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Seaming the Preemie Hat

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jackiees

The seam of the 2-Needle Preemie Hat will be disguised as another column of herringbone stitches. While knitting the hat, we laid the preliminary groundwork for the edges of a herringbone column by working the ptw and ktw selvedges. Note in … Continue reading →

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Minimalist Seaming

Posted on January 30, 2013 by jackiees

Let this Get Ready – Get Set – Go instruction outline help you make an easy, no-show seam for a beaded garter stitch cuff. The Beading Hearts Friendship Bracelet is first knitted sideways in garter stitch as a strip of … Continue reading →

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Combining beads and yarn: Learning to make good choices

Posted on January 12, 2013 by jackiees

The importance of selecting quality materials for your projects cannot be underestimated. After all, you put time and talent into your project, so you deserve the best choices! But what aspects of “quality” should you really be concerned about for … Continue reading →

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Stringing Beads Without Special Equipment

Posted on January 8, 2013 by jackiees

You don’t need fancy beading needles or gadgets to string beads. Anything that will get a strand of your yarn through the hole in your beads can be considered. In fact, you can use something you probably already have on … Continue reading →

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Attach-as-you-knit method for lace edging as a bind off

Posted on December 28, 2012 by jackiees

December’s dolly shawl project includes an introduction to attaching a knitted edging to knitted fabric. Whereas for September’s Lace-edged Doily we sewed a completed lace edging to the woven fabric center as a separate step, the dolly shawl edging is attached … Continue reading →

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Top-down Faroese Shawl: The body of the shawl

Posted on December 15, 2012 by jackiees

To start the body of the shawl for this month’s Dolly Shawl, we knit stitches along 3 sides of the little tab-start neck band I talked about a few days ago. Picking up for seamless construction By working the Pickup Row … Continue reading →

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Distinctively-shaped Faroese Shawls

Posted on December 8, 2012 by jackiees

The distinctive “butterfly” shaping of the Faroese shawl makes an exceptionally wearable garment because of the shaped shoulders and elongated ends for optionally tying around the waist. Another distinctive feature of Faroese shawls is a center back panel, a.k.a.  gusset, … Continue reading →

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