Though patterns are pretty much always written with a specific yarn in mind, sometimes it’s relatively easy to substitute something you have on hand (medium weight wool, for instance, or a 100 percent cotton yarn). But sometimes the yarn is … Read More ...
Free Knitting Pattern: Shoulder Hug
I’m the sort of person who is cold pretty much all the time. It doesn’t matter how hot it is outside, I’ll get a chill as soon as the air conditioning comes on. I live in the South, so everywhere … Read More ...
Woman Knitting at Wimbledon Causes a Stir
All eyes were on center court for the dramatic conclusion of the Wimbledon tennis match in which Andy Murray defeated Marcos Baghdatis in a contest that ran into the night, but the commentators were briefly more interested in a mystery … Read More ...
Share Your Thoughts with Knitting Fever for a Chance to Win a Louisa Harding Book
Knitting Fever, the American distributor of all sorts of great yarns including Debbie Bliss, Noro, Sublime and many more, is celebrating the release of the latest Louisa Harding pattern booklet with a Facebook contest.
Check out the Marguerite booklet… Read More ...
Getting Elemental with Berroco
Have you seen Berroco’s new Elements yarn? This wool/nylon blend is new for fall and hasn’t actually been released yet, but I’m super excited to try it out.
In the slideshow for the Elements pattern booklet, the yarn is … Read More ...
New KAL – Summer Solstice Mystery Shawl KAL from Wendy Johnson!
The shawl is sort of a crescent shape that stays on the shoulders nicely. Knit from fingering weight yarn (expect it to take around 420 yards and it’s better to have a more solid than variegated colorway), it … Read More ...
A New KAL from The Knitters Brewing Company.
The Knitter’s Brewing Company has been doing KALs for a long time, I’ve participated in a few of them myself, for socks. This one is for this really pretty shawl. The Cardioid Shawl
Here’s the description: Cascading hearts set the … Read More ...
Tutorial – Garter Tab Cast On
By Jaala Spiro of Knit Circus, the garter tab cast-on tutorial shows you how to start a garter stitch tab that blends right in with the rest of the border. Use this technique for crescent-shaped shawls beginning at the … Read More ...
Knitting Pattern – Northern Lights Shawl
Isn’t this gorgeous? I just love it. Imagine if you knit it in the jewel pinks/purples, teals, greens… that we associate with the lights. Definitely go to the link below to see different colorways of this pattern. It’s definitely worth … Read More ...
Vogue Spring/Summer 2012 Preview….
Lots of fresh new designs in this newest issue of Vogue.
And, dudes! They have stuff in green. And they also have a whole girly pink thing going on. (Pink seems to be my newest obsession, I’m not sure where … Read More ...
Free Pattern – Norwegian Bunny Headband from Donna Druchunas
This is an awesome introduction to Norwegian Knitting. Knit on circular’s so you don’t have to purl with 2 colors.
I just love this, the bunnies are so cute.
Bunnies mean Easter, and up here, Easter is known for her … Read More ...
Indigo Little Miss Green Jeans!
This has to be one of the CUTEST little girl’s sweater I’ve seen in a long time.
Little Miss Green Jeans. LOL. Too funny, and too cute.
I found this over on the Noble Knits Website, HERE… Read More ...
Petite Purls Winter 2012
The Winter issue of Petite Purls is online and ready to view.
Mittens, shawls, hat socks and arm warmers… all for kids.
Check out this latest issue, HERE… Read More ...
Rustic Lace Scarf
Beautiful Rustic Lace Scarf! This is made from Plymouth’s Haciendo Yarn, a thick and thin creation available in lots of colors.
The scarf would be pretty in almost any color combination, or a tweed.
You can get the Free Lace … Read More ...
Free Pattern – Alpaca Sox Shawl from Classic Elite
From this week’s issue of Classic Elite’s Webletter we find this pretty shawl.
Alpaca Sox yarn, “45 available colors. Alpaca Sox is both incredibly fine and richly textured, with a ply that’s soft and loose, crowned by a delicate … Read More ...