I’m an old high school English teacher. Well, that is . . . I’m old(ish) and I was a high school and middle school English teacher for a number of years. Thus, I build “lesson plans” rather than demonstrate random, isolated skills. The reason I chose, all those years ago, to design this course was… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Part 1: Introduction
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Your First BOND Sweater-Part 2 Mark the Armholes
This is a quick and easy technique that you can apply to many situations. Any time you need to mark a row in order to attend to it later, think of this.
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 3: Shape Shoulders and Back of Neck
This is a review of the short-row shoulder shaping you saw in “Meet Your BOND,” and it bears repeating. You need 6 to 12 exposures to a new concept, word, and/or skill in order to “own it” as part of your internalized skill set. And this is a plain dandy thing to know. People are… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Part 3: Shape Shoulders and Back of Neck
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 4: Complete Back, then Front to Neckline
This is a quick bit of directions. You’ve already seen the techniques. Now quick! Repeat them in rapid succession to help cement your learning.
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 5: Crew-neck Shaping
For the first time in this series we meet the neck shaping of the front of a sweater. I was on a kick of doing the “Cheap Nordic Skiwear” version of decreases back then. Nowadays I do the non-CNSE (Cheap Nordic Skiwear Effect) version. This is a new combination of skills in the series. Enjoy… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Part 5: Crew-neck Shaping