I’m writing this post to share one of my favorite variegated sock yarn patterns: Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes. This free pattern is absolutely fabulous for hand-painted and variegated…
What’s Better: Wood or Metal Knitting Needles?
A common question I get from new knitters is advice on what type of knitting needles to buy: wood or metal. I strongly recommend that you build up a collection…
Knitting Quick Tip: Picking Up Stitches on Long Edges
I’m working on a cool log cabin style blanket right now that is constructed by knitting a square in the center and then picking up stitches along the edge of…
Do you row out? Or do you knit like a master?
As you know, I’m a huge fan of Craftsy! It’s actually a little sad for me, because I basically have all the classes, so I just wait anxiously for them to…
Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
Gotta try this out on my toe-up socks to fix the serious BO problem! http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall09/FEATjssbo.php
Awesome! Techknitting does it again!
I just ran across this post on TECHknitting about how to avoid that hole at the top of the heel on your sock. This also would have worked out really…
Blocking Delphine
I finished up the back of Delphine and now it’s on the blocking board. I was pleased with how much it stretched out — I think it will be an…
Experimental Swatching
So, we all know my love for swatching for gauge (said with sarcasm), but this morning I was forced to knit a swatch to test out some edge stitches and…
Sore fingers
Last week-ish TECHknitting posted a cool article about how to stop stabbing your right pointer finger with your left needle while you knit (resulting in a very ouchy finger after…
Lace Lifelines
Today’s Knitting Daily has some great tips from putting lifelines in your lace knitting: http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2008/12/05/my-lace-scarf-and-a-free-project.aspx Consider this archived.