Knitters #5 Fall/Winter 1986

Be Your Own Designer

Articles

A revivified Past:Twentieth century fashions inspired by ethnic garments.
American Designers: Three designers, three knitters, three ways to make a living by designing knits.
Both Sides of a stitch: Answers to questions on fulled knitting and miters.
Rags to riches: Knitting with fabric strips.
The conversion factor: Simple math converts any pattern to your gauge.
Big and bold: The Cowichcn style, A North American tradition in spinning and knitting
RAG TRADE: Picture Postcard : A picture postcard poncho becomes a Museum piece, with a
lot of help from its friends.
Mitten books: How many ways can you knit a mitten? Lots.

Patterns

• No-sweat sweatshirt : No planning, no finishing, no sweat. _ slv, crew neck po
  

• Fulled knitting: Forget all the rules for washing wool, and you are fulling wool –2 mitten pat
  

• SSB cardigan-Slipped stitches band this cardigan with a vibrant accent.
  

• Cabled Sweater- round yoke crew neck
  

• Fulled blazer-Fulled garter stitch forms this thicker, warmer jacket in the Bavarian style.
  

• Carnival Cable- crew neck po
  

• Overall and underneath- A practical set knit in unfullable wool. – overalls and striped placket po
  

• Be your own designer: Plan your own Ribwarmer w/ the worksheet. You can MK Ribwarmers, too.
  

• Ribwarmer: The original and a few variations it has inspired.