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Making lots of progress!

Some weeks take forever, and you feel like you aren’t getting anywhere.  This was not one of those weeks!  My new Craftsy class, “Simply Stunning Colorwork” debuted and took off like a rocket.  We already have several really great discussions going, people are excited about the class and sharing their own tips, and I could […]

Easing “Bold Move” intarsia, into Annetarsia

Annetarsia is basically intarsia for lazy knitters.  This means that, in my world, I strive for the absolutely easiest way to knit everything. As I reported in the last blog post, Bold Move requires the MC be knit from the skein.  This complicates the knitting, because the tethered MC tangles with the butterflies of contrast […]

Bold Move

My friend Lorilee Beltman designed a skirt called “Bold Move“. Considering that I am about to unleash a book onto the world concerning intarsia (possibly the most maligned technique in knitdom), the name appeals to me. Plus, Lorilee has created a vertical stranding technique which is a sister to intarsia, and uses yarn butterflies to […]