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  1. Posted: April 28, 2021
    Categories: News
    Comments: 1
    Tags: steeks, knitting, fair isle
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #32 Meg Swansen on Fair Isle

    close up of Mary Rowe's Starry Night tam in blues and yellow

     Fair Isle is a specific and satisfying kind of color-pattern knitting, and can be differentiated from all other types. It is unique to that series of small islands, alone in the North Sea. 

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  2. Posted: March 17, 2021
    Categories: News
    Comments: 1
    Tags: steeks, knitting, i-cord, fair isle, dye lot, cabling, books
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #31 Meg Swansen on the Mitten Thumb Trick

    Black and White Knit Mittens with red thread

    When working color-patterned mittens, use the Thumb Trick. 

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  3. Posted: December 13, 2018
    Categories: News
    Comments: 11
    Tags: steeks
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #22 Meg Swansen on the Surprise Pattern & Steeks

    background of the celtic vest sweater with felting tools on top of it

    Meg celebrates the Surprise pattern and demonstrates a new way to secure steek stiches.

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  4. Posted: March 01, 2017
    Categories: News
    Comments: 10
    Tags: steeks
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #10 Meg Swansen on Securing and Cutting Steeks

    Close up showing the use of a crochet hook to secure steek stitches with blue colored wool on red and white pattern

    Meg Swansen shows examples of steeks and instructs on securing and cutting them.

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