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Grab Your Needles and Cozy Up with a Pumpkin Spice Latte Cardigan: A Knitter's Journey through Stranded Knitting and Steeking

Oct 263 min read

Grab Your Needles and Cozy Up with a Pumpkin Spice Latte Cardigan: A Knitter's Journey through Stranded Knitting and Steeking

As autumn unfolds and the leaves turn golden, the perfect way to embrace the season is to craft a Pumpkin Spice Latte Cardigan . This...

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Joy Friedman

Sep 222 min read

🌊 Catch the Wavelet Hat Pattern

Wavelet is a classic knit hat with a slip stitch technique and a two-color Latvian Braid. Using the mosaic colorwork technique, the hat...

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Two knitting editors with lots of advice!

Joy Friedman

Mar 241 min read

Two knitting editors with lots of advice!

Kristina McGrath and Sarah Walworth are yarn pattern technical editors, consultants, and coaches in the fiber industry. Between them,...

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Joy Friedman

Dec 22, 20231 min read

🍁Pumpkin Spice Latte Cardigan

Knitted Stranded Colorwork: As a knitter, I have always been a fan of stranded colorwork. I enjoy creating my own colorwork designs using...

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Joy Friedman

May 20, 20231 min read

🌎 Conquering Sleeve Island 🌎

As a knitter, you've probably heard of "Sleeve Island,” that dreaded place where you're stuck knitting sleeves for what seems like an...

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Joy Friedman

Jun 29, 20222 min read

Wanted: Mindless Knitting (Part 1)

Nothing beats a knitting project that you don't need to think about. You can grab the project and head to the doctor's office, car trip,...

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Joy Friedman

Apr 28, 20221 min read

Mood boards

Creating a mood board allows me to collect my thoughts, ideas, and color schemes in one place. I’ll add visual concepts to my boards...

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Joy Friedman

Mar 28, 20222 min read

ManHATtan Magic Hat

I consider myself to be an experienced knitter, but my busy lifestyle of raising kids and working a full-time job has resulted in me...

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Joy Friedman

Dec 31, 20212 min read

Becoming a Knitwear Designer

For years, I followed knitting patterns exactly as written for fear of venturing off course from the designer's intent. Over time, I...

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Joy Friedman

Nov 24, 20211 min read

Collaborations

I'm excited to announce that the Top of the World Knits I Dream of Beanie hat pattern is included with nine other indie designers inside...

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