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Swatching: Navia Deluxe and Brushed Tradition

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on October 10, 2019April 7, 2020

Fall is here and I am very eager to cast on a new sweater using one of our favorite wooly yarns from Navia. Two of their newer lines, Brushed and Deluxe Tradition, are cousins to Tradition, their wooly, rustic 100% Faroese Wool yarn, but both offer a unique twist on the original! Navia Deluxe Tradition…

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KW Swatch Experiment: Knitting Tight vs. Knitting Loose

By Courtney Kelley on October 21, 2016October 8, 2020

Since starting the swatching project, we’ve noticed a lot of questions regarding the techniques involved in making the swatches in order to better understand the various forces that may affect gauge.  “What kind of needle did the swatchers use?” “I’m a tight knitter, so I try to stay loose when I knit.” “I usually knit loose,…

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To Swatch, or Not to Swatch…

By Courtney Kelley on August 26, 2016October 8, 2020

Yesterday, we posed a little question to the Twitter-verse: What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns? Needle size doesn’t matter, people, gauge does! #youbetterswatch — Kelbourne Woolens (@KWoolens) August 25, 2016 A number of really great conversations started popping up between designers:  @HunterHammersen @KWoolens Agree. I do give beg’s…

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KW Summer Sweater KAL / Yarn Substitutions

By Courtney Kelley on August 5, 2014October 8, 2020

When designing the sweaters for the Summer Sweaters Collection, we used the two yarns in the Fibre Company lineup that have a nice, crisp hand, Meadow and Savannah. Although different fiber contents and gauges, the yarns work well together, and as you will see, they can even be substituted for one another! All spring I…

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Work in Progress Wednesday

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on August 17, 2011October 6, 2020

8.17 A striped swatch by Kate in Acadia, colors Granite and Summersweet.  What will it become?

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