Here’s where you’ll find all kinds of help with your knitting, including Tips & Techniques, Answers to Your Knitting Struggles, Frugal Knitting, General Charity Knitting, and more.
I admit it: intarsia makes me nervous. Ever since I started knitting, I’ve been intimidated by colorwork. I’ve learned to love stripes, and I adore variegated yarn in all its varieties. But certain kinds of colorwork continue to unnerve me. Intarsia remains one of them.
Yes, charity knitting is good for you! Study after study shows that knitting offers important benefits to the knitter. When times get tough and stress comes in buckets, you might feel like knitting is somewhat indulgent. Have you ever thought, “Surely I have better things to do than knit right now?” I admit that I…
You can add stalks of bamboo, ocean ripples, and sets of stairs to your knitting with these easy, delightful stitch patterns! Isn’t it fun to make magic with your knitting? Knitting is already a form of magic, really. You take a pair of sticks, some strands of yarn, wave them around a bit, and poof:…
Are you feeling a little overwhelmed with charity knitting? If so, here’s some help–you don’t have to quit! No matter how much you love charity knitting, it’s possible to get overwhelmed. It happens to me far more often than it should, especially after I’ve been working on this site for any length of time. Suddenly…
Do you love ribbing in your knitting but yearn for something different? Take a look at these fun, simple variations to the basic rib stitch Do you have a favorite type of knit stitch? I happen to have a love for ribbing. I adore any part of knitting that feels magical, and to me, ribbing…
Are you ready for a new cable knitting challenge? Try these fabulous cable variations that are far simpler than they look The first time I saw a photo of a knitting pattern with cables (aka cabled stitches), I felt something close to awe. What must it be like, I wondered, to have such skill with…
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