Knitting Daily TV Celebrates 10 Seasons

It’s not quite a 10 year anniversary, but the good people at Knitting Daily TV have just released the tenth season of that series, which delves into knitting and crochet techniques, fiber education and more.

I have to admit to being more than a few seasons behind, but I know that all the shows I’ve watched through the years have been a lot of fun and I have learned from them.

This season has 13 episodes, which include getting started segments from Eunny Jang, editor of Interweave Knits; as well as yarn spotlight segments from fiber guru Clara Parkes. She’ll teach everyone things like the difference between handpainted and handdyed yarns and explore fun fibers like possum.

The season is available on DVD for preorder (to ship later this month) and includes two never-before-seen segments: one on brioche knitting and one on a crocheted provisional cast on. In all there’s nearly six hours of video that will help you increase your skills and make time for yarn every day. Congratulations, ladies!

Next Pattern:

Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

Another Way to Use Up All Your Sock Yarn Scraps

Gather Your Scraps for a Fun Wrap

A Scrappy Shawl Knitting Pattern to Use All Your Odd Balls

Use All Your Yarn Scraps on This Great Cardigan Knitting Pattern

Comments

tiny.pl says
October 5, 2013 at 8:44 pm
Hello, I think your website might bbe having brwser compatibility
issues. When I look at your blog in Firefox, it looks fine but whnen
opening in Internet Explorer, itt haas some overlapping.
I just wannted to give you a qjick heads up! Other thern that,
amazing blog!
my blog post: hosting (tiny.pl)

Next Pattern:

Comments

Have you read?

Leave a Reply