Besides all the get-started information, she also works the viewer through a miniature sweater so that they can learn increases, decreases, picking up stitches, sewing seams together, and finishing off a sweater. The written pattern for the sweater in included on the video package. This is a...
I really thought the length of the cozy was just right. It was long enough to hold the needles but not so long that it did not fit in my project bag or to allow the needles to move around in the cozy. The snap closures were a little tight but I’m sure they will loosen up with...
The Next Chapter It’s been almost a month since I said “to be continued” on part one of my vacation story. There’s good reason and I will get to that here today, but let me start today by finishing that story of our South Dakota vacation. ...
Today I’m committed to finishing (I hope) myWinter’s Fineryshawl. I’ve gotten almost back to where I had to stop and frog back. I’m purposefully going slowly so that I don’t mess up the stitches so the lace looks good. So far, so good. I’m crossing my fingers and toes ...
into a sweater design in a very detailed and specific way to create a vintage-looking, classicly-styled cropped cardigan with three-quarter length sleeves. A Japanese designer would probably have added additional detail such as bobbles, textural elements or more elaborate finishing to this design....
The moon and the stars weren’t aligned in a way that encouraged finishing? (Let’s go with the last one. That covers a lot of ground for all of us)! Whatever the reason these are the next on the WIP list too be finished. I only have a pair of socks minus nine rounds to go....
I keep finishing projects, looking at the thing that came off my needles, don’t really like what I see, leave the poor thing to be judged in daylight (as I mostly knit in the evening) confirming my dislike the next day and without too much hesitation ripping it back to the yarn form...
Bind Off Row (wrong side): Slip 1, k1, pass first stitch over second, *p1, pass first stitch over, k1, pass first stitch over, repeat from * to last stitch, k1, pass first stitch over. Cut yarn and pull through.FINISHINGWeave in ends and gently wet block.TWISTED FRINGE...
2014 was a huge year of change in the Knit Run, Purl Run household. The number one cause of the blogging break was me taking on near full time credit hours at university as I work towards finishing the degree I started we-won’t-discuss-how-long-ago. Ten credit hours each term in ...
It took me a while to work out the instructions for the grafting were the same as Kitchener stitch which is used for finishing off the toe when knitting socks. That was fine for the stitches at the front and back but there were no instructions for when you are grafting with stitches on...