2007 - Knitter's Review

Knitter’s Block Blocking Kit

It's an ingenious idea, using interlocking floor mat pieces as a blocking surface for your knitted items. They can handle being stuck with pins, they can keep moisture from passing to the surface beneath, and best of all, they can be moved around like puzzle

December 13, 2007

Clara Parkes

Tools

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Knitter’s Book of Yarn: Errata

Potter Craft and I, backed up by even more other people, went to great pains to make this the most perfect book possible. But as we know, perfection is often a fleeting notion. The following errors have been discovered in the first printing of the Knitter's

December 2, 2007

Clara Parkes

Books

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Maine Morning Mitts

Fingerless mitts pattern excerpted from The Knitter's Book of Yarn This pattern was designed with gorgeous artisanal yarns in mind. You know, the kinds that cost a fortune and so you only buy one skein and then struggle to figure out what you can make with

October 11, 2007

Clara Parkes

How-Tos, patterns

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Jane’s Hedgerows Socks Pattern

Pattern and introduction by Jane Cochran Like many knitters, I love to knit socks. They're a portable project that’s good to have stashed in a purse or bag. They're as simple or as complicated as I want them to be, and I can experiment with stitches and

August 23, 2007

Clara Parkes

How-Tos, patterns

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More Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Church

This is a follow-up to Schurch's previous book, Sensational Knitted Socks. Together, these two highly collectible books make up a powerful sock arsenal that'll keep you going for years. You just need to be comfortable navigating patterns somewhat like a board game—you find your first clue and

August 2, 2007

Clara Parkes

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Arctic Lace by Donna Druchunas

While summer may not be the best time to work with qiviut—it is the warmest fiber on the planet after all—it is the perfect time to readabout it. And nobody has done qiviut more justice than Donna Druchunas in this award-winning book. Druchunas leaves no stone unturned in her

July 12, 2007

Clara Parkes

Books

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The Secret of the One-Skein Shawl

I'll let you in on a little secret about triangular lace shawls: Most of them follow a very easy basic formula. Once you get this formula, you can do pretty much anything—with any yarn and any sized needle. The formula goes something like this. You cast on

April 12, 2007

Clara Parkes

How-Tos, patterns

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Artyarns Silk Rhapsody

Many people reserve the term "novelty yarn" for fluffy synthetic concoctions. But Silk Rhapsody proves that you can have a novelty effect with entirely natural materials. It's no coincidence that Silk Rhapsody has risen in popularity while synthetic novelty yarns have declined. As people discover they

April 5, 2007

Clara Parkes

Yarns

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GoKnit Pouch

While I take my knitting with me everywhere, I don't actually knit while I'm on the go. Lacking the ability to focus simultaneously on safe navigation and proper stitchwork, I tend to wait until I've found a comfortable spot—and then I pull out my knitting. So you'll understand why, when

March 8, 2007

Clara Parkes

Tools

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Habu Textiles Pure Cashmere

Habu Cashmere represents all the things I love about yarn. On the skein, it looks and feels like one thing. But if you have faith, cast on, and walk through your project, you'll gradually witness the yarn come alive and transform into something totally different. Habu

February 22, 2007

Clara Parkes

Yarns

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Knitter’s Block Blocking Kit

Knitter’s Book of Yarn: Errata

Maine Morning Mitts

Jane’s Hedgerows Socks Pattern

More Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Church

Arctic Lace by Donna Druchunas

The Secret of the One-Skein Shawl

Artyarns Silk Rhapsody

GoKnit Pouch

Habu Textiles Pure Cashmere

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