me In Stitches” (don’t you just love that name?!) shop’s website. (Wow, those people are good!) Click that link and scroll down the page, just a bit, … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Mary Ann's Designs, Technique
Tagged circular knitting, class, colorwork, Dale of Norway, design, fair isle, hat, knit, Knitting, knitting class, knitting design, knitting instruction, knitting pattern, Mary Ann Stephens, nordic, nordic knitting, Norwegian knitting
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I’ll be teaching a class for my Vogue Knitting hat
I’ll be teaching a class for my Vogue Knitting Fair Isle Hat #08 this November / December with the wonderful folks at Keep Me in Stitches, here on Long Island. They’re setting up the details (they do all sorts of … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Mary Ann's Designs, Technique, Uncategorized, Vogue Knitting
Tagged cascade 200 sport yarn, circular knitting class, fair isle hat, fair isle knitting, fair isle knitting class, keep me in stitches, Knitting, knitting class, knitting instruction, Mary Ann Stephens, nordic knitting class, vogue knitting
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Creating Knitting Pattern PDFs
I’m often asked “What special software packages do you use to create your knitting pattern PDFs?” and the apparently surprising answer is “Nothing special, really!” Ninety-nine percent of my work is done in Microsoft Excel (for charts) and Word (for … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Mary Ann's Designs, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged chart, excel, fair isle knitting, free, free software, knit, Knitting, knitting chart, knitting pattern, Norwegian knitting, pattern, pdf, stranded knitting
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“Norwegian Sweater Techniques for Today’s Knitter” by Therese Chynoweth
I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on “Norwegian Sweater Techniques for Today’s Knitter” by the wonderful Therese Chynoweth. At last, it made its merry way to my desk last week. What a treat! I’m so delighted by this … Continue reading
Vancouver V-neck progress report #1
All three of my sons play football, so I’m a very busy spectator, this time of the year. Vancouver is the perfect project for my purpose – simple enough that I can blast through the stockinette portions without missing any … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, New From Dale of Norway, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged Dale of Norway, Knitting, knitting project, nordic, norwegian, olympic knitting, olympic sweater, Vancouver
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Decisions, decisions…Fun with choosing yarn colors
I really want to make the new Vancouver v-neck, but I’m not the copying type. As much as I like the light blue model… I feel the need for a different colorway. So… I’ve been playing around with some possibilities. … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, New From Dale of Norway, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged colorways, designing with color, fair isle, Knitting, norwegian, stranded
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Like the blog? Join the group!
I’ve just started my own Ravelry group, “Two Strands”. I’m hoping it will grow into a fun place to discuss stranded knitting in general and my work in particular. You’re all welcome to join in the fun, talk about whatever … Continue reading
