Tag: KAL
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Casting On Penelope
Time to cast on! The Penelope KAL starts today. I ended up choosing the cream yarn as my contrast color, and I cast on using the cabled cast-on method to get a nice, sturdy edge.
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Casting on Nosegay + the Alternate Cabled CO
The Nosegay KAL starts today, which means it’s time to cast on your stitches! Because Nosgay is worked from the bottom up, a stretchy CO method is needed. For a lot of people, the long-tail cast-on method will be stretchy enough, but there are tons of other options. You could also use a tubular cast-on…
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Choosing Yarn For Intarsia
When it comes to knitting intarsia, there’s nothing about the technique that requires you to use a specific type of yarn. Long before I even knew what intarsia was called, I knit an intarsia project using chenille yarn, and it didn’t explode in my face. That said, some yarns are easier to work with than…
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Announcing the Nosegay KAL
The OAL is coming to an end soon which means it’s time to start picking out your yarn for our next KAL! We’ll be knitting Nosegay, a sweater vest from my new collection Quiet Days. The KAL starts on August 10th, and you’ll have until September 10th to knit your vest. A month might seem…
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Binding Off Knit-Wise Vs. In 1×1 Rib
I’m really close to finishing my Chuck. I just need to redo a bind-off and weave in the ends. Since I accidentally did the bind-off wrong on a sleeve, I thought it’d be a good chance to show you the difference between binding off knit-wise and binding off in pattern when you’re working with 1×1…