Episode 110: All About Texture
| Add interest and depth to your knit and crochet projects with Knitting Daily TV. We explore textured yarns featuring novelty fibers and making them work to your advantage. |
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Getting Started: Deborah Knight brings some textured yarns to the set to show off the fun and interesting ways to add interest and depth to your knitting |
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110-1 All About Texture, Getting Started |
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Deborah Knight from Yarn Market visits with Liz on textural yarns, including fun yarns that do all the textural, embellished work for you. All the yarns shown on this segment are available online at www.yarnmarket.com. Download the list of yarns shown. |
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Yarnmarket.com |
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110-2 All About Texture, Designer Spotlight |
 Download Laura Bryant's Tips on Textured YarnDownload Laura Bryant Bubble Scarf |
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Laura Bryant, owner and designer of Prism Arts, visits with Eunny about her passion for designing not only knitwear but the yarn itself. Download Laura’s tip and tricks for working with textured yarns. And watch Laura demo a unique “Prisms Bubble Scarf” using textural yarns. Download the "Prism’s Bubble Scarf" pattern. |
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Prism Arts |
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110-3 All About Texture, How-To |
| Download Rosemary sweater |
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Kim joins crochet designer Robyn Chachula to demonstrate a unique travelling crochet stitch to make the Rosemary sweater, featured in Interweave Crochet Fall 2007. This sweater is made from Louet yarns, available in fine yarn shops. Download the Rosemary sweater pattern. |
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Louet North America |
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110-4 All About Texture, You Asked It |
| Download Laura Bryant's Tips on Textured Yarn |
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Laura Bryant and Barry Klein are back to answer questions from the Knitting Daily community. Kristi from Ann Arbor, MI, asks “How important is gauge when you’re working with textured yarn?” Barry demonstrates with textural sweaters the importance of getting gauge, especially when working with textures that can act differently. “How can I combine my fun skeins?” Laura and Barry give many fun, colorful, and textural examples of yarns that work well together. Download Laura’s tips and tricks for working with textural yarns, including the “ABC” pattern mentioned, which combines three yarns that are knit in stripes. |
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Prism Arts Trendsetter Yarns |
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110-5 All About Texture, You Made It |
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Liz Gipson gives a weaving lesson 101 using fun knitting yarns to create a beautiful and colorful scarf. The loom that Liz is using in this segment is made by Louet North America, and is available through fine yarn stores. Download the pattern for the Summer Marguerita Scarf, designed by Jane Stafford for Louet North America. |
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