So you have this gorgeous sweater you knitted quite some time ago. You put a lot of thought, time, expense and effort into knitting this, and you don’t want to throw it away, yet it’s just not “you” anymore.
Dawn … Read More ...
Attached I-Cord Tutorial From The Purl Bee
Whitney from The Purl Bee provides an excellent tutorial on the Attached I-Cord.
- Attached I-cords are a great way to finish a knit edge
- They can provide a clean alternative to messy selvedges
- They can help flatten a rolling edge
I Now Pronounce You….. Yarn and Yarn… or How To Join Yarns
We’ve all done it. Don’t even try to deny it. Happily knitting along and
WHAM!! Yarn! Gone!
What to do, what to do. Well, in keeping with the Valentine’s theme this week, we’re going to learn how to marry yarns … Read More ...
Knitting For Speed or Knitting For Pleasure? Both!
What did I find for you today? A free shipping coupon from Annie’s Attic! I personally like free shipping sales, almost better than percentages off.
Just recently became interested in speed knitting. Why? Can’t say, other than that if … Read More ...
Grafting With Ms. Kitchener
I know, I know, you don’t like to sew it together. That’s why you have a whole basket full of UFO’s. Like mine, they’re all just waiting for you to put down the pointy sticks and pick up a sewing … Read More ...
Knitting Stuff Giveaway!
Part of cleaning out my various knitting baskets/boxes/rooms/stashes… involves finding things that I currently have no use for. A lot of these things are new, some slightly used, none will be damaged. They may or may not include books, patterns, … Read More ...
Let The Fur Fly…
While searching for the perfect project to start my 3 pre-teen granddaughters on, Be Still And Knit boldly marched right up and saved me!
Isn’t this too fun? And talk about a stash buster, knit on size 13 needles, it … Read More ...
Spinning!
What goes hand in hand with knitting? Spinning!
I just “got” spinning. I mean, I’ve been spinning my own yarn for awhile now, but just last night I got it. It worked. The hands and feet and wheel all seemed … Read More ...
Vogue Knitting Has A Stitch Library!
Substituting Yarn, or, It’s Supposed To Look Like That!
My current WIP is the Sunrise Circle Jacket from Interweave Press. Apparantly I didn’t do the math real well when I figured that the amount of hand-dyed, one of a kind yarn I bought over a year ago was enough.… Read More ...
Feather and Fan Knit A-Long
Jane Thornley. I first was introduced to Jane’s innovative “free knitting” techniques on Ravelry. She was knitting a beach! Yup! A beach. And not only that, there were lots of others knitting beaches too! Hmmm. Fascinating. That one I couldn’t … Read More ...
Patterns are Stash Too!
I am a pattern collector. I’ve downloaded every free pattern on the internet at least 3 times. I’ve classified them, filed them, drooled over them, and promised all of them that they’d be next. All of them. Yeah, you heard … Read More ...
Entrelac or Not?
Entrelac eh? Hey, being Northern Michigan gal gives me the right to do the Canook thing once in awhile.
Anyway, I ran across this really cool blog, called Men Who Knit. These guys have got it going on! On their … Read More ...
Attention All Sockknitters….
OK. I need some encouragement here. Sock knitting is all the rage, has been for quite awhile. Not one to be left behind, I went to the LYS and found some really cool sock yarn ( I won’t divulge the
… Read More ... Lyrical
Talk about wearing one’s heart on one’s sleeve! Theo Wright not only does that with his AMAZING Fair Isle sweaters– he also, wears lyrics on his chest! This one you see here is a tribute to Richard Thompson’s “1952 Vincent … Read More ...