http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog for modern knitters Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:31:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Phew! I have just finished cataloguing all our colourways. Now you can browse in one easy place for all your custom orders. All our colours are available in all fibres and yarns, and if we don't have a fibre or yarn that you want, we can custom order it for ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2008/04/05/our-colourways/ Yes. We have been busy. Not only with life, but with all things yarny. Here is a taste of some of it. Check out our etsy store for more! Oh, and we have a button on the side for our email updates should you be so inclined to want them. http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2008/04/01/we-have-been-busy/ Karen says: I am not the technological superstar in this loose passel (who am I calling loose?) of pals here. In fact sometimes, before coffee it is all I can do to not keep hitting the capslock button. CAUSE EVERYONE LIKES TO BE YELLED AT ON THE INTERNETS RIGHT? See? How ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2008/02/21/technology-is-hard/ Karen says: Oops. Time has slipped by hasn't it? All three of us have had some major stuff on the go these past few months so I guess time waits for no knitter huh? Between hockey practices, moving, and um.. slacking (but I got the most NaNoBloMo posts done. thats something ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2008/01/30/whoosh/ Karen says: Well possums.. its begun. At least here in Calgary it has. The *it* I'm referring to is the snow. Now it has it's drawbacks, yes'? Like shovelling, scraping your car and the whole wet thing, BUT it also has its advantages too right? Like knitting warm squishy things. Cabled ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2007/10/30/snowy-beginnings/  SALT SPRING WAVES ARE HERE!   Salt Spring Waves socks, pdf pattern available here Gauge: 8 stitches/inch in stockinette stitch. http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2007/10/21/salt-spring-waves/ Karen says: Wow.. October is more than half over. How is your Socktober going? After finishing my Betty Cable socks, I am working on a pair of not quite knee highs out of some really spectacular yarn. I can't wait to show you. I turned the heel of pair two last ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2007/10/18/time-is-flying/ Keep Away Slippers By Karen Harper for Knit Front and Back Felted slippers with needle felted thrums Gauge 4 st/inch with 6mm needles (pre felting) Patons SWS 2 skeins 1 6 mm needle 32 inches long. Approx 30-50 grams of roving. Needle felting needles. Foam to needle felt on. Cast On: CO 9 st with Turkish cast on R1 -Knit 1 ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2007/10/11/keep-away-slippers/ Karen says: So I being late to this game (the sockitude) and also being lazy by nature, I am wondering how everyone else out there looks after these knitted little treasures? I know Morgans philosophy is to jam them into the washer and dryer and fuggedaboudit. Not sure about Dana, I'll ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2007/10/03/drip-dry/ Karen: Anyone who knows us knows we love socks. Some of us caught on later than others (ok ok you were ALL RIGHT ALEADY!), but are doing our best to catch up. We thought Socktoberfest was the perfect time to launch our first free pattern. Its a super snuggly ankle ... http://www.knitfrontandback.com/blog/2007/10/02/socktoberfest-is-here/