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Interweave’s New Knitting Lab!

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With Exciting Classes from Your Favorite Instructors

Interweave Knitting Lab | November 3-6, 2011 | Marriott San Mateo | San Mateo, CA

Registration is Open!

Registration is now open for the first annual Interweave Knitting Lab, the new, 4-day knitting event that will explore every facet of knitting. Interweave Knitting Lab will feature more than 100 project-based classes and fascinating lectures designed to inspire! Plus, enjoy curated shopping at the Knitter’s Market to round out your Interweave Knitting Lab experience. Check out the amazing workshop and lecture schedule now.

Interweave Knitting Lab offers Interweave Knitting Lab offers a world tour of knitting. Learn techniques from every continent and numerous cultures from Andean Intarsia to Estonian Lace to British Gansey. You’ll also find sessions focusing on knitting fundamentals: design, fit, pattern alteration and numerous other skills you use in every project. Find all the details of the event including instructor bios, workshop descriptions, and schedules online at www.InterweaveKnittingLab.com.

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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]