One of the problems that comes when knitting stripes is yarn management. Either you have to cut the yarn, leaving a tail to weave in, every time you change colors, or you have to do something to carry the yarn … Read More ...
Tips for Knitting Your Perfect Sweater
Knitting a sweater for yourself can be a fraught activity. You put so much time and effort (and money) into it, and you want it to be perfect, but often it just isn’t.
Sometimes the sleeves come out way too … Read More ...
An Education in Lace Knitting Stitches
The other day I came across this ebook full of 34 patterns for lace knitting stitches, complete with videos that help explain how to do them.
The Top 34 Lace Knit Stitches ebook from Bromefields is collected from their 100 … Read More ...
Learn New Stitches for the New Year
Vickie Howell from The Knit Show with Vickie Howell wants to inspire you to learn some new knitting and crochet skills this year, and she’s taking to Instagram to do it.
Each day this month the Knit Show Instagram feed… Read More ...
Log Cabin Dishcloth – Free Knitting Pattern
We’ve just about made it to the end of the Knitted Kitchen blog hop. We’ve decided to take off the month of December because doesn’t everyone have enough to do in December?
I decided to make my last contribution the … Read More ...
Hate Kitchener Stitch? Here’s a Way to Avoid it
The other day I shared a post with a mnemonic device to help you remember how to work the Kitchener stitch.
But even when you know how to do it, it is, admittedly, not a lot of fun.
What … Read More ...
Got Kids Who Love Finger Knitting? Try Making a Hat
My daughter is 8, and she and most of her classmates are pretty obsessed with finger knitting right now. They love being able to make something wherever they go, and luckily I’ve donated a lot of yarn to the school … Read More ...
A Funny Way to Remember How to Kitchener
Kitchener stitch is a classic way to close up the toes of socks, and is sometimes used in other knitting projects as well.
But it’s one of those things that we don’t use often enough to always be able to … Read More ...
How to Knit the Warmest Mittens Ever
I’m really a knit glove kind of person. Once I discovered that fingers are not as hard as I’d imagined, I kind of stopped knitting mittens.
But I definitely see their appeal for times like walking outside when you don’t … Read More ...
Learn What to Do with All those Great Gradients
Gradient yarns are having a moment, and with good reason. People love the ease of being able to work from one ball of yarn and have amazing color changes appear before their eyes, or using mini skeins in a range … Read More ...
Get Ready for Football Season with this Great Mosaic Scarf
Mosaic knitting is a really interesting and easy way to get a colorful pattern into your knitting projects.
If you’ve never tried it, check out this fun football mosaic scarf knitting pattern from Sarah Burton. It’s a free download from … Read More ...
Help for Knitting Garments for People with Wider Hips
Knitting patterns have to assume a certain set of sizes are standard, otherwise they’d never get published because we’d spend forever thinking up different variations of body shapes we need to plan for.
Standards are great because they give us … Read More ...
Knitalong Some Great Socks with the Chilly Dog
This looks like a really fun knitalong to help you learn some great sock knitting skills. The Chilly Dog is hosting a Whale Done Sock knitalong during the month of August, and though the fun has already started you can … Read More ...
Five Fun Ways to Finish Your Knit Edges
A relatively easy way to change up a knitting project is to use a different edging. Sometimes there’s a good reason for a particular edge technique to be used, but often you can change it up to make it your … Read More ...
Another Way to Perfect Your Gauge
I know, I know, knitting gauge swatches and getting gauge is a drag, but it’s totally worth it for projects that you really want to fit.
There are lots of tips and tricks you can try to get the right … Read More ...