This is a really fun technique from purl3agony. She made both a pillow cover and a coffee cup cozy using odd balls of yarn and Linen Stitch (which looks so cool done in lots of different colors).
But one big … Read More ...
Patterns, projects and techniques
This is a really fun technique from purl3agony. She made both a pillow cover and a coffee cup cozy using odd balls of yarn and Linen Stitch (which looks so cool done in lots of different colors).
But one big … Read More ...
Eunice is the winner!
I’m doing a major cleanout in my office (again), so I’m uncovering some great books that are older but still super useful that I don’t need but I’m sure someone will want.
A lot of books … Read More ...
Probably the strangest knitting-related news of the week (and this is a week when someone was sentenced to knitting following a road rage incident) is the case of a woman accused of smuggling fake $100 into the United States in … Read More ...
I have to confess I haven’t downloaded Pokemon Go, but it is funny that every time I drive past my neighborhood park there’s a collection of people huddled near the entrance, and it seems like everywhere I go people are … Read More ...
Here’s a fun idea to encourage reading among kids and frog lovers. Toothless Knitter has a pattern (or more of a description of a process, really) for a flat frog bookmark, which, despite its gruesome name, is actually really … Read More ...
I usually save the fun or strange knitting news for Fridays, but this one is so good I had to post it right away.
I’m not entirely sure I understand the reports coming out of Dundee (that’s in Scotland), but … Read More ...
If you have a guy — big or little — who you like to knit for, you probably know it can be frustrating to find sweaters that you want to knit and that they want to wear.… Read More ...
Do you ever browse through Ravelry? I do sometimes, just to see what’s trending and get some ideas for new things I might like to knit.
When I was looking at the trending knitting patterns earlier today I was first … Read More ...
I almost wish my little one (who is about to turn seven!) were a little littler so that I could make her this super cute toddler towel.
The Rub-a-Dub Squeaky Clean Toddler Hooded Towel, designed by Jodi Roush for … Read More ...
I feel like I have seen this list of 25 tips that will improve your knitting from Knitting Om before, but I can’t see anywhere that I have shared it. It’s pretty good so I wanted to post it even … Read More ...
There are lots of memes out there about funny names related to holidays, and Craftsy has developed one for your silly knitter name that is pretty fun.
There are many memes on the internet that play with the idea of … Read More ...
Congratulations to Duane!
First off, let me say that June was spectacularly crazy for me, but things will be getting better after this week. So if you’ve won a giveaway and haven’t received your prize yet, or you’re wondering why … Read More ...
If you’ve ever used a knitting machine designed for home use you know how laborious it can be. You still have to do a lot of the work by hand, such as ribbing, increasing and decreasing, and of course all … Read More ...
Knitting backwards sounds like a cool trick, but it’s more than that. It can actually be quite useful when working entrelac or short rows or even just narrow rows of knitting where you don’t want to have to take the … Read More ...
Yeah, I know, it’s not really fall, but the First Fall issue of Knitty was just released, and it’s big news because the online knitting magazine now has a responsive layout, meaning it automatically resizes whether you’re looking at the … Read More ...