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Oct 11, 2010

Join us in New York at Lion Brand Studio!

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We are going to be at the Lion Brand Studio Store October 14th and 15th. Come and Join us!

On October 14th we are presenting the Knitting Board and the Sock Loom with lots of photos and samples to show how the looms work and what they can create. It should be lots of fun. It includes a book signing and raffle. FREE. If you are interested in coming please RSVP at the Studio Store.

CLASS: On October 15 we will be having a class, teaching Knitting Board basics and working on the Beagle Bag. Limited spaces are left for the class. $55 If interested in attending please call the Lion Brand Studio.

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Events, Latest Patterns

Jun 2, 2010

DVD Projects!

Hi All,

Complete projects/patterns on DVD! This is what is in the works at Knitting Board Co. Many knitters have expressed an interest in this venue of receiving some larger projects. Now, we would love to hear from all of you with your most favorite ideas for these videos. We would appreciate some feedback from everyone.

Check out this list of pattern ideas and let us know which one you would most like to have. Just leave a comment-its that easy to leave your input. Thanks in advance.

Crew Neck Ribbed Sweater, Turtle Neck Ribbed Sweater, Cable Sweater, Willobee Boots, Easy 2 hour projects, Baby Items, Slippers and accessories, or Home Decor.

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About STITCHES, Events

Jan 8, 2010

Knitting Board Basics Book

Hi Everyone,

We are really excited to share our latest creative effort…. It is our new Knitting Board Basics book scheduled to be released in July, 2010. It is being published by St Martins Press and will be available on our website, and is currently ready for pre-sales thru Amazon.com.

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This has been our ongoing project for the past 2 years and now, it is finally nearing completion. We are in the final editing stage and once it goes to press, we will be sharing it with you.

The book itself contains our cumulative knowledge of using the Knitting Board with over 30 patterns, from really simple to more advanced. Our goal in writing the book was to create a tool that was basically A-Z on using the Knitting Board so that all loom knitters could refer back to it as a reference on stitches and sewing techniques.

We want to thank all of you for your support of our products and making the creation of our new book possible. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions as we move forward planning the next edition.

Thank you all!

Kim and Pat Novak

www.knittingboard.com

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Events

Sep 14, 2009

It’s Time for HSN!

Our warehouse will be closed during the week of Sept 15 thru Sept 20 while we travel to St Petersburg, FL for the Home Shopping Network for Craft Day. We will have 2 shows on Sept 17. The first will be at 6:00 am EST and the 2nd at 1:00 pm EST. We hope some of you will join us.

We appreciate everyone’s patience on shipping your products out and filling all orders. We will work really hard on Monday, Sept 21 to get everyone shipped out. Thanks for your patience.

Kim and Pat

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Events

Aug 11, 2009

Delay in shipping orders.

Just to let everyone know that our warehouse will be closed from Saturday Aug 15 thru Sunday, Aug 23. We will not be shipping during this week. We will try to keep your emails answered as we attend to some important business. Your patience is appreciated. Thanks, Pat

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Customer Knits, Events

Jun 15, 2009

Join us for a Loom A Long!

We are having a Loom A Long hosted by Kelly Jones with her fun Butterfly intarsia design. Join Kelly on Wednesday, June 17 as she works with all knitters to create this intarsia Butterfly design. This Wednesday Kelly will be available with lots of helpful hints at knittingboards yahoo group. Just post your questions for Kelly. The pattern is also in the “files” folder at the yahoo group. Here’s the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knittingboards/

Butterfly Intarsia Block

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This butterfly intarsia pattern can be used for a number of different things. You can use it as a wall hanging, afghan block or make a back and sew it together for a pillow. You could even adjust the main color rows to make placemats, or use cotton yarn for a dishcloth or pot holder, or use wool and felt it for a bag front.

I really hope you enjoy knitting this up! Intarsia designs are a great use of “extra” yarn.

Supplies: 18”or 28” small gauge Authentic Knitting Board using 36 pegs, spacers set at ½”.

Yarn: One skein (approximately 400 yards) #3 or #4 weight yarn, single stranded for background color. Small balls of yarn are all you need for the contrasting colors, use double strands for all contrast colors to make it a little fuller.

Stitch: Stockinette cast-on and stitch used throughout.

Finished Size: approximately 10” x 10”

Cast on using main color in stockinette stitch 36 pegs, count cast on row as first row of pattern. Lay anchor yarn.

Row 2-5: stockinette stitch in main color.

Row 6: start with contrast color (double stranded) and place slip knot on peg 17 (top or bottom of board doesn’t matter) work to peg 19 in stockinette stitch. Skip over to peg 25 and continue to 27 in stockinette, turn and work back over remaining contrast color pegs. You’ll place the working yarn across the top of the main color. If you ended with the working yarn on the top of peg 19 you start peg 25 at the bottom of the board (it’ll form an “x” over the main color – see photo). Make sure you leave the yarn a little loose in the “x”, or it will pull the design to the middle on the finished project. Knit off. Lay contrast color 1 down after knitting off and pick up main color. Knit in stockinette stitch skipping over the contrast color one pegs.

Repeat pattern from chart. Make sure you start each row with contrast colors and knit those off before going to the main color.

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When you finish with a contrasting color cut the yarn leaving a 2”-3” tail and lay it across the center, you can tuck some of it under the “x” from the main color to hold it in place. When you finish with contrast color 1 in row 16, cut and “lay-in” tail. Restart color with a slip knot on row 19, peg 9. Make sure slip knot is snug. Continue with pattern from chart.

Bind off and tuck in all tails!

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