Aside from being a great opportunity to meet with other knitters, one of Stephanie‘s book tour stops always ends up being amusing and entertaining. She’s funny on stage, but she’s even funnier when you get her out from in front of all those staring, clapping people. Dinner with the grrls is always fun and this […]
Miriam Felton
Unique Designs & Technique for the Handknitter
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EPS Button Bands
EPS is done and blocked and there are pictures in my camera to prove it, but first thing’s first. I told you I had concocted a way to work the button bands, but didn’t elaborate. I wanted something that would blend well with the stockinette-with-a-purl-turning-row facings that I knit at cuffs, collar and hem. I […]
Sweater Madness, Part 1
My sock yarn stash may be growing (I can neither confirm nor deny reports of that nature), but right now I’m enamoured with sweaters! I finally did the math and began my EPS – Elizabeth (Zimmerman)’s Percentage Sweater. The basic idea behind this sweater is that you take your chest measurement (or bust measurement for […]
Something pretty to look at; or, I hate taxes, thank God it's over for another year!
A good way to avoid doing your taxes is to have self-imposed knitting deadlines. Like this little wisp of a shawl. Knit in less than a week, with a heavier weight yarn, the whole thing was satisfying from start to finish and I never got bored. Pattern: Foliage Shawl, my design, soon to be released […]
