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Top 5 Design Books for Sweater Knitters

Top 5 knitting design books

If I had to choose just 5 essential design books to recommend to aspiring sweater designers which 5 would you choose? As I pondered this question I realized that I would choose one book for each phase of my design process. Starting with organizing my thoughts and sketches and moving all the way through yarn…

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Sweater Yarn 101: Wool

fiber types wool

This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Sweater Knitting 101 FIBER” In this series we cover the different types of fiber that can be used to knit sweaters and why you might like to try each one. Welcome to the Sweater Knitting 101 FIBER series! Choosing a fiber type for your sweater will…

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Keeping Your Yardage Estimates Handy

Sometimes I don’t want to look in my phone for my sweater yardage estimates while I’m in the yarn store. More realistically my phone is probably dead or I forgot to bring it entirely. So at your request I have created this printable Sweater Yardage Estimates sheet. Click to Download I like to keep it…

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