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My first attempt at charted lettering

January 23, 2020by SusanK6 Comments on My first attempt at charted lettering
My first attempt at charted lettering

Last year I had the idea to make a little keepsake pillow as a housewarming gift for my friend who bought her first home in Brooklyn (the same friend who gave me the wonderful German knitting pattern book described in my last post). This friend is a fairly well-recognized photographer of street art and graffiti, [...]

knitting, learning

A new-to-me technique: Two-at-a-time socks

February 2, 2018by SusanK4 Comments on A new-to-me technique: Two-at-a-time socks
A new-to-me technique: Two-at-a-time socks

Next week I've got a business trip to California, which will involve a good amount of time in airports and airplanes (I live on the east coast, and quite a distance from a major metro airport at that), so I needed a smallish project to take with me that would involve a) minimal/simple pattern repeats, [...]

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Naknicromo day 18: Technique I want to master

March 18, 2017March 17, 2017by SusanK2 Comments on Naknicromo day 18: Technique I want to master
Naknicromo day 18: Technique I want to master

Of all the techniques I haven't yet tried, steeking is the one I fear the most. Fair Isle, brioche, magic loop - none of these make me sweat as much as the thought of cutting into my knit work. The Tin Can Knits blog has a wonderful "how to" that makes great use of pictures [...]

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