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Why you want to weigh your yarn. How to weigh your yarn. How to find the perfect yarn scale. Plus, why you need coins in your knitting kit.
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The Secret Language of Knitting: A Knitting Dictionary—The Letter B
A Knitting Dictionary—The Letter B is the second in a series of posts that will eventually make up...
The Secret Language of Knitting: A Knitting Dictionary
Trying to find out what a knitting term means? Check out the online knitting dictionary with A to Z answers to “what does this mean?”
Where to Get Yarn and Knitting Supplies During the Covid-19 Lock Downs
As more and more jurisdictions close all physical non-essential businesses due to Covid-19,...
The Secret Language of Knitting: A Knitting Dictionary—The Letter A
A Knitting Dictionary—The Letter A is the first in a series of posts that will eventually make up...
Christmas Carol for Knitters: Finished Size is Based on Your Gauge
It is the holiday season! And no matter what holidays you celebrate or don’t celebrate, you cannot...
Fiber Community Fund: An Interview with Founder Sultan Alrasheed
When I first met Sultan Alrasheed, founder of the Fiber Community Fund and by met, I mean on Zoom,...
Going Postal Wrap: The Story Behind the People
You see a gorgeous pattern, a lovely model rocking the gorgeous knitwear. You click download and...
Want to Knit an Elegant and Warm Cowl?
You want something warm and snuggly. You want something elegant too. AND you don’t want to...
Going Postal Wrap: The Story Behind the Design
This beautiful drapey yarn deserved something special. When I had originally looked at the...
Going Postal Wrap: The Story Behind the Name
This design for this wrap started with the yarn as do so many designs. My delightful introduction...
The Amazing Super Heroes of Great Knitting Patterns!
See who the superheroes of the knit designer and of you. Faster than a slowish knitter. More powerful that typos and errors. Able to ensure accuracy in a single bound. Look! In the knitting chair! It’s a knitter! It’s a hero! It’s . . . read on to find out.
Stop Doing List for Knitters: 9 ways to enjoy your knitting more!
Stop doing things that drain the joy out of knitting. The less we do of these, the more joyful our...
This is Not a Shetland Shawl
This shawl is not a Shetland shawl.
This shawl does not use any mosaic knitting in it
I know, I know.
Why the heck did I call it Shetland Mosaic . . .
The Perfect Yarn for This Gorgeous Lace Shawl
Your gaze sweeps the stark landscape of the Shetland Islands. Beautiful, small Shetland sheep dot the fields, grazing. Being a knitter, instead of sheep, your eyes see potential shawls.
Shetland Knitting: Delicate Lace in a Rugged Landscape
Imagine pulling a whole shawl through an average woman’s wedding ring. Imagine intricate lace unfurling as the shawl is released from the constriction of the ring.
How to Do a Centred Double Decrease on the Purl Side: 4 Variations
Learn to do the centred double decrease on the purl side row with 4 variations!
You Have to Make this with your Yarn Advent Calendar!
Look what I got! Yes, this is Pretty Strings’ amazing yarn advent calendar. When Karin, the...
New yarn: How does it feel? Watch and find out.
Have you ever wondered how your yarn feels? Or perhaps what it gets up to when you are looking? Here is a glimpse into one of the possibilities.
Beautiful Beginnings! An Easy, Super-Stretchy Cast On
A tutorial for a super-stretchy cast on. It is easy to do, strong and sleek (includes description,...
Knit Now: Mod Squares Blanket Pattern!
OK, the title of this post sounds like a directive to knit this Mod Squares Blanket...
Save Time Finishing! Weaving in Ends as You Go on Purl Rows
Weave in the yarn ends as you work to save time and sanity!
2 Color i-Cord Bind Off
This two color bind off finishes off a project that has icord edging sides beautifully!...
Double knitting on a two strand background
See how to go from a marled, two strand garter stitch background into double knit sections and...
Grasker Hat is live on Ravelry!
I am thrilled to announce that the Grasker Hat is live on Raverly. That’s right, you can go to...
So Much Support
In my last post I wrote about the amazing test knitters that helped to make the Grasker Hat...
(Test) Knitters are Awesome People
We all know that knitters in general are amazing people. Almost all the knitters I know are so...
Fall, time to gain weight! Yarn weight, that is!
Summer is a wonderful time to knit with thinner, cooler yarns. I love knitting with fine lace...
Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about the Long Tail Cast On
This video shows how to do the long tail cast on. First is a very quick refresher for those who...
Yarn Basics for New (and not so New) Knitters 1
Yarn comes in an almost infinite variety and making yarn choices can be overwhelming, especially...
Knitting Needles 101
Knitting needles come in a variety of types, sizes and materials. Remember that knitting usually...
Random Lace
Over the last year or so, I have become interested in random lace, that is lace knitted without a...
Whoooooo Hooooooo! Done!
Today, I finished labelling and sorting the 50 scarves for the staff at the retirement home that...
The Best Double-sided Lace Scarf Pattern for Beginners – One Row Lace Scarf 2
Here is the second in the one row lace series of scarf “patterns”. This a basic...
The Best Double-sided Lace Scarf Pattern for Beginners – One-Row Lace Scarf 1
This is the first of a series of super easy lace scarf patterns. Well, the word pattern is a bit...
One-Row Lace Scarf – Free Patterns Coming in December!
December is a time of frantic gift knitting, at least for many of us! During the first part of...
Square cross-section needles
Recently, I purchased some square cross-section needles and I love them. There are two brands...
Making a microskein
Cut a 6 inch (15 cm) piece of heavy card. Wrap the yarn around the card. Slip the wound yarn off...
Recycled Gift Bags
It is that time of year when we have or are in the midst of buying and making gifts for everyone on our list. Then, we take a deep breath of satisfaction for having bought them all, and the wrapping panic begins! Personally, I...
T-shirt Yarn Tutorial: Introduction
Creating yarn from old t-shirts is a great way to give new life to old clothes and to get free...
