Thank you toploverbirdfor her generous donation of a project bag to the Gratitude KAL (and to me!) from her Etsy shopThe Ploverbird. Thank you to irocknits for her generous donation of one skein of Artisan Sock in the Chuckanut Drive colorway fromHazel Knits. ...
It feels so good to reach that last row of your knitting project and think – I’m done! But, not so fast. All of those stitches still need to come off the needle, so how do we do that? This process of ending knitting is commonly called binding off or casting off. These are the...
I’m hoping to get a few more things done in April but I’m on track to get rid of that never-ending UFO list by the end of the year. I’m also hopeful that in April I can get back to my usual posting schedule and reading time – fingers crossed! blue sky alpacashat knittingk...
Each interesting episode is accompanied by a lace pattern that Schiffman collected during her fascinating life. The patterns are presented with both row-by-row instruction and in charted form. Projects include towels, handkerchiefs, a sweater, and a christening gown. Lacy Little Knits - Clingy, ...
and I have questions. I’ve been working on three needles over 96 stitches; the cable-and-rib pattern is two sets of 48. So far the two halves of the sock are identical. The instructions now say: Cont even until 64 rows of pat have been completed, ending on a 28th row of Cable ...
Wendy Knits - My Never-Ending Adventures in Yarn by Wendy D. Johnson 8 1/2" x 11" Softcover (224 pages) 2006, Plume Publishing $18.95 Canadian ($15.95 US) In this warm, wise, and witty memoir, Wendy D. Johnson takes a look at her lifelong obsession with "casting on" as she chr...
This was a perfect book to listen to as an audiobook. Engaging characters, well told story, happy ending. Years ago, another biology teacher told me about an octopus that would break out of his tank to go snack on crayfish from another tank in the lab. Yep. They gave been known to do...
and I have questions. I’ve been working on three needles over 96 stitches; the cable-and-rib pattern is two sets of 48. So far the two halves of the sock are identical. The instructions now say: Cont even until 64 rows of pat have been completed, ending on a 28th row of Cable ...
It’s hard to be sad about vacation ending when this is a short jaunt from your front door. It was another one of those trips that teaches you to not give up, to just keep going and deal with whatever comes your way with the best attitude possible. Our family does seem to thrive in...
I have mulled over learning to weave for quite a few years, but always decided against it because warping/dressing a loom, that is, measuring out all the warp threads and putting them on the loom through the correct slots and holes in the correct order without ending up with a massive am...