Posts Tagged ‘fashion knitting’

Tall Tam & Neck Warmer in Artfibers Nanook & Heath This great, stylish set can be worn different ways and is fun and easy to make! The neck warmer can be worn at the neck or as a second layer to the hat to change the look or add more warmth. Great holiday gifts for [...]
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Tags: artfibers, fashion knitting, free pattern, neckwarmer, tam, yarn
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TUBA is a handsome cowl, quickly knit. High ‘apparent value’ makes it a perfect gift. The almost architectural depth of texture comes from a seldom used but easy technique called Float Stitch. The design is by Roxanne Seabright (Rox), founder of Artfibers, the mill that produces the yarn in the pictures. We show it here [...]
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Tags: bulky, chunky, cowl, fashion knitting, float stitch, gift knitting, hand dyed, hand painted, knitting, knitting kit, yarn
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Multistranding combines two or more strands in each stitch, as you create a knit or crocheted fabric. The technique is also called carrying along, since the multiple strands are held together and worked as one. You can think of the resulting fabric as a kind of tweed, but much less regular in pattern than the [...]
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Tags: art yarn, artfibers, crochet, fabric design, fashion knitting, fiber art, knitting, merino wool, multistranding, silk, silk bourette, swatching, tweed
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