Well, hellooo everyone! Today, I’m beyond excited to share with you my very first FREE knitting pattern – the Stria Summer Blouse! Ultra chic and modern, this blouse is destined to become a staple in your hand-knit warm weather wardrobe. Its breezy design features a...
Well, hellooo everyone! Today, I’m beyond excited to share with you my very first FREE knitting pattern – the Stria...
Ah, that dreaded dropped stitch. That sinking feeling when you look down at your work and suddenly notice a little straggler has somehow drifted away from the bunch. There’s nothing that can ruffle up the serene flow of your knitting quite like a dropped stitch...
Ah, that dreaded dropped stitch. That sinking feeling when you look down at your work and suddenly notice a little...
Decreasing stitches is a shaping technique that subtracts stitches from a knitted fabric in order to make it more narrow. The majority of decreases you’ll come across in knitting will lean either to the left or to the right. And as it is with increases,...
Decreasing stitches is a shaping technique that subtracts stitches from a knitted fabric in order to make it more narrow....
Increasing is a shaping technique generally used to add stitches to a knitted fabric in order to make it wider. Just as it is with cast-ons and bind-offs, there are options abound when it comes to increases in knitting. Some increases are decorative, while others...
Increasing is a shaping technique generally used to add stitches to a knitted fabric in order to make it wider....
So you went and did the thing – after all those hours, maybe days (or perhaps even weeks!) of hard work, tirelessly knitting away – you’ve finally come to the end of your knitting project (phew!). Give yourself a pat on the back – really...
So you went and did the thing – after all those hours, maybe days (or perhaps even weeks!) of hard...
Understanding how to achieve accurate gauge is easily the most important task we knitters must get a handle on if our desire is to end up with a garment that actually fits (and let’s be real here, who doesn’t want to end up with a...
Understanding how to achieve accurate gauge is easily the most important task we knitters must get a handle on if...
It always amazes me how one simple, unassuming little stitch can bend, stretch, combine, and extend to create such an endless variation of beautifully woven fabrics. Every single stitch you’ll ever see in the world of knitting stems from this one simple stitch – the...
It always amazes me how one simple, unassuming little stitch can bend, stretch, combine, and extend to create such an...
Every knitting project begins with a cast on. Now, what exactly is a cast on, you ask? Well, to put it quite simply – a cast on is the very first set of stitches from which a knitting project grows. There are SO many cast...
Every knitting project begins with a cast on. Now, what exactly is a cast on, you ask? Well, to put...
Picking up stitches is a finishing technique used in both seamless and seamed knitting, although you’ll see it significantly more in the former than in the latter. For example, when knitting a sweater up in pieces (for later seaming), picking up stitches generally occurs primarily...
Picking up stitches is a finishing technique used in both seamless and seamed knitting, although you’ll see it significantly more...
So, you’ve come to the end of your knitting project, bound off the last of your stitches, and are now wondering what on earth to do with all those loose, dangling strands that are keeping your project from looking ‘complete’. Well, you’ve come to the...
So, you’ve come to the end of your knitting project, bound off the last of your stitches, and are now...
Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could just buy a ball of yarn that magically came with unlimited yardage and just grew and grew and grew as to our heart’s content? Sadly, this just isn’t so – sigh. The truth of the matter is, if...
Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could just buy a ball of yarn that magically came with unlimited yardage and...
