What a fun little trick

26 September, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Two-stitch cables. The smallest little cable possible. Do you really need a cable needle?….Nah. I haven’t posted a YouTube video in eons, but here are 2 short ones that show you how to do them in 1 quick maneuver. One going left (1/1 LC) and the other going right (1/1 RC). And they are fun […]

Keeping up with designers

19 September, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Just like everyone else, I have my favorite designers. I like to see what they’re up to and know when they’ve published a new design on Ravelry. Tonight I thought I’d show you a nifty little trick on just how you can do that! Log into Ravelry and click on the magnifying glass in the […]

Meanderings – the side hustle

24 April, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

We’re all relatively happy in our day jobs, but what brings us real joy is when we’re creating. Only two of us are really making any money with our side hustle – two others wish they could find a way to do that, and another’s just happy doing what he loves to do. Personally, I […]

Meanderings – yoke follow-up

17 February, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

So this is how it all turned out… The issue was horizontal vs. vertical vs. wedge alignment. I was thinking about it all wrong. Because a yoke is circular, thinking about it “linear-ly” doesn’t work. Wrap your head around a wedge, as in pieces of a (circular) pie, and then it works. Right now I’m […]

Meanderings – on yokes

9 December, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Love a good top-down yoke sweater, but how to align all those motifs? This week I got a lesson in vertical alignment. When the yoke for a sweater I designed didn’t look quite right, I went back to the drawing board and discovered that combining motifs is more than just choosing what “looks good” together. […]

meanderings – raglan lines

2 December, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

I love the idea of seamless construction. Wrapping up the knitting and being able to almost instantly wear a garment has definite appeal.. I wouldn’t say I dislike finishing, because I don’t, but it’s definitely not as much fun as knitting. The issue with seamless construction, particularly with a raglan, is that the increasing (for […]

Meanderings – mosaic

25 November, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Playing around yesterday with a cardigan design idea. There’s something about this yarn that always draws me in and I’m wondering if Carol does color cards. I love the idea of mosaic knitting, but it always seems that there’s not that many “new” ones out there. They’ve all been overused. Looking through some of my […]