Concentric circles and links to previous math posts
I was talking about math and design with my friend Lori, who designs crochet motifs (and uses a lot of
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Author: Naomi Parkhurst
Russet
Right now, this is my favorite yarn in the whole world. The color, particularly, though I like the slightly rough
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Thinking of winter
Announcing my Paper Snowflake pattern! (Payhip link) I love cutting paper snowflakes, with twelve folds and six symmetrical points. This
Continue readingRound to flat, flat to round, part 3.
This is the last installment of my series of posts about converting stitch patterns from written for flat knitting to
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I thought I would expand some more on converting written stitch patterns back and forth between flat knitting and knitting
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(Click on any image in this post to see a larger picture.) I had a request for making written instructions
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Colorless green dreams sleep furiously
I have been obsessed for the last week with a new knitting tool called Stitch Maps. They’re a new kind
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Photo by JackBunny on Flickr posted under a Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). My yarn crafts
Continue readingMore on the Symmetrical Lace Chevron
Jess asked in a comment on my first post about this if a double yarn over would help open up
Continue readingRav Hisda’s Daughter, vol 1: Apprentice
Most novels seem to take textiles for granted; that is, they’re just part of the background and one doesn’t need
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