By far and away Phildar have the most stylish patterns around. Just now their Autumn 2009 pattern book is out. Gorgeous as usual. Take a look.
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Phildar’s latest English translation
Posted in reviews, tagged Phildar; knitting patterns on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phildar patterns in English
Posted in knitting, reviews on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are like me, your French is pretty much limited to a short conversion about the wellbeing of your aunt’s hat, with the possibility of ending the conversation with various forms of goodbye. Not terribly useful stuff for reading knitting patterns.
Maria left a comment yesterday on a Phildar pattern I’d knitted that she didn’t [...]
Is this the ruffle we had to have? New Knit on the Net up
Posted in reviews, tagged Henrietta Dups, Jacquelyn Landry, Jennie Atkinson, Knit on the Net, Theodora Goes Wild on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The latest Knit on the Net is up. Its theme is Glamour – and of course that means a vintage take. There are some lovely pieces. I was especially taken with:
and isn’t this the epitomy of glamour:
There’s been a lot of these around, but I don’t think I’ve seen a more sophisticated interpretation:
It’s in Kidsilk [...]
Kim Hargreaves adds downloads to her site
Posted in reviews, tagged evergreen, Kim Hargreaves, knitting, spirit on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ooooo. So long ago I can scarcely recall, I had been thinking about buying a kit from Kim Hargreaves – it was called Evergreen. But it disappeared from view and upon contacting Kim I was told that it would be reappearing in download format. Well, I reckon that was in 2007. I waited. And I [...]
Selvedge magazine – yes, a free knitting pattern!
Posted in knitting, reviews, tagged free knitting pattern, selvedge magazine on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you have never been to Selvedge Magazine, you should. Right now. Don’t even finish reading this. There is little in-depth analysis – it isn’t a ‘how-to’ publication. It is a visual feast celebrating crafts and confirming crafts’ right to be seen as high end art. It displays in sumptuous colour and heavy quality paper [...]
