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How the Yarn Harlot Led Me Astray--An Unintended Knitting Gauge Experiment

Once upon a time (a week or two ago) when I took a wee knitting break, I saw a video of the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, knitting like the wind. Have you seen it? She tucks a straight knitting needle under her right arm, slides stitches onto it with her left needle held crosswise and flips yarn stitch after stitch like a sewing machine. On speed. Her hands almost blur. [...]

Knitting Gauge--One of These Things Is Not Like The Other

Although these two pair may appear identical, one is very much wrong. How, you say? Same yarn, same needles, same pattern, knit one right after the other two at a time on magic loop. How could they be different? [...]