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Return of the Vikings
Waaaaay back in ’06, I made these Viking Hats for my dear son #2, Alex. Back then, to the casual observer, Alex was a mild-mannered, studious sort; hence the relatively tame, blue version. But even in those early years, those … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale of Norway, fair isle, hat, horns, knit, stranded knitting, Viking
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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
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Tagged chart, class, knit, Knitting, lace, lace scarf, Mary Ann Stephens, yarn
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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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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
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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
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Tagged block, blockers, blocking, finishing technique, free, homemade, knit, Knitting, mitten, mittens, mitts
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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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Snowbird Hat
My Snowbird Hat, knit in Dale of Norway’s Hubro, a tremendously soft, chunky 100% wool yarn which knits up in a blink. The PDF for this design is sold through Ravelry.
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Tagged beanie, cable, cabled, cables, cap, chunky, chunky knit, hat, hubro, knit, Knitting, knitting design, knitting pattern, Mary Ann Stephens, quick knit, ski hat, twisted stitches
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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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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
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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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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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