Berroco has a new yarn, Andean Mist, that’s a blend of suri alpaca and mulberry silk. Just looking at it — not even touching it, which I’m sure is even better — makes you want to knit with it.… Read More...
Knit a Vintage Style Hat with the Sweater Babe
The free Sweater Babe pattern of the month this month is the Vintage Charm One Ball Hat, a cute little lace leaf patterned hat worked with one skein of a super soft chunky 100 percent baby alpaca yarn.
This … Read More...
A Great Lacy Pattern for New Lace Knitters: Feather and Fan
Whenever I talk about lace knitting I always bring up Feather and Fan, a term which is sometimes used interchangeably with Old Shale, though technically they’re different patterns.
Whatever variation of the pattern you use, it combines a series of … Read More...
Scroll Lace Scarf Pattern Free Til 8/31/13
Sometimes on this site I share free patterns that are free for a limited time and then people will come back years later wondering why the link doesn’t work. With that in mind I think I’m going to start putting … Read More...
A Cardigan for People Dreaming of Spring
I don’t know much about the rest of the world, but it seems like most of America anyway can say that it’s been a pretty strange winter. Big storms, often where they shouldn’t be, mild days on the heels of … Read More...
Free Knitting Pattern: Lace Wine Cozy
It’s getting down to the wire for holiday knitting, so now might be the time to start thinking about knitting projects where the knitting is just part of the gift. For example, give a nice bottle of wine or olive … Read More...
Free Pattern: Quilla Stole
Sometimes you just want to knit a nice, easy, pretty project to show off some really great yarn. That’s what blogger Affiknity did with some special hand-dyed mohair she wanted to knit up for a friend who is moving.
The … Read More...