Tag: knit
a few current projects
Earlier this week, I brought up my current project bin to review and decide what projects were to stay and which were to go. Some of these are personal and some are designing projects. Turns out there were 15 knitting/crochet projects and 3 spindle projects there. There was a surprise — a braid of Happy…
technique tuesday: weaving in ends
I planned to do a nice tutorial about weaving in ends for both knit and crochet this week, using my granny log cabin as my example. Unfortunately mother nature had other plans, a nor’easter has blown through and getting decent photos proved impossible. When I tried again this afternoon because the light seemed better, Shadow…
knit resources
Today I’ll discuss a few of my favourite knitting resources. These aren’t books for learning how to knit, but cover various techniques, garment construction, and stitch dictionaries. Below are several the books and websites I turn to while designing, editing, or just trying something new. Earlier this week I reorganized the bookcases in my office/studio.…
summer plans
My summer knitting plans involve these two yarn cakes of beautiful Corrie Sock by Happy Fuzzy Yarn. What do you think I’m designing? Colourways Verdigris and Sulfur Springs. The yarn is really really lovely. I recently finished the shawl I’d been working on in Corrie Sock Tundra. This is the skein of yarn that was…
knitting in public
This coming week is World Wide Knit in Public Day! (I know. It used to be just on one specific Saturday, but it “now takes place from the second Saturday to the third Sunday of June each year; making it a week long celebration of knitting and other fiber arts”.) I don’t knit in public…
a spring KAL for Ben Weatherstaff’s Friend
Happy May! This month there’s a KAL (knit-a-long) happening over at Ravelry, for my pattern, Ben Weatherstaff’s Friend. While this little robin is a quick knit, I like to keep things low-key. We’re all busy and I’ve fallen behind on many a KAL… so while I’ll post advice weekly, I urge everyone to knit on…