Donna Druchunas's Blog

Hi Everyone! I'm starting a knitalong for my newest book, Ethnic Knitting Discovery: The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and The Andes.

It's actually a design-a-long because we'll all be designing our own sweaters. In the book, instead of having specific patterns, I have created "recipes" for sweaters, so you choose your own yarn and colors, your own gauge, and you design to your own size. The knitalong will go step by step through the process, beginning with choosing materials and swatching, to selecting and arranging pattern stitches, to sizing, knitting, and finishing. We'll also discuss special techniques that are used for knitting circular sweaters.

We'll be voting on what style of sweater to work on soon, so we have time to order the book and so we can also ask for materials for holiday gifts. The knitting will start in January, after we all recover from the holidays.

You can learn more about the book and see what the sweaters look like here:
http://www.ethnicknitting.com

You can sign up for the knitalong here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ethnicknits/

Would anyone be interested in joining a Ravelry companion group to the knitalong as well?

Donna Druchunas