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  1. Posted: June 12, 2018
    Categories: News
    Tags: speed swatch
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #19 Meg Swansen on Speed Swatching

    close up of a speed swatch on circular knitting needle in green wool with bright teal pattern

    Meg demonstrates speed swatching.

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  2. Posted: May 16, 2018
    Categories: News
    Comments: 2
    Tags: latvian braid
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #18 Meg Swansen on Latvian Braid

    Close up of two sweater yokes with knitted braid pattern

    Meg demonstrates latvian braid.

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  3. Posted: February 19, 2018
    Categories: News
    Comments: 8
    Tags: pi shawl, emily ocker's cast on
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #17 Meg Swansen on Casting On for Circular Shawls

    Close up of a drawing in red of cast on loop for circular shawls

    Meg Swansen demonstrates Emily Ocker's Cast On, a method to begin a circular shawl and a video, the Pi Parade, of knitting campers who made Elizabeth Zimmermann's Pi Shawl last summer.

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  4. Posted: January 02, 2018
    Categories: News
    Comments: 4
    Tags: marking stitches
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #16 Meg Swansen on Marking Stitches

    Close up of a coilless pin used for marking stitches

    Meg Swansen demonstrates marking stitches using coilless pins.

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  5. Posted: December 18, 2017
    Categories: News
    Comments: 18
    Tags: sasha dolls
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #15 Meg Swansen on Knitting for Dolls

    Young blonde girl playing with blonde doll, spinning wheel and craft items in background

    Meg Swansen shares a Christmas story about Elizabeth Zimmermann and knitting for dolls.

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  6. Posted: November 16, 2017
    Categories: News
    Comments: 17
    Tags: jogless color knitting
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #14 Meg Swansen on Jogless Color Knitting

    close up of a color knitting pattern chart, hearts or aspen leaf shapes in red on white graph

    Meg Swansen discusses and demonstrates how to avoid the pattern jog in color knitting.

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  7. Posted: October 01, 2017
    Categories: News
    Comments: 18
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #13 Meg Swansen on Unspun Icelandic Wool

    wheels of pink unspun pulled apart from the bun

    Meg demonstrates knitting with Unspun Icelandic wool & breaking a bun into wheels.

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  8. Posted: September 07, 2017
    Categories: News
    Comments: 8
    Tags: cabling
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #12 Meg Swansen on cabling without a needle

    Close up of a twisted stitch/cabled hat, bright blue worn by a young woman with only part of her face showing

    Meg Swansen teaches you how to cable without a needle and discusses cables.

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  9. Posted: May 18, 2017
    Categories: News
    Comments: 1
    Tags: i-cord
    Author: Schoolhouse Press

    Blog #11 Meg Swansen on I-Cord

    Close up drawing of making an I-cord stitch

    Meg Swansen shows the basic I-Cord method and talks about her I-Cord gloves, with Bill!

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  10. 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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