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New Season of Knitting Daily Coming Soon

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a new season of knitting daily tvSeason 13 of Knitting Daily (the second with host Vickie Howell) is coming to PBS soon (depending on your local station, of course) and the DVD set of the season is available for purchase now (or you can download it to your computer).

You can read more about the new season at Knitting Daily’s website, but it looks to be a lot of fun as usual. Episodes include nature-inspired knits, short rows, literary knits, knitting without needles, double knitting, Fair Isle, masculine knits, lace, woven-look knitting, fitted knits, socks and crochet.

Guests include Annie Modesitt, Cathy Carron, Gwen Bortner, Josh Bennett, Anne Hanson (pictured above) and many others.

Do you watch Knitting Daily on TV? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo via Knitting Daily.]

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  1. Yes, I watched every episode of last season’s Knitting Daily. I really enjoyed it and can’t wait for the new season to start.

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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]