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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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