I’ve been working on a project — which I’ll share with you as soon as it’s done! — that is a mostly plain hat with some colorwork. I’d been resistant on working the colorwork section, and once I started … Read More ...
Pin of the Week: Two-at-a-Time Cast On
I know I’m not the only person who pins things on Pinterest and then never looks at them again. (Please tell me I’m not alone in this!) So to help encourage me to look back at those things that I’ve … Read More ...
Video: Ways to Wear a Scarf
I know most of us are still well in cold-weather season, and if you’re like me you probably wear a scarf for most of the day.
This video from Coldwater Creek is actually about wearing cloth scarves, but you can … Read More ...
Quick Knit: Boot Toppers
If you’re still looking for something to stitch up for someone for the holidays or a little treat for yourself now that all your holiday knitting is done, why not whip up some cute boot toppers?
These are little almost … Read More ...
Knit a Quick Ruffle Scarf with Tutorial Help
I’m sure you’ve seen the explosion of novelty yarns in the stores the past couple of years, and one genre of these yarns that is a lot of fun is the ruffle yarn. Red Heart’s Boutique Sashay yarn is … Read More ...
Learn Simple Decreases with Berroco
Berroco Yarns has been adding to its video tutorial section and recently added a video that covers some of the basic decreases commonly used in the company’s (and other people’s) patterns.
The three-minute video covers knit 2 together, knit 2 … Read More ...
How to Draw Your Own Schematics
There are a lot of great free knitting patterns out there, but one failing that some of these patterns have (and I’ll admit, all of mine over at About have this problem) is that they are often lacking in schematics, … Read More ...
Exploring the Options in Colorwork
Deciding which colors go together in your color knitting projects is a really personal choice and a skill that can only be honed through practice. But the good folk at the Knit Picks blog (specifically, Kerin) wanted to explore some … Read More ...
Video: Learn to Purl in English Style
Berroco has been releasing videos presenting the basic knitting stitches in English and Continental style, and they recently released the video teaching purling in the English style.
I grew up knitting English, so I’ve got to say that I … Read More ...
Video: Seaming Garter Stitch
I mention this video I came across the other day only because I need to seam some garter stitch soon and I always seem to forget how to do it because I don’t do it all that often.
This video … Read More ...
Video Tutorial: The Seafoam Stitch
It’s a lot of fun to intentionally drop stitches when you’re knitting. Dropped stitches open up the work without actually increasing or decreasing at all, so it’s a great skill for newer knitters who might be afraid of yarnovers and … Read More ...
Yes You Can Knit at the Beach
Labor Day may mark the unofficial end of summer, but there’s probably still lots of warm weather to be had, and our southern hemisphere friends are looking forward to summer as I type. So there are probably a lot of … Read More ...
Confused about Knitting Needle Options?
There are so many different kinds of knitting needles out there, from circulars, straights and DPNs of different lengths to those made of wood, bamboo, metal, plastic and other materials. How do you know which needle type is right for … Read More ...
Video Tutorial: Continental Knitting
A few weeks ago I shared with you a video from Berroco all about forming the knit stitch in the English style of knitting.
They’ve just released a video on knitting in the continental style, too, so I wanted … Read More ...
Look What She Made: Giant Cabled Rug
Donatella from the Inspiration and Realisation blog (she’s Italian, so that’s not a misspelling!) shared a link with me showing off her excellent gigantic cabled rug.
I love this post because she explains all the things that went wrong … Read More ...