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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

How to make pom-poms

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Includes 8 illustrations , click any illustration to enlarge A couple of days ago, a knitter on a community board asked how to make pom-poms...
Friday, May 9, 2008

The BEST way to attach lining fabric to knitting--the OVERCAST STITCH (part 5 of "hand sewing for hand knitters")

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We come now to a stitch as useful to hand knitters as any stitch could well be--we come to the OVERCAST STITCH (also called the whip stitch)...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Part 4 of hand sewing for hand knitters: THE BACK STITCH

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We're at part 4 of the TECHknitting series on handsewing for handknitters. So far, we've gone over two ways to start your thread...
Saturday, May 3, 2008

Part 3--hand sewing for hand knitters--the running stitch

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This third installment of the TECHknitting series on hand sewing for hand knitters is about the running stitch. The running stitch is iconic...
Friday, May 2, 2008

Part 2: handsewing for handknitters: starting off with a DOUBLED thread

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Yesterday's post ( starting a single thread in fabric--first knot ) was incomplete, as I realized after it went live. Here is the missi...
Thursday, May 1, 2008

Hand sewing for hand knitters: Starting off

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Before TECHknitting turns to the subject of fully lining hats with Polar fleece, there will be an intermission. After publishing the previo...
Friday, April 25, 2008

How to line a hat, headband style, with Polar fleece

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includes 14 illustrations click any illustration to enlarge Lining a hat with Polar fleece has many advantages. First, if the hat is too l...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Polar fleece: an excellent fabric to combine with hand knits

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If you're a hand-knitter who's never used Polar Fleece, you have a wonderful surprise waiting for you! Although it is not without dr...
Monday, April 7, 2008

QUICKtip: softening itchy wool

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Have you a woolen hat * which is itching your (or someone else's) forehead? You could line the hat with p olar fleece  in a h eadband s...