Suzanne - Off the Cuff with Special Guest Frank Jernigan AKA Phrancko.com

Frank is a TKGA Certified Master Hand Knitter and currently serves on the Master Hand Knitting review committee. He has also developed a new style of creating top down garments with "set in sleeves" all in one piece. You will learn more about this in the interview.
Time Stamps:
0:57—Suzanne introduces Frank Jernigan and his website
2:17—the age Frank first learned to knit and when he began his Master Knitting journey
10:02—what was next for Frank after becoming a Master Knitter
12:21—thoughts on knitting for non-knitworthy people
13:58—some of Frank’s original designs
14:47—Frank’s website and how it creates patterns
15:48—a saddle shoulder design of Frank’s
16:25—a cabled pattern saddle shoulder pullover
18:27—the size ranges of Frank’s designs in Cast On
19:51—how to use Frank’s website to create a pattern
23:08—an explanation of Frank’s top-down set in sleeve method and how it differs from Ann Budd’s
29:09—how well Frank’s computer generated pattern worked the first time
30:34—Frank’s plans for attending a Men’s Knitting Retreat
31:10—are shaping adjustments possible at Frank’s website?
32:03—Frank’s “Muscle T-Shirt” with little to no ease
33:59—schematics come with the patterns at Frank’s website
35:42—will the computer generated pattern need to be tech edited?
36:19—is Frank’s method similar to contiguous sleeves?
37:30—will the results be the same with different yarn weights?
39:24—what sizes are available on Frank’s website?
40:50—Frank’s husband wrote a memoir, and where to find it
45:42—topics that Frank wrote about for Cast On
46:47—Frank’s plans for upcoming knitting conferences
48:04—how things have changed tech-wise and at TKGA over the years
50:51—can Frank’s patterns be worked bottom up?
51:33—the youngest Master Knitter? And how many are there?
54:04—Frank shows us several swatches and his design process
58:03—Frank’s Henley collar swatch and what it might become

You can find Frank here:

Ravelry name: Phrancko
Ravelry page:
Facebook: and
Website:
Frank's husband Andrew's book:

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Happy knitting.

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