Whether they call them UFOs (UnFinished Objects) or not almost every knitter has at least one of these. A project started with the best intentions and then for whatever reason, they put it down. I’m pretty good about only starting one project at a time and forcing myself to finish […]
Babies, babies, babies, seems like there are a lot of weddings and babies around me lately. What better reason to design a new baby blanket pattern than for an expectant friend? Hearts are a common pattern element for knitting since they are easily broken down into a geometric pattern that […]
I’ve been knitting for five or so years now, I taught myself how to knit from a book as a way to pass the long hours I was commuting. When you’re on a train for 2.5 hour each way there’s not enough movies/tv/books to keep you from getting bored. Well […]
When designing my next pattern (a baby blanket for another coworker) I was looking for the “best” way to knit left slanting decreases. Left slanting decreases are stitches that reduce the stitch count from the previous row while appearing to lean the stitches to the left, the most common being […]
One of the few pattern books I own is Knitting 24/7 by Veronik Avery. I typically pick up pattern books and only like one or two things out of the whole book, but in this case I love almost every pattern in the book. I’ve made quite a few things (like […]
Well now that the holidays have come and gone I can finally blog about the things I’ve been working on for the last few months. The piece I’m most proud of is the capelette I designed for my mother’s gift. She loved it! My mom is an avid crocheter and […]
There are a lot of baby blanket patterns out there. Most of them are knit on the diagonal. I don’t typically do that kind of pattern, but after my last project (see my Wedding Chuppah post for more detail) I wanted something quick and simple for the baby blanket I […]
When I first started knitting i bought a lot of stuff. It’s a common problem for new knitters, we get excited, don’t know what we need but we want everything so we go a little crazy. I decided that I was no longer going to buy books that had just […]
For my second attempt at “pattern hacking” I wanted to make a skirt. But I didn’t like any of the patterns I found on the web so I decided to try to make one up myself. I had heard that “School Products Yarn” in NYC had great great prices on […]
My first attempt at “hacking” a knitting pattern was inspired by this pattern at Purl Bee. Personally I’m not a big fan of clothing tight around my neck so I increased the number of repeats and made an awesome scarf that wrapped 2-3x around. I used a hand dyed merino […]
