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Zinnia Mittens, Twist Collective Winter 2011

Yippee, the new Twist Collective is out!  There are so many beautiful designs in this issue! I’m honored to have my Zinnia mittens among them: "Zinnia", my knitting design for Twist Collective Winter...

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New Dale Kits page added for out-of-print goodies

One of the many out-of-print Dale designs available in kit form At the top of this page, on the far right, you’ll see a new “Dale Kits” tab.  Click it and you’ll land on a new page here on the Two...

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Fishy Booty

…Or, how to get maximum cuteness from one tiny pile of sock yarn scraps… The Fishy Booty design is knit circularly and seamlessly, using mainly garter stitch, with a few priceless little rounds of...

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Sirdal

Dale of Norway Sirdal, knit in Heilo yarn, by Karin I’m very fortunate to have some tremendously talented customers.  This past week, a charming coincidence arose: two of my wonderful customers showed...

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Same Old Yarn, Brand New Gauge???

Newer Heilo cards imply DK gauge for a Sport weight classic. I say stick with the 6 sts/inch gauge, used for decades. Vintage grey Heilo, pulled from my stash, with all 3 ball band gauges = 24 sts /...

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Tiger Lily, in the pink

Reason #352 why I love knitting:  Merely by changing the shades of yarn we’re using, we can give an entirely new look to beloved, old designs. It’s true, I do lament when an “old favorite” shade is...

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Free knitting pattern: Christmas Ball –“Star of Bethlehem”

Star of Bethlehem I love knitting Christmas things during heatwaves – at least my thoughts are cool!  Last year’s heatwave inspired three Nordic Christmas balls.  This year, most of my heatwave...

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Circular knitting intro for use with Christmas Balls PDF

When I wrote my “Christmas Balls” free knitting patterns last year (and my free “Star of Bethlehem” pattern this year) I had my “typical” knitting customer in mind.  Not that any of you are typical –...

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White, Off-White or Natural?

Here’s the #1 hemming and hawing point for knitters picking out yarns for a Norwegian knitting project: “Which ‘White’ will it be?” Today, we had a nice (?) overcast morning – good for photography,...

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New knitting books from Dale: Book 267 and Book 280

Left: Dale Garn Book 280 – Olympic Sweaters 1956-2010Right – Dale Garn Book 267 – Traditional Norwegian Sweaters Two great new books from Dale are now in stock: Book 280 (left, above) features Olympic...

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Transatlantic Name Calling

Last week, all eleven new Heilo colors arrived.  What fun! Delving into that colorful pile of woolly goodness brought back memories of leaping into piles of freshly-raked leaves and revelling in...

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Fair Isle Hat, Vogue Knitting Fall 2011

ETA: Link to PDF available through Vogue Knitting. That’s my “#08 Fair Isle Hat” that just came out in Vogue Knitting Fall 2011.  While I was waiting for the black and white Cascade 220 Sport to...

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How to make a tassel

The tassel from my "Fair Isle Hat" A few folks have asked me how I made the tassel on my Fair Isle Hat that’s in the Fall 2011 edition of Vogue Knitting.  Not too surprisingly, to save space and to fit...

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Snow Day Hat…

…or “How I Survived A Sweltering September With One Easy Project”: Snow Day Hat And all it took was 2 balls of Dale of Norway Freestyle yarn (plus a lot of wishful thinking.) Are you starting to “Think...

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