At times the type of machine available places constraints on materials. One way to use chunky and bulky yarns on standard machines when they do not work with the ground knit on every needle, an option is to use every other needle patterning. A visual comparison of yarn thicknesses for ...
We have been hanging out for hours at a time with the Mother of Cats while she knits and knits and knits on her new sweater. Sigh. She isn’t very frisky at all and she should get up and play with me more… instead she just reads and knits all day. Hannah is cool with that bec...
I might make thoughtful, introspective posts. I might make posts about my life as a wife and mom. I might make posts about vacations/places I travel to. I might talk about what it’s like to be a front end web developer, and even maybe what it’s like to be a female front end w...
Reading this collection was like forest bathing, the photos of Liz’s favorite outdoor places filled with green mountains, blue lakes, red and yellow leaves, gray rocks, white trees, and pink-tinted and fiery sunsets. And yet the photo and haiku that stirred my soul the most was that of ...
(hard to see) small motifs filling problem spaces, worked in black. There are LOTS of mistakes in this. Places I missed a stitch, or substituted the wrong twist or size center flower, but since this is a quick stitch, meant to be worn to death and not a future heirloom of my house...
Vintage Wooden Knitting Needles Here is my guide to the bestplaces to buy yarn. Vintange needles aren’t the only antique craft-related thing you can find on Etsy. You can get supplies for quilting, applique, patchwork, piecing, sewing, embroidery, cross-stitch, and needlepoint. ...
Had a day off from work so ate atTaigunfor lunch – on of my favorite places but not open for lunch on Saturdays. This was one of their lunch combinations, it was good. Not as good as on-the-coast sushi, but good. I really should stick to rolls in the middle of the country. /...
Seaming.The seams are sewn haphazardly, with no attempt to match sides, stitches, or pattern. In some spots, they’re just overcast (in the contrasting color yarn). In others they are back-stitched. In a couple of places, an attempt was made atMattress Stitch, but it was done inside-...
Linda Jackson has beautiful charted design collections for machine knitting, handknitting and needlework atwww.artika.co.uk.Wendy Phillips (UK designer)has lots of great books of punchcard designs. I can't find a web site for her but her booklets are available in lots of places on the ...
Seriously though, with different angles to the familiar places, I thought there for a few minutes we were lost. (not really that would be rather impossible) A glance easterly and I see Mt Diablo in the distance, a good bearing. Then I knew where we were exactly and that there’d be ...