Do you love sitting under the christmas tree on christmas morning? Then this Christmas tree beanie pattern is just for you, Capture the moment by sitting under the tree as it sit’s on your head.
Great Project for office friends … Read More ...
Stitch n Bitch Audio Book
Stitch n Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook
by Debbie Stoller, read by the author.
Debbie Stoller comes from a long line of Dutch knitters including her grandmother who is mentioned during the book. What’s an Audio knitting book you ask … Read More ...
Finding Recycled Yarn on the Internet
Picture courtesy of KnitWit site. Have you tried to recycle yarn? Have you bought a sweater at a resale shop and tried to take it apart to reuse the yarn in your project and pulled your hair out in the … Read More ...
Recycling Yarn
Purchasing quality yarns for your project can become costly. Many knitters have become resourceful in obtaining yarn for their projects by purchasing knitted items from thrift stores, yard or tag sales, or estate sales and reusing the yarn.
How do … Read More ...
How to Block
Yesterday I wrote about where knitters block, today I’m giving you websites with tips on how to block.
[tag]Kim Werker[/tag], editor of [tag}Interweave Crochet[/tag], has a great tutorial on [tag]spray blocking[/tag] using a blocking board. Kim is showing how … Read More ...
Where do you Block?
Many knitters do not spend the time to block their finished projects, especially if they knit with [tag]acrylic yarns[/tag]. A nice thing about acrylic is that it’s self-blocking – just toss it into the washer and dryer, and it springs … Read More ...
Blocking – Hate it or love it?
Do you block your projects after you finish them? Have you ever finished a project and hated how it looked? Then this article written by [tag]Jessica Fenlon Thomas[/tag] is for you.
Ms. Thomas explains in an article at [tag]knitty.com[/tag] how … Read More ...
TECHknitting
[tag]Techknittin[/tag] – That is the title of a new-to-me blog that I’m checking out. This site has amazing information and [tag]techniques[/tag] – everything from [tag]long tail cast on[/tag] to a how-to-on [tag]two or more color knitting[/tag]. The explanations … Read More ...
Frogging 101
Finding this article was like saving my sanity. I never figured out a good way to rip out rows of stitches and maintain my sanity.
[tag]Techniques with Theresa[/tag] came to my rescue! I never would have thought to pick up … Read More ...
Animated Knitting Techniques
Stuck on understanding a [tag]knitting[/tag] term and just can’t understand the printed words? You need to visit the [tag]Knitting Techniques[/tag] site. The visuals on the pages make it all come together.… Read More ...
Knitting Tutorial – Joining Yarn
Do you hate to join a new color or new ball of yarn and tie a knot in your project? Jean Greenhowe Designs offers you an alternative. [tag]Joining yarn[/tag] with this method involves piercing the yarn with a darning needle … Read More ...
Thinking beyond the Pattern
If a pattern specifies a particular [tag]yarn[/tag], then that’s the yarn you have to use, right? Of course not!
This article written by [tag]Jenna Wilson[/tag] helps to take you beyond the yarn label law of [tag]gauge[/tag]. You can … Read More ...
Knitting Lace 101
Have you tried to knit [tag]lace[/tag] yet? I haven’t either, I’m afraid to try to keep my place in the pattern, I might get lost and spend most of my time frogging, LOL
But, I did find this bit of … Read More ...
It’s all about Gauge
In this post of 2/19 [tag]Marnie Maclean [/tag]writes about gauge. Not important you say? Well, would you build a house that needs to be 20 blocks wide, but not determine the width of the block? Do you buy … Read More ...
Googling Yarn Shops
I spent this past weekend [tag]googling[/tag] for [tag]yarn shops[/tag] on the internet. Do you know how many shops have a presence on the web? The result of this search was 1,280,000 hits – almost 1.3 million pages that mentioned “yarn … Read More ...