How to Choose the Right Size for Your Cardigan
Choosing your sweater size is a tricky business (especially if you’re new to sweater knitting). It can feel like going on a blind date or taking a road trip with…
Knitting Hacks: Know Your Knitting Speed
You can knit a "time gauge swatch" for your project to get an estimate of how long it will take you - in actual knitting time - to complete it.
4 Reasons to Get Out of Your Knitting Comfort Zone
Have you ever found a pattern you really wanted to make, but when you looked at the description you realized it required an unfamiliar technique... so you didn't go for it?
Knitting for Warm Weather & Seasonal Transitions
Knitting isn't a winter sport. When the calendar marches toward spring, I immediately gravitate to lightweight yarns and transitional projects like this one: Apogean. I love pieces I can layer,…
Knitting Fiascos: This Sweater Had Long Sleeves
Sweater knitters, pull up a chair and prepare to hear a familiar tale. My vision for this design was long sleeves. It's how I imagined it from day one. The…
Knit Better Sweaters – Ease
Have you ever looked at a pattern and struggled to make sense of the ease, or had questions about choosing the right ease to get the results you want? Let's talk…
Knitting Challenges: Sweaters With Buttons
If you knit sweaters, you've likely needed a button or two. Or fourteen. After the time and investment of knitting a sweater by hand, you don't want to throw on…
Olive Knits
PSA: There is yarn on my couch
This is a public service announcement: There is yarn in my house. Not just yarn, but visible yarn. It's where people can see it if they drop by unannounced. Even…
Sweater Knitting: 5 Mistakes Knitters Make
Knitters! We sure love our sweaters, but there are five mistakes I see over and over when I meet with students and customers. I want you to have sweaters that…
On the Go: Knot Another Hat Retreat
Sarah Keller from Knot Another Hat sure knows how to have a party. She's the woman behind the Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, the owner of Knot Another Hat yarn shop in…
