Mar
21
A few days of warmer weather (followed rapidly by cooler, rainy days) has me in the mood for spring, and for some reason spring knitting means lace to me.
I’m not the kind of girl who’s going to spend months …
Mar
19
This week’s favorite from the vaults of my knitting board on Pinterest is a post from Tricksy Knitter on how to knit ruffles. As you can see from the picture there are tons of different ways to add a …
Mar
15
Now that St. Patrick’s Day is almost done, it’s time to start looking ahead to Easter.
If you want to knit a little something adorable, perhaps a way to keep some candy eggs close at hand through the season, I’ve …
Mar
14
Back in the day when my About site was young, I worked a swatch of some common knitting stitch almost weekly. (You can find them in my stitch pattern glossary.) I guess I got busy and had covered so …
Mar
12
Creativebug is an online crafty education provider that has video courses on everything from mixed media and embroidery to home decor and knitting, of course.
Classes are available for individual purchase, or a monthly subscription rate gets you access to …
Mar
11
As much as I’m still feeling like winter isn’t really over, even in the south, I’m also longing for some new knit shawls that will take me through spring and summer in style.
The Sweetheart Shawl from Lion Brand Yarn …
Mar
10
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have time to stitch a little green. I’m loving this collection of shamrock patterns I found on Ravelry (by the way, they just hit 3 million …
Mar
7
It’s Knitty time again, and it looks like the spring+summer issue is bringing us lots of great projects to queue, as usual.
My favorite may well be the colorful Easy as Pie Blanket, perfect for the little kid …
Mar
5
Since I’ve been knitting for a long time, I’m probably not the best judge of what patterns are good for learning how to knit. I know the basics are best, of course, but sometimes it takes a beginner to really …
Mar
4
Springtime is tantalizingly close but still relatively far away in at least parts of the top half of the world, but the other side of the globe is getting ready for fall and winter, so pretty much no matter where …
Mar
1
Here’s yet another fun scarf project that uses a material you might not have thought of knitting with before: lace.
Yes, you can make lace with your knitting, but I mean actually knitting with lace fabric. That’s what Mel of …
Mar
1
Even though I’m longing for spring, I know that it’s not really going to be here that soon. So it isn’t too late to knit another scarf or two.
Especially when it’s one as pretty as the Vail Light Flurries …
Feb
28
I’m starting to get knitting blogger deja vu, because I really thought I had shared this pretty scarf from Architecture of a Mom before but I’m not seeing it, so we’re going to go with that and if I did …
Feb
28
It seems like everyone where I live has begun the collective rumble calling from spring to just get here, already. We’ll stop complaining about the fact that we haven’t had any real snow just as soon as we get that …
Feb
27
I’m rather obsessed with infinity scarves and cowls right now. Ever since I finished knitting my giant Garter Stitch Cowl earlier this month, I’ve been wearing it almost constantly and have completely neglected my scarves.
If you’re a fan of …









