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Adjusting Shaping in Knitted Garments
Most garment knitters will need to adjust the shaping in a pattern at some point. This might be needed are when you need to lengthen or shorten a shaped portion of a garment, such as a sleeve. Or you may get the stitch gauge for the pattern, but your row gauge may be quite different…
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What Does a Tech Editor Do, Anyway?
Last weekend I spoke on a panel at the Next Level Knitting Conference about my work as a tech editor. I don’t spend much time on this blog talking about my tech editing work – mostly I write from my perspective as a designer and knitter. Today I’m going to give you a peak behind…
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A New-to-Me Spinning Wheel
I recently added a second spinning wheel to my studio – I guess you could say I’ve started a flock! This is actually the third spinning wheel I’ve owned. My other current wheel is the second 1970s Ashford Traditional I’ve restored: I wrote briefly about the first one way back when in this post, and…
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Tour de Fleece Spinning
This year I joined the Three Waters Farm Tour de Fleece team for the second time. I decided to spin the braid of the Mountain’s Edge colorway on Polwarth/ Silk from my stash. Until now I’ve been somewhat intimidated by hand dyed braids (if you’ve been following me you’ll notice I spin a lot of…