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Giveaway: Knitting Daily Workshop DVDs

August 1, 2016 by Sarah White

knitting daily dvd giveaway

Congratulations to Connie!

As I mentioned recently, I’ve been cleaning out my office and clearing out some old things that I don’t need any more, and passing on a lot of good, classic stuff to you.

This week I have two DVDs from the Knitting Daily Workshop collection, circa 2009.

“Introduction to Fair Isle: The Ivy League Vest” features Eunny Jang teaching how to work stranded knitting designs, use two colors at a time, add new colors, fix mistakes, work shaping in colorwork, make and cut a steek and successfully finish a project. It includes a free download (I just checked and it still works) of the Ivy League Vest pattern, which the 54 minute DVD walks you through.

“Classic to Creative Knit Cables” with Kathy Zimmerman takes you through the basics of cable knitting and covers all the techniques you need to knit two included patterns, a scarf and a sweater. This DVD is 65 minutes long.

I would guess these are region 1 DVDs, so you might not want to enter if you can’t watch those

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Comments

  1. Connie Kline says

    August 1, 2016 at 11:45 am

    I’m a visual learner so these would be a huge help for me to improve my knitting.

  2. Karey says

    August 1, 2016 at 11:58 am

    The cables DVD would be so helpful to me! I really want to learn cables!

  3. Sueann Capela says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    maybe I would be able to finally understand cables…lol

  4. spierssusan says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    Great giveaway!

  5. yolanda says

    August 1, 2016 at 2:10 pm

    Love cables and have
    been wanting to try Fair Isle..but…..FEAR! lol
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  6. Marzia says

    August 1, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    wow, wonderful opportunity!

  7. Deborah Nelson says

    August 1, 2016 at 3:49 pm

    Love Eunny Jung and cables are in my “to do technique” list for this year. Thanks!

  8. Jeanne says

    August 1, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    I would love to win these… I’m a good knitter, but have trouble teaching friends new skills. These would be fun for sharing in our knitting circle.

  9. craftilady says

    August 1, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    I would love to win these DVDs, especially one for Fair Isle.

  10. Dianne says

    August 1, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    Have always wanted to learn Fair Isle, this would be a great way to start.

  11. joyce hancock says

    August 1, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    I would love to win these dvds. I am always looking to improve my techniques.

  12. Helen King says

    August 1, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    I love knitting cables and want to learn Fair Isle so these would be awesome!

  13. Amanda Hutchens says

    August 1, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    I’m just starting to venture out of making just knit/purl scarves so these would be great.

  14. Kim Reid says

    August 1, 2016 at 7:31 pm

    I would love to learn to knit those beautiful cables, thanks for the chance!

  15. Kitten With A Whiplash says

    August 1, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    1. A friend lent me the Cable DVD – and like the honest guy I am I gave it back. It was a wonderful DVD, great presentation and high video quality.

    2. Eunny Jang was always my favorite presenter on the show, and I’m sure the quality of this DVD will be as high as the other. I’d love to have these in my permanent collection.

    Thanks for the giveaway. KittenWhiplash on Ravelry.

  16. Marilyn says

    August 1, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    these dvd’s sound great. thanks for the opportunity to win them

  17. Melody J says

    August 2, 2016 at 3:35 am

    I want to learn both knitting techniques.

  18. Amy McGlynn says

    August 2, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Oh, I would love to learn faire isle!

Have you read?

Super Fun Colorwork Socks to Knit

When I knit socks (which sadly I have not done in a while; need to get a new pair on the needles soon!) I generally stick to pretty simple designs and colorwork that isn’t all that detailed. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love a fancy sock, I’m also just pretty lazy and I figure a project worked on size 0 or 1 US needles is going to take a long time even without the added work of intricate colorwork, so why make it more complicated?

But there are definitely socks out there I’d be willing to make an exception for, and I think Tangled Bliss by Annette Schleicher may just be one of them. 

If you can’t tell from looking, this is decidedly an advanced knitting pattern. There’s brioche for the cuffs, complex looking colorwork done with the ladderback jacquard technique, multiple charts, and colors changing everywhere. 

There are links to tutorials for all the special skills in the pattern, but still it would help to have a handle on these concepts before you get started. 

The pattern uses three colors of light fingering weight yarn at a whopping 31 stitches per 4 inches/10 cm (that’s 7.75 stitches per inch/2.5 cm). 

Would you believe me if I told you that this pattern was designed for a speed knitting contest? Speed would be the last thing on my mind. 

But again, I think all the work for these fancy socks would be worth it. I love hoe the colorwork looks like an old tile floor, and think of the bragging rights when you tell people you made them yourself. (Though of course you did; have you ever seen store-bought socks that look anything like this?)

Best of all, this pattern is available for free on Ravelry, so there’s no reason not to give it a try if you’ve got the skills. If you do, I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Annette Schleicher]

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