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Jolie’s recipe for Nicky Epstein’s Knitted Buttercup This is a significant variation of the flower on page 22 of Knitted Flowers (New York: Sixth&Spring Books, 2006). The changes: specified cast on in the round not back and forth with seam centered and straight rather than slanted decreases threaded center rather than bound-off center bead instead of french knot felted instead of not felted Nicky's design is probably easier for the novice knitter to execute, certainly less fussy on the decreases. If you have the book, try both her approach and mine and see what you think. Use size 9mm/US 13 needles Samples made with Cascade 220, color 8555 (black) Yarn held double throughout Each flower uses about 6-7 grams/13¼-15½ yards Makes a 7-petal flower Flower is worked in the round on double-pointed needles, two-circulars, or a magic loop. Special techniques: dec 5 into 1 (worked over a group of 5 stitches)= slip first stitch knitwise, slip second stitch knitwise, knit third stitch (...

For those of you wondering why there hasn't been more on this blog, it's because there's been a lot over on the Atlanta Knitting Guild blog. Since starting a guild blog was my idea, and since I was president, the first around 130 posts are mostly mine. Hey, if you aren't willing to put in the work, don't make the suggestion. I'm very happy as I head into my sabbatical to be handing the blogging off to the new board. It will be good to get more voices and other perspectives. I also hope my personal neglected blog here will get the attention it deserves from me. So what have I been doing? Or what has Atlanta Knitting Guild been doing that would make me devote so much time and energy? Check out this post , from photographer extraordinaire Alexis Xenakis. And watch the videos here . I enjoyed watching the other guild members in these videos, as they said some truly beautiful things. It was a privilege to lead this group this particular year. In the 24-year...