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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 simple, open-knit stitch pattern combined…
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 can. Whether you’ve just begun…
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, you’ll find some knitting decreases…
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 nearly invisible. Some lean to…
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 – you deserve it! You…
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 garment that fits?). Sure, you…
