Knitting Daily is a how-to program on public television that brings yarn and fiber center stage. The half-hour magazine format show offers instruction for a wide variety of yarn crafts—from knitting and crochet to stitching, felting, spinning, and weaving—and guide viewers in learning to make fun yet stylish knitwear garments and accessories. Hosted by the charming and talented Eunny Jang, a knitter since the age 3 and the editor of the internationally-successful Interweave Knits magazine, the show features as frequent guests crochet expert and designer Kristin Omdahl and America’s favorite stitcher Shay Pendray.
Details
LENGTH: 78 x 30 Minutes
FORMAT: How-to Series
CAMERA: Seasons 1 -3 SD 4:3; Seasons 4 – 6 available in 16:9 widescreen
INTERNATIONAL TRACK: Yes
TEXTLESS: Yes
CLOSED CAPTIONS: Yes
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2008 – 2010
RELEASE YEAR: 2010
PRODUCER: KS, Inc. Productions
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
RIGHTS TERRITORY: Worldwide exclusive of Canada
Each episode of Knitting Daily also invites industry experts and renowned designers from North America and Europe as guests to offer viewers more in-depth technique tutorials and creative ideas for yarn crafts. With the tag line “Make Time for Yarn Every Day,” the show offers clear and easy how-to instruction for a wide range of skill levels, from beginners to more advanced crafters, and explores all the basic principles of yarn crafts. Each season features more than 30 projects, ranging from accessories like handbags, scarves, hats and mittens to knitwear garments like sweaters, cardigans, and dresses. Directions for the patterns are provided in bite-size tutorials focusing on one or two specific techniques viewers need to know to successfully complete their projects.
The show also regularly invites the knitting and fiber crafts communities to be a part of the program by incorporating segments such as You Asked It, where hosts answer viewers’ questions or You Made It, featuring their handmade creations. Other seasons have special segments such as Getting Started—an introduction to the all the basics of knitting—and Knit-Along, a series of technique lessons focusing on one project over several episodes in a single series, bringing a fun twist to the traditional knitting circle and the concept of the television craft-along.
Knitting Daily is a new generation of multimedia programming which unites the television show to an active online community. KnittingDailyTV.com is the online companion to the TV show. The site features free downloadable patterns from the show, video clips, episode recaps, interactive discussion, viewer ratings’ of patterns, and more.
Sample Episodes
Series 400 (Season 4)
401 Fearless Knit and Crochet
402 Fashion Forward
403 Knit and Purl Magic
404 All in the Finish
405 Natural Fibers
406 Fiber Tech
407 Wild About Wool
408 Crazy for Cotton
409 Creative Scarves
410 New England Knits
411 Think Thin
412 On the Edge
413 Trade Secrets
Series 300 (Season 3)
301 Traditional Cables
302 Babies and Children
303 Make it Reversible
304 All About Alpaca
305 Charity Projects
306 Fun with Color
307 Go Global
308 You’re the Designer
309 Start Spinning
310 Blankets and Afghans
311 Stripes!
312 Gifts for Every Season
313 Eco-Friendly and Green
