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This issue features 25 knitting patterns with inspiring and informative companion stories that frame the projects in cultural and historical context.
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Enchanted knits will charm every knitter with 27 magical projects inspired by your favorite fairy tales.
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This hat was inspired by two characters. Miss Jane Bennett and Miss Jane Fairfax, as well as Jane Austen herself.
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This stole incorporates four of the basic elements used in Orenburg lace knitting.
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The bag is worked in bright contrasting colors of tapestry wool to make an interesting and stimulating project that is true to Victorian sensibilities.
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Knit the perfect "keeper" of you other crafts tools (great for needlework and sewing essentials).
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Courtney Kelley's gorgeous Vävnaden Handwarmers with bands running vertically, inspired by an early design by Bohus Stickning's founder Emma Jacobsson.
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Because each skein of yarn is generous enough for a pair of socks (depending on sock size), you may have enough yellow yarn to knit two pairs.
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The body of the wrap is a fairly simple geometric lace, which begins as nearly solid fabric in the center and becomes more open toward the borders as sparkly beads trickle in like ice shimmering in sunlight
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For this project, Inna knitted three cowls, using the same pattern for each of the three yarns.
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The finds of excavators in Egypt fed the Victorian appetite for exotic decorative motifs, as seen in this cowl.
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This knitted pin ball pattern is an excellent project for any knitter inspired by Jane Austen and the time in which she lived.
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These gorgeous floral mittens were inspired by the love the people of Lithuania have for flowers.
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As a hybrid between a half-circle shawl and a stole, it can be easily draped over the arms.
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Vicki Square’s delightful socks are based on Kurdish socks purchased by Barb Sobkoviak in a small shop in Northern Iraq.
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This mitten pattern is based on a pair of Sami mittens I saw in Lulea, Sweden, at the Norrbottens Museum.
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Its fitted shape emphasizes the figure, while details on the front resemble a fox's head and the five-strand cable on the back recalls the five tails of a kitsune.
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These women’s-sized, mid-calf socks are knitted from the top (cuff) down in fingering-weight yarn.
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The textured stitch pattern used in these mitts resembles barathea, a woven fabric with a twill weave and pebbled texture.
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This two-piece cap is patterned after linen or silk caps of the Regency era and much earlier eras.
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This blanket is knitted from the center out in bulky yarn, creating a plush and cozy fabric that's machine washable.
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The two scarves shown here are a new spin on edgings. One is a crochet scarf worked from the center out, and the other a knitting pattern worked from the short edge.
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The socks are knit from the cuff down, with contrast color used for the cuffs, heels, and toes.
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Katrina King’s gorgeous shawl, worked in luxurious silk, is a showstopper.
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