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This is the fifth in a TECHknittng series about buttonholes for hand knitters.* The first half of the post shows a traditional horizontal bu...

In this post--the fourth in a TECHknitting series about buttonholes*--we're going to look at vertical buttonholes. The first half of t...

This post--the third in a TECHknitting series on buttonholes*--shows how to make the sheepseye buttonhole.  Some folks call this buttonhole...

On the receding cusp of Sunday now-ness three ways beckon Laundry? Nap? Knit a mitten? No. A poem instead --TK

This is part two about buttonholes in hand knitting.*   The first post covered lore and tradition about buttonholes, plus some nifty tricks...

This is the first in a series on buttonholes.*   Some of this material found print in Interweave Knits, some is new. Today, the lore and tr...

Pattern cover (click to enlarge) The spice road--stretching from China, through central Asia to easternmost Europe-- defined the route pr...

4 illustrations, click any illustration to enlarge Sometimes, a sweater pattern will have you cast off your sweater shoulders in "stai...

If you get a run in garter or seed stitch, it is easy to fix, as long as you keep your wits about you. (And if you already know how to do th...