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June 8, 2019

Jersey City Celebrates Worldwide Knit in Public Day!

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How to Start Your Own Design in 4 Easy Steps!

Thinking powerfully about knitting and crochet from a design perspective is a sure step towards unleashing a more enjoyable experience. Follow along with my step-by-step process that is meant to infuse a fresh outlook into your own design work. One - Dream. Let your imagination soar as you contemplate the options of your raw materials: your skill set, your yarn and notions, your library of patterns, etc. Have a pen and paper at hand to jot down ideas and sketches as you consider your unique possibilities. Let your dreaming settle down to a theme. Consider a current trend, a specific color or technique, a design shape or architectural impression to name a few. There are no right or wrong ideas - this part of the process looks inward, and the resulting theme is yours alone. Two - Uncover. There is a wealth of inspiration at your fingertips to explore. This step takes you outside of yourself to learn. As you explore your

English Leicester - A Rare Heritage Sheep Breed

The last post described the process of creating a beautiful vintage scarf project, the Fanchon Hood. A portion of this piece was created with a very special wool known as Leicester Longwool , as pictured in the tassels above. The sheep that provide this gorgeous fiber have a history worth noting. A pioneering man in Great Britain, Robert Bakewell, was adept at matching science with agriculture and is responsible for this breed. He set out to breed sheep that would grow up quickly and have not only a lot of meat for the table, but wool for the spindle as well. He selected the best animals of both qualities and bred them together. This is logical today, but in the 1700s was seen as novel and helped the breed gain traction with influential buyers. George Washington even kept some at Mount Vernon! Bakewell would show his sheep at fairs and even charge admission to see his favorite, named Two Pounder. Two Pounder's portrait was painted and some of the flock were quite lucra

Vintage Ladies Hood

A Vintage Ladies Hood Once upon a time on Ravelry a group dedicated to vintage knitting and crocheting hosted a Knit-along, or "KAL". The project was a design by Mrs. Jane Weaver from Peterson's Magazine...hailing all the way back to 1871. There was discussion on the group's forum on interpreting the instructions. I gave it a try, too ( see below). My yarn choices were a delicious white Leicester longwool from Wool out of Wales, used for the finer bands that break up the hood and the tassels. For the larger sections of fabric I selected a squishy-soft Cormo wool, also in natural ivory. The finer bands will have gold beads knit into them. For contrast I'm including a lustrous Coopworth in deep mulberry. Here are the instructions as I will attempt to carry them out: Cast on 27 with A (heavy weight yarn and larger needles), knit 45 rows. With B (lighter yarn, smaller needles) kni

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