4 balls of yarn. 34 rows of stitches. That’s all you’ll need to knit a pair of children’s slippers fast! Children’s slippers are a highly sought-after knitting project for charity. Homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and service organizations on the Pine Ridge Reservation all love receiving slippers. But you may have heard that slippers are…
Does the very word “entrelac” intimidate you? Try this pattern to make a simple entrelac square, and you’ll find it easier than you imagined
A little randomness can go a long way towards rearranging random yarn into a stunning random afghan! Over the years, I have amassed an amazing quantity of yarn. Yes, of course I buy yarn (frequently). But I think I may have received gifts of yarn even more frequently than I have purchased it. That is…
Ginny Jovanovich returns to Knitting for Charity with yet another outstanding use for leftover yarn: a little-known knitting technique called helix knitting Ginny Jovanovich, I’m convinced, is a genius with leftover yarn! A few years ago, she sent me a fabulous cluster stitch hat knitting pattern. I published it in a blog post, and it…
Is the way you hold your yarn and needles holding you back? You can increase your knitting speed through a different knitting style
Frustrated by slow knitting? Here’s encouragement and tips for ways to knit faster “I don’t seem to knit fast enough to do all the things I want to do for charity. I mostly do baby things but I want to do for older kids and for adults too. Need more hands and fast ones too.”…
