Laura NelkinDesigner
FingerLakes Region, United States
I live in upstate New York (in the USA), where the sunny season is short, leaving plenty of time to be indoors knitting. Despite holding a degree in apparel design from Cornell University, I took to knitting years ago and I haven't looked back. Currently, I am enamored with lace, beads and unexpected constructions so most of my designs lean in this direction. I travel often to teach these techniques and more at workshops around the country and online with Craftsy. I run two innovative kit clubs, have a line of knitting kits, self-publish patterns, and hold mystery Knit-Alongs twice a year. When I'm not designing or knitting, I'm gardening, whipping up yummy feasts with my family and taking time to play!
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Knitting: Over 10 years
22 Skills
- Cast on & bind off
- Knit and purl stitches
- Simple increase & decrease
- Picking up stitches
- Lace Work
- Knitting in the round
- Turn a heel
- Brioche
- I-cord
- Three needle cast off
- Ribbed
- Short rows
- Garter
- Modular knitting
- Kitchener
- Stocking
- Moebius
- Slipped stitches
- Cables
- Provisional cast on
- Fair Isle
- Steeks
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