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Technique – Plying With Beads

April 7, 2010 by Terrye

In Spin Off’s new e-newsletter,  there is an article on plying with beads. Interesting, not because I need another hobby, but it’s just something that never occured to me. Spin your yarn, thread some beads on one of the singles … Read More ...

Rules For Caring For Summer Yarns…

April 1, 2010 by Terrye

 

This is taken directly from Handknitting.com’s newsletter, here: http://www.handknitting.com . Be sure to sign up, lots of good stuff!

  • If your yarn is a natural fiber, you should be able to avoid dry cleaning completely if you want, because all
… Read More ...

Ratty Old T-Shirts. They’re Not Just Swiffer Covers Anymore!

March 24, 2010 by Terrye

Stephanie, over at Glampyre Knits has a video tutorial on how to cut a tshirt and turn it into yarn. She’s also got an online class to teach you how to do this, finer points of the process and what … Read More ...

How To: Long Stripes In Your Hand Dyed Yarns.

March 24, 2010 by Terrye

Apparantly it’s pretty easy to do this. Apparantly dyeing yarn is easy no matter what label you give it, something I’ve only dabbled with. It’s a time thing. Other things take priority, like breathing, and knitting. But if you ever … Read More ...

Tutorial: Scarf Using Lana Grossa’s Gnocchi Yarn

March 24, 2010 by Terrye

From Jimmy Beans Wool and also, Lana Grossa, we have this video showing how to cast on and knit with this unusual yarn. The yarn comes in many colors, which you can see here: http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitting/yarn/LanaGrossa/Gnocchi.asp?gclid=CMjXg93Q0aACFcvV5wodxXCyzw

and the video (as well … Read More ...

How To: Lifelines

March 18, 2010 by Terrye

No, they’re not a life saving device. Well, wait a minute, maybe they are. If you’ve spent 64 years knitting a lace shawl and lose count and have to rip it all out, this very well may be what pushes … Read More ...

Shaping Technique

February 26, 2010 by Terrye

On Berroco’s excellent blog, today is a post on Managing Shaping. Shaping on both sides of a garment, simultaneously, is easy with these techniques!

Go here to read the whole post: http://blog.berroco.com/2010/02/23/at-the-same-time/

Thanks Berroco!… Read More ...

Want A New Project?

February 6, 2010 by Terrye

Stumbling around Flickr, as I’ve been known to do, I came across this. It’s called Free Form Knitting, and there’s a whole Flickr group devoted to it. To me it almost looks like the whole of the Eurasian/African Continents, but … Read More ...

3 Needle Bind Off – Knitting Technique

January 25, 2010 by Terrye

Two needle bind offs are a technique used to bind off stitches when finishing a knitting project. There are two types of two needle bind offs: the three needle bind off and Elizabeth Zimmermann’s easy bind off.

Three needle bind … Read More ...

Reversible Knit Stitch

January 17, 2010 by Terrye

knitThis is just a multiple of 6 stitches plus 3, and looks like columns on both sides.

Just knit 3, p 3, here’s the deets!

http://www.examiner.com:80/x-6152-Boston-Knitting-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Reversible-knit-stitch-pattern–Alternating-threes… Read More ...

Knitting Tips For 2010

December 31, 2009 by Terrye

Twenty Ten! Sounds funny doesn’t it? Although it does have a nice way of rolling off the tongue, I’m still not ready for it, Never am but the New Year arrives anyway. New Year’s resolutions go unmade (from 2009!) yet … Read More ...

Growing A Better Knitter Part 2

December 4, 2009 by Terrye

Double Knitting! Have you tried it? Success? Fail? Or other?

youtubeOne of my favorite blogs, Fugue State Knits has listed 3 of Twist Collective’s YouTube videos to help you learn this fascinating technique. Me? Yes I’ve tried it, but that … Read More ...

Growing A Better Knitter….

December 4, 2009 by Terrye

daniSo one of my daughters decided she wanted this, from Nashua Handknits, City Streets Pattern Book from the Autumn 2008, Winter 2009 collection, but, and here’s the kicker, she wanted a cardigan, not a pullover.

How hard can it … Read More ...

Another Amazing Resource

December 1, 2009 by Terrye

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From Knitfinder.com….

What an exciting time to be a knitter! An explosion of publishing and creativity has produced new magazines, designers, and resources, and invigorated the old ones. Ravelry has connected more than 500,000 knitters across the globe, letting them … Read More ...

How To Make Bobbles

November 11, 2009 by Terrye

Bobbles, are cool! And they’re an easy way to add dimension to your knitting. If you’ve ever knit an aran style garment, you’ve probably run smack into these little gems.

Knittinghelp.com has a YouTube video to show you how easy … Read More ...

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