Lori is the winner!
If you want to learn how to take control of knitting patterns and make projects that better suit your body type, you should check out Margaret Hubert’s Customize Your Knitting.
The book covers the basics … Read More ...
Patterns, projects and techniques
Lori is the winner!
If you want to learn how to take control of knitting patterns and make projects that better suit your body type, you should check out Margaret Hubert’s Customize Your Knitting.
The book covers the basics … Read More ...
Last week I taught a fiber arts class at my daughter’s school, and one of the students was really taken with arm knitting. She made five or six little scarves (which was great for me, because part of my reason … Read More ...
We all have craft fails from time to time, including and especially in our knitting.
Sometimes the only thing that can make you feel better is remembering that other people have failed at knitting in the past, often spectacularly, and … Read More ...
I’m sure you’ve noticed how the very last stitch of binding off can look a little messy. It’s usually bigger than the others and you can easily tell which end is the end of the bind off for that very … Read More ...
Warm Up America is a fabulous charitable organization that encourages people to knit or crochet and assemble blankets or other items that can be donated locally or given to the national organization to be distributed where they are needed.
But … Read More ...
Andie is the winner.
I’m guessing pretty much every knitter starts out knitting flat, but a lot of knitters never (or at least rarely) look back once they learn how to knit in the round.
Circular knitting is perfect for … Read More ...
Have you heard about the movie Yarn? This documentary by Una Lorenzen made its American debut at SXSW in March and has also had a showing in Newport Beach, Calif.
It’s all about the knitters and crocheters who are keeping … Read More ...
Lest you think we’d forget our cousins to the north (here in America, anyway), I thought it would be good to collect some fun knitting patterns to celebrate Canada Day. Or hockey season. Or any other time you … Read More ...
This is not exactly a knitting tutorial, but it may come in handy for knitters who make kilt hose or other tartan or argyle designs.
Nina at Nina Makes recently bought some kilt hose for her daughter, who has taken … Read More ...
Congratulations, Heidi!
It seems like people are always interested in general knowledge books about knitting. Whether we are new knitters (or knitting hopefuls!) or people who have a lot of knitting skills but want to know if there’s a better … Read More ...
It’s common for knitters and crocheters to say that they don’t like math or that they’re afraid of math, but the intersection of fiber arts and mathematics is actually a really cool place.
For two years now Math for America… Read More ...
One of the things I love about the Arne & Carlos books is the way they are designed. There are so many fun pictures displaying some of their collections and the things that inspired the designs.
Arne & Carlos develop … Read More ...
I’m not much of a Fourth of July knitter (though I did make a few patterns for the holiday over the years for About), but there’s something really fun about the basic combination of red, white and blue. (I also … Read More ...
I love resuing old fabrics and textiles in different projects, and Evelyne from Nemcsok Farms has a great way to use an old sheet for a fun purpose.
She cuts up a twin sized sheet and then knit it with … Read More ...