Irish knitting

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the back of a woman's sweater with text that reads knit celtic cables with 5 irish sweater patterns

From twisting Celtic cables to tweed yarn, check out a few of Craftsy's Irish sweater patterns that pay tribute to Irish knitting.

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three different types of knitting materials on a table

Stick to our New Year's resolution this year: taking up a creative, crafty hobby! Try one of our ideas like knitting, sewing, hand lettering, and more. #crafts #diyideas #easycrafts #marthastewart #hobby #tutorials

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a blue knitted tie sitting on top of a wooden table

Scarves and cables are a fabulous combination! Cables add so much texture and bounce to a plain scarf. I’ve rounded up 10 gorgeous and interesting cable scarves for you to knit and they are all free knitting patterns. But before we get to those, here are three more cable knitting projects for you

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the five knitting styles and how to knit them

Everyone's knitting style is a little different. Whether it's tension, your personal knitting gauge, or the way you wrap your yarn around your fingers. But when it comes to which hand you hold your yarn in, the knitting world is pretty divided. There are five basic knitting styles based on the way the yarn is held and wrapped around the working needle. The names of these styles often are associated with nationalities, like English knitting or Irish Cottage style, but the style you prefer has…

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the different types of sweaters that are used for knitting and other crafting projects

An Irish Symbol The origins of the Aran sweater trace back to the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, and the hand-knitting the islands became known for are said to have been introduced as early as the 17th century. The majority of the island's inhabitants were either farmers or fisherman whose lives were…

I spent much of last weekend doing a photo album for my trip to Ireland in 2016. I recalled being taken with woven woolen shawls that I just learned are called "Galway Shawl." These were worn all over Ireland but perhaps were called "Galway shawls" as they they were shipped to Galway for finishing and distribution...the boat journey from Paisley, Scotland to Dublin would have been shorter... I watched "The Quiet Man" in preparation for this trip. I was pretty appalled at John Wayne's…

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two pictures show the same pattern as they are in this afghan shawl, and one shows

If you love all the needle work, don’t forget to check out all the knit fashions with free patterns. This large rectangular shawl makes use of an innovative circular steeked construction that produces a fringed edge. The complex cables were inspired by the varying weights of Celtic knot interlace often seen in illuminated manuscripts; in the central […]

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