Every time I write a garment pattern, I think a lot about sizing. Not just the number of sizes to offer and the physical/mathematical work of making the pattern for various sizes, but also more generally about the proper size … Read More ...
Free Pattern: Sweater Babe’s Peplum Cardigan
This month’s free pattern from the Sweater Babe is a peplum cardigan worked from the top down with mock cables running down the front and used in belt loops that hold a ribbon belt in place.
The three-quarter sleeves are … Read More ...
Eye Candy: SWTC Saphira
One of the great things about all the knitting-related work I do is that I get to play with a lot of different yarns and work on a lot of different projects. I thought it might be fun for you … Read More ...
Free Patterns: Speaking of Christmas in July
It turns out I’m not the only one thinking about holiday knitting already. Red Heart has a whole section on Christmas in July patterns on their website, which currently includes 12 free patterns for you to choose from.
These patterns … Read More ...
Vogue Knitting Teams with Debbie Macomber to Knit for Charity
Vogue Knitting LIVE has announced a partnership with Debbie Macomber and World Vision’s Knit for Kids to encourage more knitters to knit for charity, particularly at the upcoming VK LIVE event in Chicago this October.
Macomber — the bestselling … Read More ...
Checking out the New Knitscene
Remember yesterday I told you about the Craft Magazines site at Zinio and the fact that Interweave publications were on sale? In the interest of testing out the service I snagged a copy of the fresh-to-the-newsstand fall issue of Knitscene… Read More ...
Check out the Knit Simple Preview
I had read that Vickie Howell is doing another knitalong based on a project of hers in the new Knit Simple, so I went to JoAnn this morning to buy a copy, only to return home to an email saying … 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 ...
Free Knitting Pattern Roundup for Summer
The good folks at Craft Foxes have done some digging so the rest of us don’t have to and have collected a great group of summer knitting patterns for your enjoyment.
All of the patterns are for home decor — … Read More ...
British Knitter Finishes Her Husband’s Sweater, 33 Years Later
I have ignored some unfinished projects for a long time, but Brenda Gilbert may well hold the record for the longest time to complete a knitting project. She started a sweater for her husband John in 1979 while working … 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 ...
Jogless Stripes In The Round – From Knitting Daily and Eunny Jang!
You know how you’re knitting striped socks or a sweater, or stocking and where the round meets, the stripes don’t match up? Well this Youtube video from Interweave is the ticket!
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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 ...