I don’t know if it’s spring or just beginning of the month frustration, but I’m just about sick of all the partially finished knitting projects sitting around my house. So I’ve decided that for the month of April, as much … Read More...
Lace Isn’t Done Until You Block It
Last week I went to a big blogging conference, and I decided that I wanted to be the person who was always wearing a hand knit scarf or shawl. I also happened to be knitting a little lace scarf, so … Read More...
Are You a Crafty College Student? Apply Fast!
I was just cleaning out my e-mail and realized I hadn’t yet shared with you that the application period for the Beans for Brains scholarship from Jimmy Beans Wool closes on Sunday, March 31.
The scholarship, in its fourth year, … Read More...
Sushi Bag Kit Winner
The winner of the One Stick: Two Stick kit to make a felted sushi wallet is commenter number 29, Shawn, who said it looked like a fun project to check out.
I hope you find it so and will share … Read More...
More Easter Basket Knitting Patterns
I was a little greedy last week, stealing the spotlight with my adorable knit Easter basket pattern, so I thought I’d even the score a bit this week by sharing some more projects for super cute knit baskets for Easter … Read More...
Stitch of the Week: Feather and Fan
A few days of warmer weather (followed rapidly by cooler, rainy days) has me in the mood for spring, and for some reason spring knitting means lace to me.
I’m not the kind of girl who’s going to spend months … Read More...
Book Review – Just Like Me Knits by Brandy Fortune
Just Like Me Knits RRP $19.99 by Brandy Fortune from Pixie Purls
If your little princess is into dolls (15-18inch) then the patterns in this book will have her giggling and jumping with glee. These patterns are cute on … Read More...
Pin of the Week: Ways to Knit Ruffles
This week’s favorite from the vaults of my knitting board on Pinterest is a post from Tricksy Knitter on how to knit ruffles. As you can see from the picture there are tons of different ways to add a … Read More...
Adorbale Craftiness for Easter
Now that St. Patrick’s Day is almost done, it’s time to start looking ahead to Easter.
If you want to knit a little something adorable, perhaps a way to keep some candy eggs close at hand through the season, I’ve … Read More...
Stitch of the Week: Trinity Stitch
Back in the day when my About site was young, I worked a swatch of some common knitting stitch almost weekly. (You can find them in my stitch pattern glossary.) I guess I got busy and had covered so … Read More...
Knit a Shrug with a Free Class from Creativebug
Creativebug is an online crafty education provider that has video courses on everything from mixed media and embroidery to home decor and knitting, of course.
Classes are available for individual purchase, or a monthly subscription rate gets you access to … Read More...
A Simple Shawl for Spring
As much as I’m still feeling like winter isn’t really over, even in the south, I’m also longing for some new knit shawls that will take me through spring and summer in style.
The Sweetheart Shawl from Lion Brand Yarn … Read More...
Spring+Summer Knitty is Here!
It’s Knitty time again, and it looks like the spring+summer issue is bringing us lots of great projects to queue, as usual.
My favorite may well be the colorful Easy as Pie Blanket, perfect for the little kid … Read More...
Mitts for Corgi Dog Lovers
Kat at Just Crafty Enough is a prolific knitter (and coming from me, that’s saying something) who is super creative and clearly has a lot of fun with the projects she designs.
When a friend asked for mittens recently, Kat … Read More...
Free “Shrowl” Pattern from Stephen West
Thanks to the WEBS Facebook page, my attention was called to this fun new pattern with a funny name. The Shrowl by Stephen West is so named because it’s a shrug and a cowl.
The piece is worked flat, … Read More...
Share Your Crafting Stories and Be Featured on Lion Brand’s Blog
Lion Brand Yarn debuted a new feature on its blog today: Crafter Stories. They’re user-produced tales about the good things we’ve seen and done thanks to yarn crafting in public.
The first story is about relying on the kindness of … Read More...
Knit a Cute Sweater for a Dog (Camo Optional)
Tracey’s mom (that’s Tracey from Tracey Knits) has an active Portuguese Water Dog puppy, for whom she recently knit a special “sweater.”
This knit dog coat is really more of a cape than a sweater, but either way it’s an … Read More...
Get Ready for Baseball Season with this Inspired Collection
I follow knitwear designer Allyson Dykhuizen on Pinterest, and I happened to notice not too long ago that she was pinning a lot of stuff having to do with vintage baseball uniforms and logo designs. I wondered what she was … Read More...
Quick Knit: Orange Slice Cowl
I happen to be taking part in Iron Craft ’13, a craft challenge put on by the bloggers at Just Crafty Enough. A couple of challenges ago the theme was to create something with the color orange — or … Read More...
A Half Dozen (Or So) Hearts to Knit
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and for some reason I’ve been in denial about that fact. I guess I don’t want to believe we’re already a month and a half into this year!
But the good news is, … Read More...