Christine Duchrow and Art Pattern Knitting
Little is known about knitting designer Christine Duchrow, but in all, she produced about 100 leaflets between 1920 and 1940.
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Little is known about knitting designer Christine Duchrow, but in all, she produced about 100 leaflets between 1920 and 1940.
Yarn butterflies are useful for knitting intarsia or tapestry weaving. To learn how, just follow Carol's step-by-step guide.
The incised chevron columns at Durham Cathedral inspired Kate to design a textile that translated stone into fiber.
How one handspinner takes inspiration from a Japanese textile tradition and uses every precious bit of leftover yarn from her knitting projects to craft beautiful woven projects.
I have heard from many friends during the past few weeks, and each has turned to crafting in their own personal way.
Close to 300 handspinners participated in this year’s Spin Off mitt-along. Here’s Debbie Held with the highlights.
The #spinoffmittalong was the opportunity I needed to reconnect my hands with making yarn.
I like BFL for socks as I find it wears nicely, and the addition of the silk also adds some wearability as well as a nice sheen to the finished yarn
If you’ve been wanting to turn some handspun into a suitable pair of handcoverings for your own mitts, I offer up these pointers gleaned from the group’s knitting experiences.
Twined knitting, a Swedish technique that requires two working yarns that are twisted together after each stitch, makes a sturdy fabric with very little elasticity.
Twined knitting makes a sturdy fabric that will last forever, especially if you use a fiber that has an outercoat for strength and undercoat for softness and warmth.
Twist direction can be used to highlight or strengthen a special technique. As spinners, we can create a wide spectrum of qualities just by making changes in twist.