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Kelley's Favorite Free Knit Sweater Patterns
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Kelley's Favorite Free Knit Sweater Patterns
Ways to Join Sweater Sleeves – Russian Grafting Tutorial
Ways to Join Sweater Sleeves – Russian Grafting Tutorial
While working on sweaters these last few weeks, Kelley came across several different techniques for joining or seaming sweater sleeves. She fell in love with Russian Grafting, and demonstrates it along...
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Things to Consider When Knitting a Sweater
Things to Consider When Knitting a Sweater
This week Kelley was working on the Tsubaki Pullover by Hiroko Fukatsu, a paid-for pattern on Ravelry. While sharing the pattern in this week's Technique Tuesday, she gave her top...
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How to Knit a Sweater That Fits Perfectly
How to Knit a Sweater That Fits Perfectly
There's nothing worse than investing in a sweater quantity of yarn and countless hours of knitting only to end up with a sweater you don't like. What if we told...
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Knitting the Stonecrop Pullover by Andrea Mowry with our NEW YARN!
Knitting the Stonecrop Pullover by Andrea Mowry with our NEW YARN!
Kelley is knitting the Stonecrop Pullover by Andrea Mowry, and she's using our new yarn, Sasquatch by Coeur d'Alene Yarns! There are a lot of skills to practice in this sweater,...
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Twin Sweaters and Booties with Madelinetosh Yarn
My daughter lives with a wonderful family in Boise who is expecting twin baby boys. I will be flying out next week to see her and wanted to knit something...
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Alpaca on the Green-- a match made in heaven!
When you think of the greatest legends of golf, what do you see? Jack Nicklaus striding down the fairway? A black-and-white snapshot of a young Arnold Palmer teeing up? Whatever...
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