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Giveaway: Knitting Daily Workshop DVDs

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

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

  8. 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.

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

  15. 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.

Have you read?

Add a Little Lace to Your Knitting Patterns

If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.