Colorwork construction

I examine 2 catalogue fair isle colorwork sweaters and figure out how to knit them myself.

Friday Finds ~ Something for Everyone

10 new patterns to download from Ravelry.com

Ravelry Finds ~ New Ways to Warm Up

New Ravelry downloadable patterns to help you warm up this October.

Mittens

A week or so ago, the temperatures dipped down far enough at night that we woke up to a world covered in a thin layer of frost.  My first reaction was to smile at the beauty of it, then to yank down the baskets of winter clothes in the closet.  As a knitter and a [...]

I Bet She Knits

I find an illustration of a hank of yarn in a children’s book and assume that the illustrator must be a knitter.

Friday Finds

Friday Finds on Ravelry

New finds for download on Ravelry this week

Introducing French Braid

My September Pattern of the Month pattern is now available to purchase   I’d like to introduce French Braid. French Braid is a semi-circular bag knit with 200 yrds of worsted weight yarn.  It uses a simple cable braid that gradually gets wider as the bag progresses.  This produces a deeply textured fabric that looks [...]

Ravelry Finds

Some of my favorite new deigns found on Ravelry for download.

Rill

I describe how I came to design my latest scarf pattern “Rill”