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A Few Great Reasons to Knit Socks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:19 +0000

I have unofficially declared it to be the Summer of Socks, because socks are an easy, portable, fun project for summer that it's not too hot to knit wherever you happen to be.

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A Bag for Little Treasures

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:35:40 +0000

As soon as I was done knitting this little treasure bag my daughter asked, "Can I have that?" That's a pretty sure sign of the success of a project.

Knit Treasure Bag. © Sarah E. White.

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Learn Lots of Ways to Cast On

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:57 +0000

There are tons of different ways to get stitches on the needle to start knitting, but most of us probably only use one or two throughout most of our knitting careers.

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Learn How to Shape Shawls, 16 Different Ways

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:24:27 +0000

Sometimes when I'm surfing the Internet I don't really even know how I find things, but I run into some fun things this way. For example, I recently happened upon the website of Holly Chayes, a lace knitting enthusiast who happens to have just launched an ebook all about different ways to shape shawls.

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One More for the Guys

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:33:05 +0000

I had just one more knitting book for men that I didn't get too last week, and I think it's appropriate to do this one last because they were kind of in order from the most basic to the most detail-oriented. If Bruce Weinstein's Knits Men Want errs on the side of being too plain, its arguable that Margaret Hubert goes too far the other way in her book Knits for Men.

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Cozy Up a Mason Jar with Knitting

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:04:03 +0000

I don't know if Mason jars are as popular where you live as they are here in the south, but we seem to use them for everything. They are beverage containers, gift baskets, desk organizers, flower vases and on and on.

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Options for More Adventurous Men

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:13:08 +0000

The trouble with Knits Men Want, which I talked about on Thursday, is that it assumes all guys want completely plain knits. And while it's true that a lot of guys do like plain knits, sometimes they'll go for a cable or a stripe (or, heck, even argyle) if you give them a chance.

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Do You Knit in Public?

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:57:57 +0000

This weekend marks the beginning of World Wide Knit in Public what used to be called Day but now spans for more than a week (with events going on between June 8 and June 16 around the world). All of that celebrating sounds like maybe we don't need a special day, but it's still fun.

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The Rules of Knitting for Guys

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:33:13 +0000

I like getting advice on knitting for guys from guys, because it makes sense that they would know better than women what men actually like when it comes to knit things. And Bruce Weinstein lays it all out there in his book Knits Men Want, which presents 10 rules for knitting for men along with 10 patterns that help counteract or work with those rules to create something you'll both be happy with.

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Books about Knitting for Guys

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:24:56 +0000

Somehow I have a whole stack of books about knitting for men on my desk that I haven't reviewed -- which is something I hope to remedy this week! -- but I thought in the meantime I'd direct you to a few books focused on knitting for men that I have already reviewed.

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