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Week in Review
Did you miss any Knitting Daily eNewsletters this week? Well, here's our week in review—all of this week's Knitting Daily posts in one place!
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 | Become a fearless knitter with the new fall issue of knitscene. Get it now!
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Fantastic Fall Knitting Patterns
Well here we are at the beginning of July. On this summer day I’m going to cool you down a little bit with a taste of fall—knitscene fall is here with its gorgeous fall knitting patterns. Hannah Baker is visiting Knitting Daily today to talk about this new issue, her first as editor of knitscene.
This is Hannah’s first issue as editor, and boy has she done a wonderful job! There are several gorgeous fall patterns that I think might climb their way to the top of my queue, including tons of colorwork patterns, bold color used in interesting ways, and cool accessories you'll love for fall. Yes, please. Let’s let Hannah give us a peek into fall. Read more!
Get your issue of knitscene Fall 2016 now!
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 | Fall is coming! We've got great fall projects to cast-on now; be ready when the
cooler weather gets here. Get it now!
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Knitting season is around the corner!
Autumn has always been my favorite season of the year. In childhood, it meant going back to school (yes, I was that kid who liked school), visiting the local cider mill for freshly pressed cider and hot doughnuts, and eventually escaping the heat and humidity of Michigan summers. Those thrills have never gone away. In fact, during the eight years I lived in Southern California, the fall months always disappointed because the weather didn’t change! And by that point in my life, I had discovered knitting and handspinning, so the constant warmth didn’t provide many opportunities to cuddle up in a big wool sweater.
That’s what fall means to me now: serious knitting time with my best-loved yarns and types of projects. Read more!
Get Fall 2016 Love of Knitting now!
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 | Classic coziness and easy colorwork come together in the Cactus Blossom Sweater. Get the kit!
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Color Knitting: The Cactus Blossom Sweater
When I came across Kate Jackson’s Cactus Blossom Pullover, I was struck again by how beautiful it is; just lovely color knitting. I’d wanted to knit this pattern since I first saw it in the magazine, but hadn’t yet (you know how that goes—so many patterns, so little time!).
This sweater is a great pattern for an advanced beginning knitter who's willing to take a chance on an easy colorwork project. It’s worked entirely in the round, knit from the bottom up, with incredibly easy colorwork patterns to work into the yoke and the sleeves. And if you’re a sweater knitter already, this is a super fast project.
The technique used is what I like to call "faux isle." You work with a solid color and a self-striping color, and the self-striping yarn does all the work! You can see in the photo how it ends up looking like there are lots of different colored yarns used in the yoke section, but really there are just two! Magic. Read more!
Get the Cactus Blossom Kit!
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How to Fix a Dropped Stitch at the End of a Row
Here's a knitting disaster of epic proportions: My needle slid out of the first stitch, and it dropped down several rows.This has never happened to me before, so I wasn’t sure what to do with all of those loops (besides saying “OH NO!!!†really loud).
I was so flummoxed that I missed the “teachable moment†aspect of the problem, I just focused on fixing it! I didn’t even take a “before†photo of the chaos. I forgot about you, dear Knitting Daily readers, and how you would want to be part of my process. So I've recreated it for you. Read more!
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You Could Win a Warm Embrace Shawl Kit!
This month we've partnered with Sugar Bush, a Canadian company that makes gorgeous yarn with great pattern support. We've got four sweepstakes opportunities for you; this week the prize is a kit for Sugar Bush's beautiful Warm Embrace Wrap design. You'll get all the yarn you need to make the wrap, plus From Your Nose to Your Toes, the book that contains the pattern. Enter now!
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Pro-Tip: Kitchen Gadgets as Blocking Aids
Blocking knitting can be a pain, and depending on the project, it can take up a lot of space, not to mention a lot of time. Did you know you could block small projects with the help of a salad spinner? That’s right, one of my favorite kitchen tools has now become one of my favorite knitting blocking tools. Here’s a video from our Interweave Yarn Hacks series to show you how to block knitting with a salad spinner. Check it out!
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Bring Color into Your Knitting!
| More from Knitting Daily |  | Color Knitting with Patty Lyons
Delve into color techniques with Patty Lyons. She'll start at the beginning and show you how to add color to your
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