How to Work the Knit Flower Stitch
I love a quirky stitch pattern - especially one that adds a lot of flair with not-a-lot-of-work. The Knit Flower Stitch creates visual interest and breaks up the lacy mesh…
Fix a Sweater That Slides Off
As an avid knitter of top-down, seamless sweaters, I am acutely aware of their virtues, but also their vulnerabilities. The very thing that makes a seamless sweater so delightful (i.e.…
Can I Take Knitting Needles on a Plane?
For all its virtues, one of my favorite things about knitting is its portability. I spend a lot of time traveling, and being able to take my knitting with me…
3 Tips for Yarn Substitutions
Raise your hand if you always use the yarn the pattern recommends? Anyone? Anyone? Buehler? Yarn can be spendy, and sometimes we need an alternative that fits within our budget.…
Knitting Mistakes Are Part of the Process
I talk about this a lot, but it's one of the most common conversations that happens in my knitting community: knitters will go to almost any length to avoid making…
How To: Stitch Multiples for Knitted Ribbing
Raise your hand if you've ever faced down the knitting math monster and lost. Anyone? You can be cruising along, feeling pretty fly. The end is in sight. You're SO…
What to Do When You Can’t Get Gauge
If you've ever sat down to knit a gauge swatch - and I hope you have - you may be able to relate to the maddening experience of trying to…
How to Block a Sweater
Twenty years ago I knit my first adult sweater. It was a vision in moss stitch, knit in classic, undyed wool. The word "heirloom" hung in the air. But when…
Knit Tips: Sweater Growth
If you've ever blocked a hand-knit sweater and ended up with super long sleeves or more length in the body than you planned for, you've probably had this thought: How…
Attached: Knitting gadgets, and the crafters who love them
There's a certain kind of cable needle I like. It's the one my grandmother gave me when I learned to knit (back in the olden days) and it's still the…
