In case you aren’t a devoted follower of my other knitting website, I wanted to make sure you knew that I recently finished up a series written by Creative Knitting magazine editor Kara Gott Warner all about what goes into … Read More ...
Pin of the Week: Use Twined Knitting for a Neat Stockinette Stitch Edge
A great pin I picked up recently on Pinterest actually points to an old article about that age-old problem of stockinette stitch curl. Sometimes you don’t want a ribbed edge on a sweater or other garment, but that doesn’t mean … Read More ...
Mason-Dixon Winning
Thanks to everyone who commented and shared what they were knitting this week. It’s so fun for me to know what you all are up to!
The winner of Mason-Dixon Knitting is commenter 14, Ann, who says she’s working on … Read More ...
Are You Knitting in Public?
World Wide Knitting in Public Day has expanded through the years from a couple of days to now more than a week. This year’s event celebrating knitting outside the home is taking place from June 8 through the 16 with … Read More ...
An Easy Way to Rip Back Your Knitting
I’m a big fan of using lifelines when knitting lace, but there are times when you need to rip back regular knitting and you might have a bit of paranoia related to having a stitch (or a bunch) drop past … Read More ...
Learn More about Lee Meredith
I love learning about other knitwear designers, where their inspiration comes from and how they work, so I was excited to see this interview with Lee Meredith, aka Leethal, at the Sexy Knitter.
She’s known for her awesome accessories … Read More ...
Enter for a Chance to Win a Royal Baby Kit from Toft Alpaca
British knitwear and fiber company Toft Alpaca has an adorable new line of knitting patterns celebrating the upcoming royal baby. The line includes knit and crocheted crowns and a jump suit, jumper and tank all featuring crowns on the front. … Read More ...
Catching up on Giveaways
May was a super-crazy month in my life, so I’m sorry I wasn’t around here as much as I should have been! I’m now two weeks behind on announcing giveaway winners, so let’s get on with that, shall we?
The … Read More ...
Does Knitting Hurt? Try Yoga
Apparently the heady days of knitting all-nighters are over for at least some of the newer wave of knitters, who are turning to yoga to ease the aches and pains caused by too much knitting. That’s the news according to … Read More ...
Support Your Local Yarn Store, Wherever You Happen to Be
A couple of weekends ago my husband and I went to Kansas City to celebrate our wedding anniversary. While in Overland Park visiting the Penzey’s store (aka, the happiest place on earth) we did a little wandering around the super-cute … Read More ...
Help Weaving in Ends on Lace
Weaving in ends seems like a pretty basic knitting skill, and it is, but sometimes deciding exactly how to weave in ends can be a little tricky. What if, for example, you’ve knit up some lace, and you have to … Read More ...
Meet the New Editors at Interweave Knits and Knitscene
As I told you a few months ago, Eunny Jang, Interweave Knits’ editor since 2007, left the magazine with the summer 2013 issue. Knitscene editor Lisa Shroyer has moved up to edit that magazine, and Amy Palmer has taken … Read More ...
Read, Knit and Hang Out with CraftLit
Do you know about CraftLit? It’s a really fun podcast that’s all about the intersection of crafting and reading. Or, as the show’s tagline puts it “stick a book in your ear” because ” you might want to use … Read More ...
Enter to Win a Year of Craft Daily
Spinning Daily is giving away a free year of access to Interweave’s video on demand service Craft Daily to three lucky winners.
That’s a $200 value and will get you access to hundreds of hours of videos on all sorts … Read More ...
When is Knitting Going to Stop Being a Joke?
This is a little bit mock outrage, but also a lot serious. Guys, when are people going to stop using knitting as a punchline?
You’d think with as many celebrities and young people as knit these days that people would … Read More ...