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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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Knit a Classic Aran Cardigan with this Free Knitting Pattern

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time. 

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring. 

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. 

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row. 

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves. 

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body. 

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy. 

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn. 

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]