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July 20, 2007

Color Inspiration and Knit Socks

Colorsocks
Darius of COLOURlovers writes:

Knitters truly are color lovers. These aren't your average socks... these wonderfully colorful knit socks show a wide variety of the endless possibilities for crafty knitters.

See all the color and sock inspiration at COLOURlovers here. - Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 20, 2007 09:28 AM
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July 19, 2007

Leethal Moving Sale

Watch045
Lee Meredith of leethal is moving to Portland and is having a big sale with free shipping from now until August. She's got a wide array of things for sale but I'm loving her skinny forest watch wristband with a recycled watch face. Doesn't it just look cool? Check out more of her items in her store here. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 19, 2007 02:10 PM
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July 16, 2007

HOW TO - Cable Knit without a Cable Needle

Kathy at Grumperina shows you a cool way to knit cables without having to use a cable needle! I've got to try this one out! Also, read more cool crafting stuff at the Grumperina blog here. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 16, 2007 04:12 PM
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Ravelry: Knit and Crochet Community

Have you heard about Ravelry yet? It's in beta now and is a new social networking site for the knit and crochet community. According to TechCrunch, 17,000 people have requested invites but only 1/3 so far have gotten in. This morning, after reading Crafty Daisies write up and Amy O'Neill Houck's explanation about it, I added my name to the waiting list.

Amy writes:

The article talks about the popularity of the still-in-beta program and compares it to a social networking site, but I think it doesn't "get" the really cool fiber-y aspects of it. I mean, we can virtually socialize in a million places, but we can't see what's in Violet's stash or instantly what's being crocheted with Socks that Rock. Interestingly, these are some of the more "geeky" aspects of the site. I'm guessing that TechCrunch didn't write about them because they can't yet get in there and see them. There are rumblings that beta will be over soon.

Check out Ravelry for yourself and the 27 screenshots of features. It looks like a great way to knowledge share on projects. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 16, 2007 01:00 PM
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Leah Knit Tunic Pattern

The Purl Bee has a free pattern to knit up this perfect summer tank, the Leah Tunic. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 16, 2007 11:07 AM
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July 13, 2007

Waiting for Harry Potter

We've recently posted up the hat pattern from the new book Charmed Knits by Alison Hansel. The book is all kinds of cool Harry Potter inspired knit projects. Susan at Noe Knit here in San Francisco has the book available and is definitely in the mood for Harry with her beautiful window display of knit projects you can make. Look at those great R and H sweaters!!! If your in SF, take a magical visit to 3957 24th Street or visit their site for hours. More photos at the Noe Knit blog. Link.

Related:
Harry Potter Wizard's Chamber Surface Decor - Link.
DIY Harry Potter Coins - Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 13, 2007 05:22 PM
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July 12, 2007

Knit Fruit

Kamithina points us to the cute free knit fruit patterns by Alexandra of Peachcake Knits. Here's the direct links to the following patterns:

Pear - Link.
Apple - Link.
Sour Apple - Link.
Banana - Link.
Peach - Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 12, 2007 11:17 AM
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Shopping Tote Tutorials Roundup

Karen of Altered Cloth has a roudup of tutorials for making your own shopping tote bag. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 12, 2007 08:25 AM
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July 11, 2007

FO: Ms. Poppins Bag

Thanks to Crafting Jen who finished up in no time last Friday's CRAFT Pattern Podcast, the Ms. Poppins Bag by Sandi Wiseheart of Knitting Daily. If you've got a finished object from projects you've seen on the blog or from CRAFT Magazine, please upload it to our CRAFT Flickr pool. See more of Jen's Ms. Poppins bag on her blog here. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 11, 2007 04:20 PM
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July 10, 2007

Knit Golf Club Driver Cozy

Streets and YOs shows you how to knit a perfect golf club driver cozy. [ via ] Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 10, 2007 04:16 PM
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Knit Pop Tart Cellphone Cozy Pattern

Bittersweet shows you how you can knit yourself up a cute Pop Tart cellphone cozy that looks like a breeze to knit up. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 10, 2007 11:21 AM
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July 9, 2007

Crochet Method of Beading

Sarah at Bella Knitting has a tutorial on the crochet method of beading which is a better way to incorporate them into your knit projects. Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 9, 2007 03:01 PM
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July 6, 2007

Strangling Vine Knit Scarf Pattern and RAOK

Nicole at All Buttoned Up will give away her free pattern for this beautiful Strangling Vine Knit Scarf if you do at least ONE random act of kindness (RAOK) and post a comment about it on her blog. Thanks Janet! Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 6, 2007 02:00 PM
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CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Ms. Poppins Bag by Sandi Wiseheart of Knitting Daily

This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Ms. Poppins Bag by Sandi Wiseheart, Editor of Knitting Daily. The carpet bag-esqe bag reminded Sandi of the magical one that Mary Poppins carried and this simple to knit bag is just a rectangle you can sew up, embellish and add cute purse handles to!
Finished Size: 17" wide at base, 10" wide at top, and 9" high, not including handles.
Yarn: Elle Monet (53% acrylic, 47% polyamide; 95 yd [87 m]/100 g): #273 Gaugin (blue/brown /cream), 2 balls.
Needles: Size 10 ½ (6.5 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge. Gauge: 10 sts and 16 rows = 4" in St st.
- Download this week's CRAFT pattern PDF - Link.
Subscribe to the CRAFT podcast and get this pattern and other CRAFT content delivered automatically via iTunes - Link

Related:
CRAFT Interview with Sandi Wiseheart of Knitting Daily - Link.

Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 6, 2007 12:28 PM
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Interview with Sandi Wiseheart, Editor of Knitting Daily

Sandi Wiseheart, Knitting Daily
knittingdaily.com
(Pictured above: Summer Shawlette by Sandi Wiseheart, Intricate Stag Bag by Norah Gaughan, Tomato by Wendy Bernard, Peapod Baby Set by Kate Gilbert, and photo of Sandi Wiseheart.)
Today's the last stop of the blog tour for Sandi Wisehart, Editor of the new web site from Interweave Press called Knitting Daily. I've already subscribed to their free daily newsletter in which Sandi gives us the scoop on special knitting techniques, patterns, and more, all with her fabulous sense of humor. The site also boats an extensive free knitting pattern library and this week we are happy to have Sandi's Ms. Poppin's Bag as part of our CRAFT Pattern Podcast! I got a chance to talk more with Sandi to find out more about her love of knitting and the new Knitting Daily. (Also, thanks to Crazy Aunt Purl I found out she has four cats!)
Nat: Please tell me more about the new site Knitting Daily and how it all got started.
Sandi: Knitting Daily is Interweave Press's new gathering place for knitters online! Interweave already had a lot of great knitting information and patterns on the various magazine and book websites, but as the Internet grew and as we grew, we started to want something more interactive, more reader-centered, and just plain more fun! We spent a lot of time brainstorming, we looked at other craft websites and community-based websites, and over time we started putting together a wishlist for a website that would be part community, part free pattern library, part newsletter, and part knitting tutorials. We consulted the editorial staff of the magazines and books to see what they needed and wanted online - and we consulted our customer service experts to learn what types of things our readers ask for on the web. And here we are!
Nat: What's the story of how you first learned how to knit?
Sandi: I feel so silly every time someone asks this question...because I don't remember learning to knit! I know I was knitting sweaters in elementary school, and so I must have learned pretty early on. My mother doesn't knit, and my grandmothers did not knit, so it's a bit of a mystery who I learned from. The Knitting Fairy, maybe? In any case, I am extremely grateful to whomever it was who first put the sticks and string into my tiny little paws, obviously. If you're out there: Thank you!
Nat: Why do you think knitting has become some popular?
Sandi: The last few years have been an amazing craft renaissance, haven't they? Crafts of every kind - including the "virtual crafts," such as podcasting, videos, website building, digital photo albums--are a way to create ourselves, if you will, and to communicate something unique and individual out into a very big, very complicated world. The bigger the world gets, the more we need to have a way to stand up and say, I'm not just a faceless number, I'm ME, and I'm unique, and here's what's special about me. I think knitting has a special place in the craft revolution that's going on, because knitting connects us to our past - many knitters (not me, obviously, but lots of others!) have vivid memories of grandmothers, aunts, mothers, who knitted or taught them to knit. Knitting connects us to the earth, through the lovely yarns that are available now - bamboo, organic cotton, hemp, hand-dyed wool - and it connects us to a calmer, deeper part of ourselves with its rhythmic motions. Watching yarn grow into fabric, and the fabric into something you can wear as an expression of your own cool self, well. That's pure magic.
Not to mention: Yarn is addictive. I dare anyone to go into a local yarn shop and come out empty-handed. (Double-dare you.) Stalwart, stoic non-knitters have been converted merely at the gentlest touch of a ball of cashmere, a tiny whisper from a skein of merino wool...
Nat: Do you have a special knitting tip you can share with us?
Sandi: Most knitters hate to rip out, and rightly so! It's painful to watch all that hard work unravel. However, sometimes ripping out is necessary...so to dull the pain of ripping back a gadzillion rows, I remind myself of this happy fact: The more ripping out I do, the more knitting I get to do later!
Sounds goofy, but when you're faced with ripping back a bunch of rows, it helps to remind yourself that what you love about knitting is the actual knitting part, --you really, really do love the actual knitting part, really you do-- and ripping back just means more knitting.
Nat: What are some of the upcoming things we can expect from Knitting Daily this summer?
Sandi: We're opening our Pattern Store later this month...very exciting! You know how frustrating it can be to see a photo of some great Interweave pattern, only to find that that pattern is in a sold-out magazine or book? Well, the Pattern Store is our solution to that...we're going to have patterns from our sold-out back issues on sale, as well as special, exclusive-to-Knitting-Daily goodies for everyone.
In August, I'll be talking with Teva Durham--she's sending me samples of her new yarn line for me to knit up, so I can report back to all the Knitting Daily folks about them. And we'll have an exclusive Teva pattern for our Knitting Daily readers at that time, too. It's really cute. I can't wait till you all see it!
Our Knitting Daily wishlist is pretty long...and every time I read our reader email, I add things to the list! I love hearing what everyone wants and hopes for, and what people are looking for in an online knitting from Interweave. If you have a suggestion for what you'd like to see, let us know! Your wishlist can then become our wishlist, too....and we can build Knitting Daily together!

Sandi's Blog Tour Roundup:
- Monday, July 2 - Ready, Set, Knit! Podcast - Link.
- Tuesday, July 3 - Crazy Aunt Purl - Link.
- Wednesday, July 4 - Lolly Knitting Around - Link.
- Thursday, July 5 - Dogged - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu | Jul 6, 2007 12:08 PM
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