Comments on: Welcome to New Knitters, All Knitters, Male Knitters, and BTW, Try The Portuguese Knitting Style http://knitforbrains.net/portuguese-knitting/welcome-to-my-blog/ Smart Man Knitting Smart Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://knitforbrains.net/portuguese-knitting/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-30 Eric Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:46:42 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=282#comment-30 Excellent photo! Thank you. Yes, it seems that it is done this way clear across the Mediterranean. Probably should have been called Mediterranean knitting, but Andrea Wong didn't know how wide spread it was before she put out her DVDs that gave it the common name in the US of Portuguese Knitting, as she is from Brazil (which was a Portuguese colony). Excellent photo! Thank you. Yes, it seems that it is done this way clear across the Mediterranean. Probably should have been called Mediterranean knitting, but Andrea Wong didn’t know how wide spread it was before she put out her DVDs that gave it the common name in the US of Portuguese Knitting, as she is from Brazil (which was a Portuguese colony).

]]> By: anna http://knitforbrains.net/portuguese-knitting/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-29 anna Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:35:42 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=282#comment-29 Hi, I found out recently Bulgarians also knit this way. There is a picture of 19th century Bulgarian ladies with yarn not around their neck but with yarn pins on the left at flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/surimi/3401422796/ Hi,

I found out recently Bulgarians also knit this way. There is a picture of 19th century Bulgarian ladies with yarn not around their neck but with yarn pins on the left at flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/surimi/3401422796/

]]> By: Terrye Kinch http://knitforbrains.net/portuguese-knitting/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-27 Terrye Kinch Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:00:49 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=282#comment-27 Hi Eric, I just stumbled across your blog this morning, and posted you on my blog! Hope it brings you a few extra clicks. Terrye Knitting Editor http://knitting.craftgossip.com Hi Eric,
I just stumbled across your blog this morning, and posted you on my blog!
Hope it brings you a few extra clicks.

Terrye
Knitting Editor
http://knitting.craftgossip.com

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