Patterns, projects and techniques
Red Heart has just launched its “12 Weeks of Christmas” celebration, in which they’re promoting a holiday-themed knit and crochet pattern each week up to Christmas.
This week’s is the super cute Holiday Pillow with Stockings, which is exactly … Read More ...
If you’re looking for some knitting for the weekend that will get you into the fall spirit, check out this new free ebook from Knitting Daily. These five cowl patterns give you lots of options for a little warmth … Read More ...
Simple shapes are a great way to use up little bits of yarn left from other knitting projects, and Mel from Mellywood’s Mansion is sharing a project she made with some odd balls: a simple triangular poncho.
Worked from … Read More ...
Here in Arkansas we’re finally getting cool mornings, though the afternoons are still warming up nicely. Over the weekend my daughter went out to get the newspaper and had to bundle in pants and a fleece jacket, then she didn’t … Read More ...
Remember last week when I shared with you a bunch of different knitting patterns using candy corn as inspiration? The reason I had candy corn on the brain was because I was working on my own candy corn themed … Read More ...
I don’t really even like eating candy corn, but I’ve had it on the brain lately since I’ve been working on a really fun project I’ll share with you soon. Candy corn is a great motif for knitting because it’s … Read More ...
Craft Foxes has a great free tutorial on their website right now for a knit elephant toy excerpted from the book Knitted Wild Animals
by Sarah Keen (which is a totally cute book, by the way).
This sweet little guy … Read More ...
This is one of those patterns you almost don’t need a pattern for once you’ve seen it and have the idea in your head. The Team Spirit Headband, designed by Melanie Smith for Craft Foxes, features stripes of two … Read More ...
It’s Friday the 13th, which means it must be time to start thinking about Halloween. Especially if you want to knit something for your Halloween or fall decor, it’s high time you got started. Here are a bunch of great … Read More ...
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 ...
Some people know it’s fall because pumpkin spice everything is available; knitters know it’s fall because the Deep Fall issue of Knitty has been released!
This one is a doozy, with more than 20 patterns for hats, mitts, socks, scarves … Read More ...
I don’t know if you’ve been following the series over on About with knitting lessons from Creative Knitting magazine editor Kara Gott Warner (if you haven’t, she’s been talking lace, mitered knitting and seed stitch), but those articles … Read More ...
The fiber blogger who goes by the nickname purl3agony has compiled a great list of some of her favorite resources for knitting and crochet online, and it’s a great collection. (Yes, my site at About made the cut, thanks … Read More ...
This cute little hat from Peanut Life Adventures started life as a chemo cap, but you could use the basic pattern for anyone who needs a warmer head, of course.
It’s a really easy roll-brim cap worked in cotton … Read More ...
I’ve been holding on to this one for a little while (sorry, Kat!) waiting for it to get a little cooler, but you know what? If pumpkin spice everything is appearing everywhere already I guess we can officially start planning … Read More ...
