Designing Your Own Knits and Knitting Without a Pattern // Casual Friday 3-41

Описание: In this week's Casual Friday I have Tidbits, updates on two projects, and I discuss topics related to designing knitwear: knitting math, making modifications, knitting without a pattern, and designing from (almost) scratch.

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My knitting designs: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/rox...

LINKS TO THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:
Knitting History Forum AGM & Conference, 7 Nov 2020
https://knittinghistory.co.uk/events/...
http://knittinghistory.co.uk/news/ has a general description of the different talks as well as a complete schedule. You can sign up through eventbrite, and it's free.

Article on Bloomberg about the three women in the yarn/knitting industry
https://tinyurl.com/y2n5xn9a
– the story centers on three women in three cities – LYS shop owner Felicia Eve of String Thing Studio in NYC, a Gaye Glasspie (GGmadeit) knitter/designer in New Jersey, and Adella Colvin the indie dyer behind LolaBean

Project page for the cream cable sweater (no there is not a pattern): https://ravel.me/Rox/cc

video on How to Knit a Hat Without a Pattern
   • How to Knit a Hat Without a Pattern // Tec...  

August Sock KAL (tutorial for knitting custom-fit socks)
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Books (as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann
https://amzn.to/35rNCAK

Knitting from the Top by Barbara G. Walker
https://amzn.to/37weGRY

Knitting in the Old Way by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson
https://amzn.to/37Hsn0B

Designing Knitwear by Deborah Newton
https://amzn.to/3mf2RDO

Sweater Design in Plain English by Maggie Righetti
https://amzn.to/2Hs3j2E

Art of Fair Isle Knitting by Ann Feitelson
https://amzn.to/2TkPKVd

TKGA – The Knitting Guild Association (lots of correspondence course for knitters)
https://tkga.org/

Introduction: 0:00
Tidbit #1: 0:47
Tidbit #2: 1:52
Project Update Cream Sweater: 3:20
Project Update Reverse Engineered Sweater: 8:19
Knitting Math: 22:34
Design Modifications: 25:18
Knitting Without a Pattern: 27:55
Designing Your Own: 40:21

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