Tag: style
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R.E.D.
Do not mistake my angst as described below with my love of this project. I love the rich color of the French Red Egyptian cotton and the quality of the fabric that was created with this unique diagonal cable stitch. It was indeed this wonderful feel, drape, and body of the fabric that singlehandedly motivated me to continue on…
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Top Down vs. Bottom Up
Today I am thinking about the direction one knits a sweater. It’s on my mind because I am near finished with a top down knitted cardigan and the process of knitting in that direction is not as familiar to me as knitting in the direction from the bottom to the neckline. Also, I hear knitters exclaiming how they would never consider…
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Two Shout Outs
As a soon-to-be retiree, I am beginning to open my ears and eyes to life after employment. When I spotted this opportunity with Deborah Newton, I just had to write about it. I am so in love with her as a knitter due to her pristine attention to detail, especially in the finishing touches of a garment.…
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Tapestry Dress
Sometimes you see a project that you have to have against all reasoning. I asked myself all kinds of questions to try to talk myself out of making this. What? I cannot purchase all the yarn needed for this in the same dye lot? When? Combination short sleeves with a high neck collar, what season will I wear…
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Is this a Martin Storey or a Math Story?
Back in August I laid eyes on this beauty, Tembe designed by Martin Storey. (ok, the model ain’t bad, either.) The colors, style of the cardigan, the way it was fashioned, and the magnificent elephants all reminded me of my hubby. He had been asking for a hand knit and had been reminding me of how…
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VKL 2015 – More than a Fashion Show
Vogue Knitting Live, 2015 was not all runway glitz and glamour but offered us, participants much more.
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ON the Runway, 2015
From couch to runway… Well, let’s just say I have always been a private knitter. For years I’ve knitted right here in my house, wherever it might be, in the location that was designated by the family as Holly’s knitting spot, and pretty much under the same lamp that has traveled with us from one location to…
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