Tag: Marion KAL
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Marion #2
Here it is, two weeks late. I finished my Marion only a day after the KAL officially ended, but since I had already missed the deadline, I took my time weaving in ends and attaching buttons. I usually put my KAL projects in the fun-knitting category because they’re a lower priority than projects for new…
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Choosing Buttons for Knits
Unlike with buttonholes in woven fabrics, choosing a button for a knit project isn’t as straight forward as measuring the hole length and picking a button with the right diameter. There are other factors to consider like the stretch of the buttonhole technique used and the elasticity of the yarn itself. Stretchier buttonholes mean that…
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Converting Flat Stitch Patterns to Round
If you’re knitting Marion, you might have noticed that the pattern only includes written instructions for the working the cable stitch pattern flat. Or maybe you didn’t notice and you’re wondering how other people did. The key thing is that the instructions are written as rows, not rounds, and there is a clearly labelled WS…
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The Start of a Sleeve
I finally finished my Marion sweater body and started the first sleeve! I didn’t have as much knitting time as I normally do in September, so this sweater felt like it was going super slowly, but now that I have the body done and the first sleeve started, I’m finally seeing real progress. I bound…
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Magic Loop, Modified Magic Loop, or DPNs?
Let’s talk knitting seamless sleeves! When I knit my sleeve caps, I prefer to do them with a 16″ circular needle. I find it’s the easiest needle size to use for working the short rows in my size. Once I start the decreases on the sleeve, I continue to use the same needles and simply…