It’s Shearing Time!

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SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE It's Shearing Time! You're cuddled up in your wool garments, but sheep are standing in the fields with their warm fleeces sheared off. Why shear in cold weather? Here are 5 reasons why. By: Stephany Wilkes

Sheep have a delightful ability to teach me—their shearer—how wrong I am about certain things, and what those things are. This includes the timing and seasonality of shearing and, specifically, why some shepherds shear their flocks in rainy or cold winter weather. Continue Reading

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE Twisting Tweed with Anne's Socks A simple eyelet spiral is just enough detail to set off the organic sprinkle of nepps in this tweedy yarn. By: Anne Merrow

Tweed and other textured yarns can pose a challenge: what stitch pattern will stand up to the lively look of the yarn? A geometric arrangement of eyelets in Anne's Socks plays nicely with the flecks of light and dark fiber, which stand out against the rich hand-dyed yarn. Continue Reading

Tips and Tricks for Fair Isle Knitting Looking for ways to improve your colorwork? Here are a few tips to help you out! By: Katrina King

Fair Isle-style stranded colorwork is knitted in the round, working with two different colors to create various motifs in a design. I have seen it used to wonderful effect in projects ranging from mittens and socks to sweaters with fabulous yokes. Here are some of the things I have learned to make the technique more enjoyable and improve the look of the finished product. Continue Reading

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3 Lace-Knitting Tips Whether you're working a fine shawl with laceweight yarn or a rustic wrap in chunky farm yarn, here are lace designer and knitting teacher Katrina King's 3 key ways to make knitting lace more enjoyable. Continue reading.

Entrelac, Basic & Enhanced From the stacked-diamond look of basic entrelac to lace effects, the zigzag path of this knitting technique leads in delightful directions. Continue reading.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE Strong and Sturdy: Two-end Knitting Condensed Also known as tvåändsstickning, this technique for durable knitting works best with Z-twist yarn. Continue reading.

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