Hi Everyone!  It’s been fun knitting with you these past few weeks!  Time really flies! Today’s post is my last, and will focus on the second round of increases, casting off, and sharing an FO (finished object in knit-speak)!  My FO is a little bit lopsided, since I added about 10 stitches to only one…

Hi Everyone! I hope you’re having a great week! In our last installment of the Textured Circle Shrug KAL, we picked up all around the neck opening and started working on our ribbing. In this installment, we will proceed to Increase Round 1.  In this round, we work a few RLI (in every other knit…

Hi Everyone! I’ve been on the road teaching a workshop for the last few days, so I apologize in advance for the quality of the photos in today’s post.  Since I was teaching all day, most of these were taken at night in the hotel. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to answer questions…

Time to move on to to the SLEEVES section.  This week’s installment is pretty easy, technique-wise, but there’s a lot of knitting to do (both sleeves). The last time we talked about the sleeves, we had placed them on a length of scrap yarn to be worked later: Now transfer the sleeve stitches back onto…

Just to recap: last week we cast on for the shrug, knit the yoke, and tried on the shrug to make sure it fits. In today’s post, we will go through some of the possible fit problems that you may have run into while trying on your shrug after last week’s installment. Once we do…

In this week’s post, we will cast on and work through the YOKE of the shrug.  The yoke of the sweater is the part that contains the cast on edge, the beginnings of the sleeves, and the top part of the body. Now that you’ve found the perfect yarn, the correctly-sized needles, made your swatch,…

Hello and welcome to the Textured Circle Shrug Knit-Along!  This is one of my favorite patterns from my newest book, Glam Knits, and I’m so happy to get to share it with you here. Before we get started with the knitting, let’s take some time to gather up our materials and all of the information…

Our last knit-along of the Cable Luxe Tunic, was a big hit, and we’re ready to start another one! This time we will be working on a very special pattern — the Textured Circle Shrug from the book Glam Knits! We’re so excited to offer you this pattern for FREE, courtesy of North Light Books.…

October’s top pattern searches were all about looking for cozy ways to wrap up. Stay on trend and warm with patterns for the Petrona Poncho, the Canyon Shrug, and the Free Spirit Topper — your choice for the Fall Knit Along! Two of October’s Featured Yarns, Wool-Ease® and Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® made a comeback, ushering…

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