There’s something about the vibe of a good coffeehouse: relaxing, creative, warm and welcoming. It’s a place where you want to hang out, pull out your knitting and stay a while with a tasty beverage close at hand.
Gain Some Colorwork Skill with the Forage Sweater
I love a good sweater with a little bit of colorwork. Whether it’s a circular yoke or a raglan with colorwork at the top, or even just a sweater with a stripe, adding some color to a sweater makes it … Read More ...
Book Review: Typographic Knitting
Get inspired by knitting letters with a graphic designer’s point of view with the book Typographic Knitting
: From Pixel to Pattern by Rüdgiger Schlömer.
Schlömer is a designer who got interested in the analog presentation of type on knitted … Read More ...
A Sweater that Knits up Like a Cloud
I’m a huge fan of big fluffy sweaters. Because I’m pretty much always cold, they are part of what gets me through winter.
Cloud Chasing from DROPS looks like a great contender for my next cast on, and it’s perfect … Read More ...
Book Review – Modern Baby
SKU# 7484C
Dress that baby in hand-knitted warmth and
Get into Colorwork with this Bright Sweater
If you’re not a knitter who has done a lot of colorwork, the On Repeat pullover from Bernat might look more than a little intimidating.
But would you believe this is a pretty great project for someone new to colorwork?… Read More ...
Add a Jack o’Lantern to a Project for a Bit of Halloween Fun
Admittedly it might be a little late to knit a whole sweater for Halloween unless you’re working on it all the time, but I couldn’t resist sharing the jack o’lantern chart Heidi from Hands Occupied used when she knit her … Read More ...
Bring Some Color (Blocking) to Your Fall Wardrobe
I love Henley style shirts, but I have yet to knit a sweater in this style. Maybe it will move off my knitting bucket list this year.
The Henley-etta Chic Sweater from Red Heart Yarn is a good option for … Read More ...
A Sweater Fit to Get You through an Arctic Winter
The Petite Knitter is a designer who lives on an Arctic island, so she knows what it takes to keep warm in the winter.
I live nowhere near the Arctic, but I’m cold all the time, so I’m totally taking … Read More ...
Stitch a Puffy Sleeved Cardigan (Fade Optional)
Le Pouf is a super cute, simple cardigan with puffy sleeves designed by Beata Jezek of Hedgehog Fibers.
It’s made more interesting by holding two strands of yarn together and working a fade design (instead of striping you change one … Read More ...
Stitch a Sweater with a Spooky Spider Vibe
I’m not really a fan of spiders, but I’m intrigued by the Cobwebs sweater by Megan-Anne Llama.
The design features spider webs on the body and sleeves, with a spider on one sleeve.
It’s worked from the top down and … Read More ...
Book Review: Loopy Mango Knitting
Loopy Mango
has been know for years as a maker of really big yarn and the patterns to match. Owner Oejong Kim has just had published a book of patterns using the company’s yarn that it purports can all be … Read More ...
A Colorful Shawl Full of Fun Knitting Techniques
It’s been on my mind lately to design a shawl with mini skeins or a multicolored yarn with long color runs where each section of color would be worked in a different stitch pattern or technique.
Diane Ugo did something … Read More ...
Tips for Sewing Together a Sweater
The Brown Sheep blog has a great post about how to sew a sweater together that will be helpful if you haven’t pieced a sweater before.
It shows a toddler-sized sweater worked as a front, back and sleeves, and recommends … Read More ...
A Faded Lace Top for the Changing of the Seasons
This time of year is hard for a knitter. Now that it’s at least unofficially and nearly actually fall, we want to knit all the warm, cozy sweaters and fall and winter accessories.
But the weather might not quite have … Read More ...