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Habu Goddess Tunic
Earlier in the week, we took a look at the unassuming beginning of the Habu Goddess Tunic. Two long pieces of stockinette in Habu‘s Tsumugi Silk, bordered at each end with deep swaths of Wool Stainless...
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Designer Spotlight #2: The Yarniad
Designer Spotlight #2: Hilary Smith Callis, The Yarniad San Francisco resident Hilary Smith Callis was an easy choice for inclusion in Brave New Knits. Although at the time she did not consider herself...
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CraftyPod Rocks!
Oh CraftyPod, How I Love You! Notice anything different about this blog lately? If you have not yet taken an online class with Sister Diane of CraftyPod fame, I urge you to run, don’t walk, to her...
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Declassified
When the fun folks at Interweave Knits gave me a creative challenge, I did my best to rise to the occasion. And now that the Holiday 2010 issue is on its way to your mailbox and local yarn shop, I can...
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Not Your Traditional Knitter: Meet Mens Knitwear Designer Kevin Kramp
If you thought you’d seen all possible permutations of knitwear for men, let me introduce you to something completely different. Kevin Kramp and I first talked several months ago when I interviewed him...
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Signs of Spring
There are some things even the latest downpours have not been able to wash away. Between storms this past week, I’ve been outside trying to capture the brave little spots of color around the garden....
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Feeling Brittle
Every year I am asked to make the same contribution to the Passover seder we attend at the home of friends. Matzoh brittle, with its buttery-caramelized crunch and chocolate-almond (and sometimes...
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Handwork Mitts, Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011
I received a copy of Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011 last week. Lo and behold, my ongoing desire to design fingerless mitts patterns continues to bear fruit. Designed to fit into the section...
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Never Too Late To Have a Happy Childhood
When my sisters and I were little, we amused ourselves in what would today be considered extremely low-tech ways. Of course, those were the days when the mothers in our suburban neighborhood, fed up...
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My Monomania
At VKLive in Chicago earlier this month, I happened upon a booth where all the women in it were wearing a cardigan of Ann Weaver‘s design, called Monomania. I fell instantly, dangerously, in love. I...
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