Dare to Make It: Holiday

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How to Knit a Luxe Neck Warmer

comments (4) October 30th, 2008     

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Tina_Hilton Tina Hilton, contributor
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Yummy yarn combined with an intriguing stitch pattern will keep you warm in style.
Thirty-two unique patterns with great instructions are combined with a large dose of humor.
Knitting requires only the simplest tools to make the most spectacular items.
Yummy yarn combined with an intriguing stitch pattern will keep you warm in style.

Yummy yarn combined with an intriguing stitch pattern will keep you warm in style.

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The feather-and-fan stitch effect looks complicated but is really very simple.

After her successful ownership of Wildfibers yarn shop in Santa Monica, CA, native Kiwi Mel Clark is back home in New Zealand with a new yarn venture, South Seas Knitting. Moving away from the storefront model, Mel will be dividing her creative energies between designing new patterns, writing a new book, hosting knitting retreats, and selling knitting supplies in New Zealand and Australia via her web store.

Quintessential comedic actress and brilliant writer Tracey Ullman is a self-described compulsive knitter. After an acclaimed and award-winning first season of her new series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union on Showtime, she is busily collecting new material for the recently approved second season, which will air in 2009.

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Comments (4)

cjms writes: This is a wonderful neck warmer. I'm thinking about knitting a few to send to our "guys" overseas using a super-wash wool. Do you think this pattern is masculine enough?

Your blog is fantastic. The patterns are well illustrated, with great photos and I love your writing style and sense of humor. Keep it up girlfriend!
Posted: 1:31 pm on January 30th
Tina_Hilton writes: Hi Wabanaki - You do not need to be an expert knitter at all! Pay attention to the first group of row 1-4 and by the 3rd time you repeat those rows you will be very comfortable with the pattern.
Posted: 6:59 pm on January 7th
Wabanaki writes: I am not an expert knitter, but hope to make this pattern over the next few days (during an ice/snow storm).
Posted: 7:52 pm on January 6th
ewephoric writes: can't wait to make this one!
Posted: 7:38 pm on December 4th
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