For those of us who live in the Western hemisphere, sumptuous fibers spun into luxurious yarns in faraway places touch our imaginations the way “Made in the USA” never can.
Alot of knitters are afraid of sewing seams, but it’s actually quite simple once you learn when to use each type of sewing technque. Here are the three that I use most frequently.
Knitting in the round is quite easy, and many people love it so much they never knit back and forth once they try circular knitting. It eliminates the need to sew seems, which can be an added bonus if you don’t like finishing.
My grandmother taught me how to knit before I learned how to read. I’ve read voraciously for my whole life, but I didn’t keep knitting as I grew up. Every year, it seemed, I learned a new craft and left the others behind. Knitting came first, followed by crochet, embroidery, needlepoint, weaving, beading, decoupage, and candle making.
Knit a super-hyper-extra-bulky blanket.
Here’s an article about Kelly Bridges from the Elegant Ewe yarn shop in Concord, New Hampshire, and her experiences with qiviut. Like me, she has fallen in love with the fiber and has recently been using qiviut from Greenland.
The knitting clock makes a scarf in 365 days. Every passing half hour is marked by a knitting of a stitch. For those who have not seen this yet it’s pretty cool.
Deborah Robson has been working with textiles since before she could read. She spins, weaves, knits, crochets, and otherwise finds endless intrigue in the numbers of things you can do with fiber, and the multitude of ways in which you can manipulate it.
I’m not afraid of color, although if you ask any TSA personnel who’ve had the task of going through my luggage, they’d probably argue about that statement.
Knitting For Victory will examine, in a series of essays, the role the Production Corps played in supporting our military and aiding our allied forces during WWI and WWII. The book will also include twenty-five knitting patterns inspired by military issued designs from both World Wars.