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A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, pp. 128-129, rewritten in modern terms. Abbreviations: YO = Yarn Over TSS

A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, p. 130, rewritten in modern terms. This stitch has fewer similarities to

So I have a Dover reprint of S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework. (Dover gave it a new title: Encyclopedia of

Okay, say you’re knitting a doily from the center outward and you know how many rounds the whole doily is.

So far I have been able to donate $54 for relief efforts in Haiti. Thank you very much for making

This was an exercise in making lemonade from lemons! I had some grey Coopworth combed top, which I handpainted. Unfortunately,

I originally posted a different version of this on the Advanced Knitting community on Livejournal. I hope I have learned

Well, I’m exhausted and all peopled out, but I had a great time. First, let me say that I highly

I have some scrumptious tussah silk top that I started spinning shortly before I decided to sign up for the

I’ve joined the Tour de Fleece (the Ravelry one, that is). The challenge involves spinning every day that the Tour