Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts

21 April 2017

Sweater Therapy plus Filament No. 2 trunk show



Today we are doing a little therapy session

Let's talk about perfection, mistakes, honesty, and practice.

Filament No. 2

Plus I have the Filament No. 2 trunk in-house, so how about a little show? You can order your print copy here or the ebook on Ravelry here.



If you haven’t already, visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter.

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!

xoxo, Kathleen
P.S. Share your project on social media with hashtag #kdsweater
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Purchase the Season One pattern, Solstice Cardi
Purchase the Season Two pattern, Purly Pullover
Purchase the Season Three pattern, Basic Cable
Premium Cable and The Sweater Collection coming soon!
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22 July 2016

VIDEO The Sweater with Kathleen Dames | Season Two, Episode Twelve : The Sweater



It’s the SEASON FINALE - whoohoo! How is your Purly Pullover? Mine is blocked and lovely and very warm (so after recording this episode it is being tucked away until Fall). Visit the episode thread in the Kathleen Dames Design Ravelry group: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/topics/3460625 

If you haven’t already, visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Purly Pullover pattern*. Your link to download the PDF will be in your Welcome email. Be sure to create your project page on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purly-pullover 

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
P.S. Share your project on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with hashtags #kdsweater and #purlypullover
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*Free pattern available until 22 July 2016. You can purchase Purly Pullover from my Ravelry shop any time: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-design 

Purchase the Season One pattern, Solstice Cardi, from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi 
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Yarn info:
-Happy Fuzzy Yarns http://happyfuzzyyarn.com/ - Kathleen will be knitting her DK weight Purly Pullover in Happy Fuzzy Yarns Merino DK in the Peony colorway
-Madeline Tosh http://www.madelinetosh.com - the original Purly Pullover was knit in sport weight tosh pashmina in the Bloomsbury colorway

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11 March 2016

The Sweater with Kathleen Dames | Episode 10 : The Finish - YouTube



Show Notes for Episode 10

Now that the knitting is complete, it's time to finish your cardigan the elegant way with weaving and seaming.

Questions about Episode Ten? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/topics/3392963

Don't forget to like and share this podcast, if you're enjoying it. Share your project on social media (Instagram is my favorite!) with hashtags #kdsweater and #solsticecardi. See below for links to where you can find me. And be sure to create your project page on Ravelry by visiting the pattern page http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi , then clicking "cast on" in the upper right corner of the page.

Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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Many thanks!
-Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns http://www.roundtableyarns.com
-Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/Remembrance
-Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits http://picnicknits.com/
-Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!) https://taraswiger.com/

Visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*

*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-designs
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periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/kathleendames
instagram: https://instagram.com/kathleendames/
twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleendames
ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kathleen-dames
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenDamesDesign
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher

Kathleen is wearing Thistle Leaf Pullover. Pattern available here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/thistle-leaf-pullover

Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway http://www.julie-asselin.com/en/yarns/

04 March 2016

The Sweater with Kathleen Dames | Episode 9 : The Bindoff - YouTube



Show Notes for Episode 9

All about binding off! Did you even know there was more than one way to bind off your stitches? I've also got some news for you about Season Two.

Questions about Episode Nine? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3388641/

Share your project on social media (Instagram is my favorite!) with hashtags #kdsweater and #solsticecardi. See below for links to where you can find me. And be sure to create your project page on Ravelry by visiting the pattern page http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi , then clicking "cast on" in the upper right corner of the page.

Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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Many thanks!
-Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns http://www.roundtableyarns.com
-Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/Remembrance
-Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits http://picnicknits.com/
-Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!) https://taraswiger.com/

Visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*

*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-designs
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periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/kathleendames
instagram: https://instagram.com/kathleendames/
twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleendames
ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kathleen-dames
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenDamesDesign
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher

Kathleen is wearing Pomegranate Cardi. Pattern available here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pomegranate-cardi

Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway http://www.julie-asselin.com/en/yarns/

22 April 2015

Video: 2tLTCO

How do you cast on when you have lots of stitches? Do you find yourself running out of yarn before you've cast on enough? Or do you end up with a long-long-long tail of yarn, when you only have that one precious skein? Me, too! Well, "me, too" before I unvented* the Two-Tail Long-Tail Cast-on (2tLTCO, for short).

2tLTCO is excellent because:

  • you won't run out of yarn
  • your yarn tail won't be too long
  • you won't have to measure or guess how much yarn you will need
  • when blending two skeins of yarn (hand-dyes, especially), you'll be ready to start alternating skeins right away


Next time you're casting on more than a handful of stitches, give this one a try, and let me know what you think in the comments below.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,
Kathleen

*Mother of modern knitting, Elizabeth Zimmermann, used the term "unvented" quite often as she turned her brilliant engineering brain to the wonders of knitting. There is no way I invented the 2tLTCO, but I have not seen it mentioned in any of the usual places. It grew out of the provisional LTCO that I like to use: Why not use the sameyarn for both strands of the cast-on? Ta-da! Ooh, I just realized it would be great for single-row stripes, too.

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08 April 2015

Two sticks and some string | TEDxYouth@TheSchool

Last Fall I spoke at TEDxYouth@TheSchool about knitting (what else?) and creativity. While it was live-streamed, I hadn't tracked down the archived video until now...







How do you think about knitting? Let me know in the comments.


Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!

xoxo, Kathleen

25 March 2015

Knitterly Details: i-cord for smarties

Have you ever used i-cord in place of your cast-on? I made some (not pretty, but helpful) videos showing you how to use i-cord as the foundation of a piece - in this instance the Ozark Wrap*, which also uses "integrated i-cord" on the sides to finish off the piece as you go and keep the edges from curling. "Idiot cord" is pretty smart!

  1. provisional cast-on (one of my overall favorite techniques)

  2. picking up stitches from an i-cord (also used for the Mermaid's Cardigan cuffs)

  3. working the first row (once begun is half done)

  4. adding the side i-cord (to work the integrated edging)
Would a video showing how to cast off with i-cord help you? Let me know in the comments. I'd love to make some more (my new camera should make videos of my hands knitting easier to create - I promise my next video will be in better focus!
Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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