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Hedgerow Fingerless Mittens
My Hedgerow Fingerless Mittens require only two 50-g balls – 1 light, 1 dark – in your favorite shades of either Heilo or Falk. The instructions offer sizing for average adult & extra large adult. The PDF is available for … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale, design, fair isle, falk, fingerless, Heilo, knit, Knitting, Mary Ann Stephens, mittens, mitts, norwegian, pattern, pdf, stranded knitting, yarn
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The Nomad Earflap Hat
Knit in Dale of Norway Hubro yarn at a super speedy, yet oh-so-cozy 3 sts/inch. Choose any 3 contrasting shades of Hubro; you’ll need 1 ball of each. (If you have some Hubro on hand, you’ll want an entire 100g … Continue reading
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Tagged chullo, chunky knit, Dale of Norway, design, earflap hat, fair isle, hat, hubro, knitting pattern, knitwear, Mary Ann Stephens, Norwegian knitting, pdf
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Zinnia Mittens, Twist Collective Winter 2011
Yippee, the new Twist Collective is out! There are so many beautiful designs in this issue! I’m honored to have my Zinnia mittens among them: The links: Zinnia on Twist Collective, main pattern page Zinnia on Twist Collective, detail page … Continue reading
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Tagged baby ull, chart, circular knitting, color, colorwork, Dale, Dale of Norway, Dalegarn, design, fair isle, fair isle knitting, knit, Knitting, knitting design, knitting pattern, knitting pattern pdf, Mary Ann Stephens, mittens, nordic, nordic knitting, norwegian, Norwegian knitting, pdf, shetland wool, stranded, stranded knitting, twist collective, wool, yarn, zinnia
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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
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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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Snow Day Hat…
…or “How I Survived A Sweltering September With One Easy Project”: And all it took was 2 balls of Dale of Norway Freestyle yarn (plus a lot of wishful thinking.) Are you starting to “Think Snow”, too? Here’s the PDF, … Continue reading
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Tagged beanie, cap, colorwork, design, fair isle, fair isle knitting, hat, knit, Knitting, knitting pattern, nordic, nordic knitting, norwegian, Norwegian knitting, outerwear, pdf, ski hat, snow, snow day hat, snowflake, snowflake hat, snowflakes, stranded, stranded knitting, winter, yarn
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Ruth’s Tiger Lily
I want to share with you a wonderful photo I recently received from a very talented customer: That’s Ruth modeling her green version of my old Tiger Lily Jacket design. Isn’t her knitting just beautiful?! And I love those Falk … Continue reading
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Tagged color, colorway, Dale, Dale of Norway, design, fair isle, falk, Heilo, jacket, knit, Knitting, knitwear, Mary Ann Stephens, norwegian, pattern, pdf, stranded, sweater, tiger lily, yarn
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Fair Isle Hat, Vogue Knitting Fall 2011
That’s my “#08 Fair Isle Hat” that just came out in Vogue Knitting Fall 2011. While I was waiting for the black and white Cascade 220 Sport to arrive from Vogue Knitting (seen above), I made up the prototype in … Continue reading
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Tagged circular knitting, color, colorwork, Dale, Dale of Norway, Dalegarn, design, fair isle, fair isle knitting, hat, Heilo, Kidsknits, knit, Knitting, knitting design, knitting magazine, knitting pattern, knitting pattern pdf, Mary Ann Stephens, nordic, nordic knitting, norwegian, Norwegian knitting, pdf, stranded, stranded knitting, vogue, vogue knitting, wool, yarn
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Dale’s Ladybug design in my Girlybug colorway
Dale of Norway has an extraordinary number of beloved designs for children, but I guess the most beloved of all would have to be their “Marihone”, or “Ladybug”, sweater. I have more than a few customers whose first reaction, upon … Continue reading
New Dale Books: Oslo 2011 NR 228, Baby NR 209 and Kids NR 230
We’ve just received a shipment of three brand new Dale books, with instructions in English. Hopefully, they’ll be up on the website before long. But, in the meantime, click on the links below to see gorgeous full screen PDF photos … Continue reading
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Tagged fair isle, knitting design, Knitting, Norwegian knitting, Dale of Norway, Heilo, free knitting pattern, stranded knitting, mittens, steeks, yarn, nordic, baby blanket, circular knitting, knitting books, Kidsknits, sweater, nordic knitting, norwegian, design, stranded, falk, wool, knitting pattern, hat, pdf, Dale, Dalegarn, daletta, ski sweater, skiwear, oslo, oslo 2011, Dale books, norwegian ski team
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Tulip Mittens, a Fair Isle / Norwegian / Turkish stranded knitting design
I knit my ladies’ Tulip Mittens in 3 shades of Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift jumper weight wool - two 25g balls for the medium blue, “Merlin”, one ball of the light “Natural White” and one ball of the dark “Prussian Blue”. … Continue reading
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Tagged circular knitting, design, fair isle, fair isle knitting, jamieson's, jamieson's spindrift, Knitting, knitting kit, knitting pattern, knitting pattern pdf, latvian mittens, mittens, mitts, Norwegian knitting, pattern pdf, shetland spindrift, shetland wool, spindrift, stranded knitting, wool, wool yarn, yarn
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