I guess Mardi Gras isn’t really a big crafting holiday, but at this point I’ll take just about any excuse for a party. I’ve knit a couple of Mardi Gras-themed projects in the past, including a fun knit bead necklace… Read More...

I have a friend who admits to not understanding coffee cup cozies. She says she buys cute mugs so she wants to be able to see them.

She is clearly not a knitter.

I like to knit little cozies for … Read More...

After talking about knitting for spring yesterday, I have to say that cold weather (which I’m sure we’ll still see more of this season) makes me want to knit cozy things for the home. I mean, we’re inside so much … Read More...

Yesterday I mentioned that the easiest way to add an edging onto a knitting project — if it’s not knit as you work the rest of the project, anyway — is to crochet a border. But if you don’t … Read More...

This week is unseasonably warm where I live, so it’s been hard to sit at the computer and share the knitting goodness with you!

But I do have a pattern to share if you’re felling the need for something springy, … Read More...

This month’s free pattern from the Sweater Babe is a wide lace scarf that’s super romantic and pretty.

The Luscious Lace Scarf is regularly $3.5o and it’s free through the end of February, 2014, so go grab it if you’re … Read More...

Sometimes you just want a little extra edging on a knitting project. Sure, you could pick up stitches around the edge of, say, a sweater, and knit a little lace at the bottom.

But it’s a major pain to knit … Read More...

Yesterday we talked in general about how and why to block knitting projects, but there’s one case in which blocking is not optional, and that’s with lace knitting.

If you’ve knit lace before you may remember your first lace project … Read More...

There’s no question that knitters love the Olympics, if for no other reason than that they allow us to sit for hours in front of the television, knitting, in the name of patriotism. But knitting and the Games are connected … Read More...

Since I last wrote about arm knitting it seems like it’s become an even bigger craze. Vickie Howell got kind of obsessed and has figured out how to arm knit and arm crochet and was featured on “The Today Show”… Read More...

I love basketweave knitting patterns. There’s something so simple and yet satisfying about these stitch patterns, and they’re pretty darn warm, too.

The classic is just to knit, say, 4 stitches, then purl 4 stitches across a piece, do that … Read More...

Hello, and welcome to Finishing Month! Another popular New Year’s resolution (after stash busting) was the desire to finish more projects and/or to know how to finish those projects well. This may be a slightly shorter series than the last, … Read More...

If you have yarn that you like but there’s just too much of it for you to knit it all for yourself and those friends and family members who who be grateful (because, let’s face it, not everyone in our … Read More...

If after a month of thinking about stash busting you’ve realized there’s some yarn in your stash that you don’t ever want to knit with, don’t worry. It happens to all of us! (I used to buy grab bags when … Read More...

I have offered you a lot of great ideas this month on how to use bits of stash, big and small. But if you need even more ideas, you might want to check out a book or two on stash … Read More...

I think this is the last big roundup of pattern ideas I’m planning for this month of stash busting, but if there’s something I haven’t covered you’d like to see ideas for, let me know.

Mitts, mittens and gloves are … Read More...

I told you a while back that the official team USA uniforms were being designed by Ralph Lauren and the sweaters and other garments the team will be wearing in the opening ceremony were completely made in America, including using … Read More...