A year ago exactly, on 15th October 2019, I published Distitch – a new knitting concept. For its first year celebration I had a wonderful gift. Recently The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) announced the winners of its UK Technical Communication Awards. The purpose of the UK Technical Communication Awards is to recognise…
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I am very happy to show you a new method of connecting the cast-on stitches for working in the round. We have all stumbled upon the problem of the jog when closing the round before starting to knit in a circle. We try different methods, pull the yarn ends and sew the edge stitches together…
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Do you like beautiful numbers? I do. I feel a magical joy every time I see identical number combinations such as 333, 777, 123, or the time of day 12:21, 22:22 or 15:15, dates like 12.12.2012 and so on. So you will understand that when the number of likes for my Distitch scarf was approaching…
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There are few knitting terms defined as Russian: Russian bind-off, Russian join, Russian grafting. The last one is not widely familiar and used mainly to finish the borders on rectangular shawls. But this type of join deserves more attention. It is very decorative and surprisingly easy to execute. It can be used not only for…
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It is time to reveal more free tutorials from my Distitch book. This time it is the most basic technique for crocheting Distitch chains. Please see the full special article on my website. Happy crocheting!
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Here is some exciting news for all Brioche knitting fans and for those who only going to learn this very popular technique. Today I published a basic pattern for Brioche rib scarf with a tutorial for slip Distitch selvedges. Although the Fringed scarf was mentioned in the Distitch book, the pattern for it was not…
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In my pursuit of perfection I’m always looking for the best solutions: for better looks, for the cleaner finishes and so on. I am often dissatisfied how the wrong side of the knitting looks, especially in multicoloured projects – knots, short ends of yarn and an uneven surface. However, recently I worked out the method…
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In Distitch there is a special chapter for DS selvedges. The technique is very easy and the results are wonderful. There are two types of stitches in the edge chains – closed and open. Both types of slip DS selvedge can be made with knit DS or purl DS. Knit DS selvedges were published two…
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Month ago I published a pattern with new type of selvedge: Slip knit Distitch selvedge. It featured a beautiful edge with a chain of closed (crossed) stitches. Today I’m introducing another selvedge type – with the chain of open stitches. It is very similar to the first type, but the difference is the way how…
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