Episode 1303 – Literary Knits

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This episode of Telly Award-winning Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell is about literary knits. Grab your knitting and your favorite book and cozy up to patterns inspired by Anne of Green Gables and more.

Vickie is wearing the Sugar Grove Shawl by Corrina Ferguson, featured in Knitscene, Spring 2014.

For all the products and patterns featured on this season of Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell, visit our Pinterest boards.

Vickie’s dress compliments of Modcloth.

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How-To:

In this segment, Host Vickie Howell talks with former costume designer Annie Modesitt about knitting in literature.

Download the pattern for Annie Modesitt’s Kensington Lace Mitts, originally published in Jane Austen Knits, 2011.

Sponsored by ModeKnit Yarn.

Space to Space: Travel virtually to the studio of Nikol Lohr, author of Literary Knits. She shares some of her favorite projects, from her old schoolhouse home in rural Kansas.

How-To:

Joanna Johnson, author of Green Gables Knits, shows us some of the creations from her book. Learn how to make dashing, masculine scarf knitting patterns.

Download the pattern for Joanna Johnson’s Gilbert’s Scarf, originally published in Green Gables Knits.

Sponsored by Slate Falls Press.

Tools of the Trade:

On this episode, Tanis showcases books with a knitting theme for all ages:

• Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
• Knitting Yarns by Ann Hood
• The Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parkes
• The Hueys in the New Sweater by Oliver Jeffers
• Adventures in Yarn Farming by Barbara Perry
• Reading Glasses from Patternworks
• Clay Crochet Hooks from lemonadeshop on Etsy

Loose Ends: Vickie Howell wraps up this episode with a cute Daisy Chain crocheted bookmark to help you keep your place.

Sponsored by Yarnspirations.

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