Hot off the Needles What we are Working on Special Topic, Ravelry The Knitters Book Club We are ready to tell you about the third installment of the Knitters Book Club! Beginning in November and lasting through March 2019, we will read The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. This...
The smaller needle keeps this in check 2. Work a “Braid Stitch" as follows: a. Skip the first stitch, tilt the work forward slightly, knit into the back loop of the second stitch—do not drop the stitch; b. Knit into the front loop of the first stitch...
The yarn used in this swatch is a 2/20 coarse and unevenly spun wool, which leads to the variable moiret-like bleed-through of the fabric colors behind it. The same yarn was then used double-stranded. Some spots were harder to knit than others due to changes in ply quality resulting ...
Row 1: Slip the first st, knit to the end, turn (you are only working on the first set of sts). Row 2: Knit 2 sts, K2tog through the back loops, knit to the end of the row. Work the last 2 rows twice more. Work in garter st until the piece measures 8.5″ (10″/11.5″)...
LoopBullseye Bump in Violets are Blue Episode 12: I Can’t Stop Talking About It Even Though I Have No Idea What I’m Saying 8 Replies Gratitude KAL Running through June 3…Get those projects posted! Remember to tag your projects with “fatsquirrelgratitude” ...
everything with circular Magic Loop needles and I’m using a #7 for this project. The finished basket is supposed to be 5-3/4 inches with a handle to make it 8 inches in height. Check out this link and see if this is something you might like to make – free through August 31, ...
(Which is back to NYC to teach at theVogue Knitting LIVE! event) I also created and pinned thefirst ever arm knitting pinon Pinterest at the end of 2012. You may have seen it floating around. How and why did I learn how to arm knit? Well, Like many other knitters out there I had...
A Bit of Advise: It’s better to watch the whole video and take notes before trying to make the project. This helps to keep your level of anxiety down. You’ll feel more better about making a hat, doll, sock or what ever the item you decide on. You will already know what to expe...
although I am better at it when I purl combination style which means I wrap the working yarn around the right-hand needle the opposite direction which changes the seating of the stitch which means I then have to knit that stitch through the back loop on the next row. (Sorry for that sen...
and my abilities so I went for it. The past month I’ve been working a lot of hours as I get my training in which is why getting back to blog here has been so difficult. I’ve been adjusting to a different schedule, trying to get the kids through the end of their school year, ...