Little girls (well, any kids who like to play with dolls, actually) love to have different clothes to put their favorite dolls in and to allow the dolls to change their clothes almost as often as they do. Just like … Read More ...
Free Adorable Vest Pattern from the Sweater Babe
The Sweater Babe’s free knitting pattern this month is an incredibly cute little lace vest.
Worked from the bottom up, it has buttons and a deep scoop neck as well as a pretty leafy lace pattern.
It doesn’t look … Read More ...
Free Pattern for a Breton Striped Hat
There’s something totally summery about the Breton stripe, which was originally designed for the French navy but was taken over by nautically inspired fashionistas for decades.
Kat from Just Crafty Enough took the stripe as her inspiration for the latest … Read More ...
Speaking of Flowers…
Check out this really cute free knitting pattern for a flower pin with a button center from purl3agony.
This is a great, easy way to liven up your wardrobe to get through the last few dreary days before spring takes … Read More ...
More Easter Basket Knitting Patterns
I was a little greedy last week, stealing the spotlight with my adorable knit Easter basket pattern, so I thought I’d even the score a bit this week by sharing some more projects for super cute knit baskets for Easter … Read More ...
Stitch of the Week: Feather and Fan
A few days of warmer weather (followed rapidly by cooler, rainy days) has me in the mood for spring, and for some reason spring knitting means lace to me.
I’m not the kind of girl who’s going to spend months … Read More ...
Adorbale Craftiness for Easter
Now that St. Patrick’s Day is almost done, it’s time to start looking ahead to Easter.
If you want to knit a little something adorable, perhaps a way to keep some candy eggs close at hand through the season, I’ve … Read More ...
Stitch of the Week: Trinity Stitch
Back in the day when my About site was young, I worked a swatch of some common knitting stitch almost weekly. (You can find them in my stitch pattern glossary.) I guess I got busy and had covered so … Read More ...
Knit a Shrug with a Free Class from Creativebug
Creativebug is an online crafty education provider that has video courses on everything from mixed media and embroidery to home decor and knitting, of course.
Classes are available for individual purchase, or a monthly subscription rate gets you access to … Read More ...
A Simple Shawl for Spring
As much as I’m still feeling like winter isn’t really over, even in the south, I’m also longing for some new knit shawls that will take me through spring and summer in style.
The Sweetheart Shawl from Lion Brand Yarn … Read More ...
Stitch Some Shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have time to stitch a little green. I’m loving this collection of shamrock patterns I found on Ravelry (by the way, they just hit 3 million … Read More ...
Spring+Summer Knitty is Here!
It’s Knitty time again, and it looks like the spring+summer issue is bringing us lots of great projects to queue, as usual.
My favorite may well be the colorful Easy as Pie Blanket, perfect for the little kid … Read More ...
Test-Driving a Learn-to-Knit Pattern
Since I’ve been knitting for a long time, I’m probably not the best judge of what patterns are good for learning how to knit. I know the basics are best, of course, but sometimes it takes a beginner to really … Read More ...
Keep Warm with a Wooly Knit Hat
Springtime is tantalizingly close but still relatively far away in at least parts of the top half of the world, but the other side of the globe is getting ready for fall and winter, so pretty much no matter where … Read More ...
Not Lace Knitting, Knitting with Lace
Here’s yet another fun scarf project that uses a material you might not have thought of knitting with before: lace.
Yes, you can make lace with your knitting, but I mean actually knitting with lace fabric. That’s what Mel of … Read More ...