You know I’ve got baby knitting on the brain since my new book came out, and even though I’ve spent a lot of time in the past year knitting baby things, I might have to knit just one more … Read More ...
Get Out Your Big Needles to Warm Up Quick
Mel at Mellywood’s Mansion lives in Australia, where it’s winter, and a friend asked her for a cowl. She wanted to get it done quickly, so she pulled out her big needles (20 mm, or US 36) and a bit … Read More ...
Enter to Win 30 Days of Cotton Ease
Lion Brand Yarn is doing a 30 Days of Dishcloths promotion right now, which involves showing off its great collection of colorful dishcloth patterns as well as running a contest on Facebook.
The prize is 30 balls of Cotton … Read More ...
Free Knitting Pattern: The Hive Knit Dishcloth
Dishcloths and washcloths are great things to knit throughout the year because they’re really useful, and it’s nice to have made something that you use every day. But they’re especially nice to knit in the summer because cotton yarn is … Read More ...
Happy Birthday Quince & Co.!
It’s the third anniversary of when Quince & Co. opened its virtual doors, and the yarn company is celebrating with a giveaway. This awesome company is super-careful when it comes to how their yarn is made and where it comes … Read More ...
Juniper Moon Farm Starts Digital Downloads
These days we knitters all love instant access to patterns, and Juniper Moon Farm has announced it’s starting to digitize its collection and celebrating with a giveaway.
Eight of the company’s individual patterns are now for sale for instant download, … Read More ...
Debbie Bliss Book Winner
The winner of the Debbie Bliss book is commenter 33, Anne Marie, who says she cools down in summer by using the grill and running the AC. Sounds about like how we do it here!
Congratulations and … Read More ...
Knit Baby Booties in an Hour with Stefanie Japel
Craftsy has started three new You Tube series, including one for knitters all about one hour projects (really). The first one is a pair of super simple but really cute booties from Stefanie Japel.
The video component is two minutes … Read More ...
Knitting Daily TV Back This Weekend
I never remember to set my DVR, but I’m still excited to know that the new season of Knitting Daily TV hits public television starting this weekend. It’s the 11th season of the program, and the last one with Eunny … Read More ...
Knitting Series for Beginners
Abby at Things for Boys has developed a nice series of blog posts on knitting for beginners. This three-part series covers the basic tools, information sources and beginner patterns that you might want to try to get started knitting.… Read More ...
Free Pattern to Get You Ready for Fall
One of Berroco’s new yarns for fall is Abode, a thick and thin merino that has a fun printed effect that almost makes it look like velvet.
It sounds like a wonderful yarn for fall, and if you’re thinking … Read More ...
Free Pattern: Easy Christmas Hat
I for one am not ready to be thinking about the winter holidays, but if you’re the Christmas in July sort, Craftown has a new pattern for a knit hat designed by Melanie Smith that you might want to take … Read More ...
Knit to Flatter Your Body
We’ve all been there: you spend a lot of your time (and some hard-earned money as well) knitting a garment that looks awesome on the model or in the pictures, but when you’re finished it just doesn’t look quite right … Read More ...
Pin of the Week: A Simple Stockinette Sock
As you may know I’ve declared this the Summer of Socks if for no other reason than I need to amuse myself. Over at About I’m sharing patterns, books and techniques for knitting better socks, and I recently came across … Read More ...
Brooklyn Tweed Releases First Men’s Collection
I was really excited to see that Brooklyn Tweed, the knitwear and yarn company founded by Jared Flood, has released its first exclusively menswear collection. Of course Jared knows how hard it can be to find knitting patterns that … Read More ...