Welcome 2013! I'm celebrating the New Year with a new pattern ~ Cushy Rib Headband. This free pattern is simple to knit, fun to customize, really warm and did I mention free? With just a bit of bulky yarn, and a bit of time, you'll have a...
In my last tutorial I posted about the Japanese Short Row method ~ but that's not the only way to work short rows. In this tutorial we'll review the Wrap & Turn method. When reading a pattern that includes short rows, Wrap & Turn (W&T) is...
Well, I'm a bit late with November's tutorial...
Do you sometimes find that your cast-on is tighter than you like? Or you are knitting a project that needs a really stretchy edge? Consider the "German Twisted Cast-On". You may have also heard of this cast-on as the "Norwegian Cast-On", either name is correct. The...
Have you seen the new special issue of Creative Knitting Fall 2012 - No Sew, Circular & Seamless Knits? This special issue has all kinds of projects to knit using circular needles and/or circular techniques. There are over 50 projects ranging from home decor to sweaters...
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Have you come across patterns that while instructing you to work an increase - don't specify what type of increase? From a designer perspective, unless the overall design is affected by the type of increase, leaving this detail up to the knitter means the knitter...
Well, we've come to the last day of my new web site design celebration...
I had intended to write about a different subject today...
