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Knitting Daily TV Back This Weekend

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knitting daily season 11I never remember to set my DVR, but I’m still excited to know that the new season of Knitting Daily TV hits public television starting this weekend. It’s the 11th season of the program, and the last one with Eunny Jang, the former editor of Interweave Knits who departed earlier this year.

This season’s lineup includes knit skirts, slip stitching, finishing knits, dyeing, working from the center out, lace, ribbing, graphic color and more.

You can wait for the 13 episodes to be shown on TV, or you can buy the 4-DVD set, which includes all the shows and a bonus session in intarsia cables with Eunny. In all it’s almost 6 hours of video for $39.99 for DVDs or instant download.

Are you a fan of Knitting Daily TV? I’m way behind on watching it but I’ve always enjoyed it when I do manage to catch it.

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  1. I’m just glad there’ll be one more series with Eunny Jang before the new host ruins the show.

  2. I agree with KittenWithAWhiplash.
    I will miss Kristen Omhdal, but I will
    no longer be watching Knitting Daily.
    No Eunny=No Show
    Eunny is the only reason to watch.

  3. I want to thank Eunny for all she does. She is an awesome teacher; always succinct yet thorough. I look forward to following her in her new endeavor.

    I also look forward to Knitting Daily’s new host. I am very glad the show is available on my local PBS station.

Have you read?

Book Review: Viking Knits

Beautiful people and beautiful sweaters combine in Lasse L. Matberg’s Viking Knits. The book includes more than 40 Scandinavian inspired knits for men, women and children featuring textured stitches and colorwork.

Matberg is known as The Viking and has worked as a chef, naval officer, fitness instructor and model, as well as being on a couple of reality TV shows. He comes from a long line of makers and his book was first published in Norwegian in 2021 and has since come out in an English version.

The book is divided into sections including everyday sweaters, knits for the great outdoors, stylish knitwear, Norse sweaters and accessories. Some of the patterns use the same designs in different versions for men, women and children. I counted seven projects rated for beginners, 19 for intermediate knitters and 17 for experienced knitters. The more difficult patterns tend to have allover colorwork or stitch patterning.

The pattern stitches and colorwork are shown in charts, with a little bit of text to tell you how to make the garment. Most of the book is sweaters, but there are also hats (sometimes coordinating with sweaters), scarves and a couple of sitting mats.

You can check out all the patterns on Ravelry. Some of my favorites are the more basic ones, such as the Power Sweater, a close-fitting (sized for men) ribbed sweater; the Heart Sweater, a raglan with allover lice stitch; and the Midsummer Sweater, with textured stripes and a henley neckline. I also like the Breeze designs (there are versions for men, women and children) that have colorwork diamonds on them.

Sizing on the garments varies, but there are six sizes for the men’s patterns (noted as small through XXL and then Lasse sized), six for women (XS to XL) and three for children (age 2-4, 6-8 and 10-12).

The yarns used in the book aren’t available in the United States but you can find suppliers here if you want to use the same yarns. Otherwise the book gives a lot of details about yarn content and gauge so you should be able to find good substitutes wherever you live.

If you have Norwegian or Scandinavian heritage or just like the look of cozy textured or colorful sweaters, this book is a lot of fun, and the eye candy is pretty great, too.

About the book: 192 pages, hardcover, 43 patterns. Published in English in 2023 by Search Press. Suggested retail price $29.95.

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