We have happy smiles because we can finally share our new yarn with you! When we started to plan our books for this year, I had in mind exactly the yarn I wanted for Something New to Learn About Lace (which will be available to pre-order later this month, with copies shipping in June), and the best way to get the yarn I wanted turned out to be having it made especially for us!
Read moreBook and DVD Review: Fair Isle Designs from Shetland Knitters and 50 Tips from Shetland Knitters
It's a Shetland fiesta here this morning at A-C Knitwear Towers! My love of Shetland and its incredible knitting heritage, along with the wonderful wildlife, has been mentioned a few times here over the years. Today's post covers the new book from the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers, Fair Isle Designs from Shetland Knitters Volume 1, and the fantastic DVD, 50 Tips from Shetland Knitters, produced by Hazel Tindall and Elizabeth Johnston.
Read moreVideo: Kitchener Stitch
Learn this essential technique from Jen’s calm and detailed tutorial video.
Read moreVideo: Fixing Mistakes in Cables
A mis-crossed cable isn't the end of the world
Fixing mis-crossed cables isn't as tricky as you might think. Here's one way f doing it.
Read moreVideo: Keeping Track of Cable Rows
How to keep track of whether you need to work a cable or not.
Read moreCables KAL Progress
The cables KAL is go!
Read moreVideos: Opening and Closing Knot Cables
Pleione Cowl by Lucy Hague; Photo ©Jesse Wild
Three videos in one post: learn how to work a 1-into-5 increase and 5-into-1 decrease for making knot cables and also how to fix mistakes in stocking stitch.
Read moreVideo: Two-stitch cable shortcuts
My Sumburgh hat design for the Shetland Wool Week Annual 2017 features lots and lots of two-stitch cables. Image © Jesse Wild.
I have a confession to make...
There are some techniques in knitting that I know are possible, but don't use often enough to remember off by heart how to do them. Sometimes those techniques are easily found on my ample knitting bookshelves, and other times I shrug and get on with the project knowing full well that there's a better way to do it, but lacking the time to hunt down the instructions. Two-stitch cable shortcuts fall into this category. I'm sure there's a tutorial out there somewhere, but I knew when we started to work on Something New to Learn About Cables, that I wanted to include a full set of instructions for the four most basic types: 1/1 LC, 1/1 RC, 1/1 LPC and 1/1 RPC.
Read moreVideo: Basic Cables
Rachel Coopey's Areto hat is one of the designs in Something New to Learn About Cables, and is the perfect design for newer cablers to practise their skills. Image © Jesse Wild.
Rachel Coopey's Areto hat is one of the designs in Something New to Learn About Cables, and is the perfect design for newer cablers to practise their skills. Our video will get new cablers started with crossing their stitches.
Read moreSN2L About Cables: Yarn Choice
Socks Yeah! DK is our chosen yarn for all of the projects in Something New To Learn About Cables. It has all the features we want.
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