We’re at the beginning of what promises to be a long week of really cold temperatures and several bands of winter weather where I live, which has me thinking of lots of different ways to keep warm and knitted head … Read More ...
Knit Dishcloths to Clean Up Your Holiday Meal
It may be a little late to knit much for the table for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, but you still have time to whip up a dishcloth or two to help you with the cleanup. And I don’t know about you, … Read More ...
Knit a Cute Teapot Cozy for the Holidays
I don’t know exactly why a teapot cozy is a holiday knitting pattern. I like tea all the time! But I guess it does get cold faster when it’s cold out, and this pattern from Red Heart’s 12 Weeks of … Read More ...
Knit a Washcloth for Halloween
It might be getting a little late to knit a Halloween costume, but there’s still plenty of time to knit something festive to decorate or use in your home for the holiday. Themed washcloths or dishcloths are a lot of … Read More ...
60 Quick Baby Blankets Winners
Two winners today; thanks to everyone who commented!
The winners are numbers 66 and 82. Sixty-six is Carol, who said
I love to knit cute little baby sweaters. Blankets are perfect too as every baby needs a “binky”!!
and 82 … Read More ...
Unraveling May Harm Yarn
We’ve all been there. Either you made a big mistake while knitting and need to rip out a bunch of your work (I have a project on timeout right now for this very reason) or you’ve abandoned a project and … Read More ...
Free Baby Cardi Pattern from Debbie Bliss
I saw on Facebook that Debbie Bliss was giving away the pattern for her Garter Stitch Matinee Jacket as part of Throwback Thursday. I don’t know if that means it’s just free today or if it will be up until … Read More ...
Knitting Pattern – A Stripy Dishcloth with Heart
I love patterns that are simple but take things up a notch to make them a little more interesting to knit and to use. This pattern for a knit heart dishcloth might be a little plain worked in a solid … Read More ...
Knitting Dishcloth Pattern – Summer Flip Flops
The Lily Summer Washcloth Extravaganza is continuing, and there are a few more cuties with a summer theme that you might want to check out (all of these links go directly to PDFs):
I … Read More ...
Knit a Cabbage Patch Doll Hair Hat
Cabbage Patch Dolls — at least the ones I grew up with — had pretty distinctive yarn hair. So it makes sense that people would try to re-create that look with knitting and crochet.
Over at Craft Bits there’s a … Read More ...
A Pretty Capelet for Summer
I’m one of those people who needs a shawl or a sweater handy all year long because air conditioning in the south (even in my own home) is often too much for me to stand. So I’m loving this pretty … 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 ...
Checking out the New Knit Simple
I spent a little time this hot weekend perusing the fall issue of Knit Simple, which got me dreaming of bulky knits, vivid colors and simple but striking designs.
There are so many cute things in this issue, so … Read More ...
Lily’s Washcloth Extravaganza is Back
Last summer Lily (the makers of Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn) did a series of new free washcloth patterns, both knit and crochet, that it promoted throughout the summer.
This time around I got a single email with several different … Read More ...
Pin of the Week: How to Repair Socks
Since I have socks on the brain (and on the needles) lately, I thought I would share this post from Cookie A I came across on Pinterest a couple of weeks ago about repairing socks.
The main downside to … Read More ...