Archive for the 'shaping knits' Category

Cover Girl!

May 2, 2008

I was so pleased to walk into my local Joann Fabrics yesterday to pick up the latest issue of Belle Armoire magazine and see my own Rita Mae design on the cover!
They were also kind enough to give me eight pages of garments from my book Knitting Lingerie Style and a great interview.
I’ve always enjoyed this magazine as [...]

Shaping Up

March 31, 2008

So many knitting patterns out there are knit as straight, square boxes.
I don’t know a lot of women who are shaped that way. Even gals who insist they have no waist are not helping themselves by knitting their sweaters straight up and down. A little shaping at the sides of a garment can fool the eye into [...]