Free Patterns, Tutorials and Project Ideas
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Sarah, from Knitting.About.com has a pretty good list about what to get for that special mother/knitter on your list. Topping the list, is of course, yarn! But unless you know your knitter really … Read More ...
The latest in Vogue Knitting’s Stitch Library is Eyelet Tulips. This is a valuable resource, I know I’ve used it a bunch of times. You can view the whole stitch library, here: http://www.vogueknitting.com/node/79
Also, there are tutorials of techniques from … Read More ...
Designed by Ann Budd for the Simple STYLE series, and knit with Allegoro, an organic cotton and linen blend. Elegant and Sporty!
Go here for the free pattern: http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/pdf/AllegoroSimpleTop.pdf
This top features lots of techniques from Simple Style, beginning with … Read More ...
You’ve heard about it, you’ve read about it, now you can join in and receive updates on this really cool project via the Walker Treasury Blog. You can participate too!
Go here: http://thewalkertreasury.wordpress.com/
Here’s the “Clamshell” stitch pattern from the … Read More ...
So, my daughter is in serious trouble. She calls and says, “Go to this yardsale. They have TONS of yarn”, she says. “More yarn than I’ve ever seen in one place, ever!” She recants. “It’s your heaven”, she teases, … Read More ...
Huge leap of faith here! Knitting without a pattern. Or, Knitting The Old Way, as Donna Druchunas author of Ethnic Knitting Exploration says.
Step 1: The Revered Gauge Swatch! Yes, you have to knit a swatch.
From the Knitting Folks at BellaOnline.com comes this article: Making An Afghan Without Buying More Yarn.
When you look around you and see piles, boxes, bags, baskets, or tubs full of yarn many things may strike you other than chaos. … Read More ...
This year’s challenge goal for Cheyenne River Reservation will be 9 pairs of warm, wooly Mittnz. As always, emphasis is on warmth, so wool, superwash wool and other animal fibers are the fiber of first choice. Blends that are heavily … Read More ...
Get A Grip hand balm. Have you tried it? It’s seriously awesome! It’s not really sticky, but it’s “grippy”. Enables you to hold your yarn and needles without slippage and actually knit faster. Yes! It does work! And, as a … Read More ...
What does this mess have to do with knitting? Well, stop by Yummy Yarn’s blog and read about her Periodic Table of Knitting that she’s concocting. Genius! And fun too!
Go here: http://yummyyarn.indus3ous.com/archives/
periodic_table_of_knitting/… Read More ...
Scarves are in! You can make them skinny or fat, lacy or cable-y and in every color of the rainbow. Here’s an easy scarf in a pretty spring green, although, of course, if green isn’t your thing, pink works too! … Read More ...
From Travellers Yarn Blog:
If you have knitted a sweater, tried it on, and it is too short, there is a relatively easy way to fix it. Of course, if the sweater is knitted top down, you can just … Read More ...
We’re going to be part of a blog tour! Donna Druchunas, in promoting her newest book, Ethnic Knitting, Exploration has agreed to stop by on April 23rd. So, in honor of this event, I cast on for yet another project. … Read More ...
A wonderful article from the Knitting Site at Bella Online outlines an easy way to craft a perfectly fitting sweater, even if it’s the first sweater you’ve ever knit!
Marjorie Colletta of Bella Online says:
When you look at … Read More ...
Felt pads! You know the ones I’m talking about. The sticky little felt pads they sell all over to protect your floors from your furniture!
How about this…..
All the best dressed furniture is wearing Furniture Socks!
Oh, and if … Read More ...