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Tutorial – Solomon’s Knot / Lover’s Knot
The Solomon’s knot or Lover’s knot stitch (lk) is a fast and easy way to create beautiful, lacy fabrics. The actual stitch is very simple – an extended chain combined with a single crochet. Here’s how you do it: Pull up a working loop to the desired length. If you are following a pattern, it should specify the length. Most…
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Tutorial – Wraps Per Inch (WPI)
I’ve been working on a project using a package of “mill ends” that I picked up over a year ago. For those of you who aren’t familiar, mill end skeins are like remnants. There’s no weight, fiber content, or even brand listed on the package. I’m writing up the pattern for you, but there’s one problem – I need to tell…
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Scrappy Stitchers Link Party #3
The most clicked entry in last week’s link party was the beautiful Rainbow After the Storm Shawlette by the Underground Crafter: Now it’s your turn Remember, any fiber related project you’ve made is fine – it does not have to be your own design and you don’t have to have a blog. You can link up your Ravelry project…
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Free Pattern – Pacific Sunset Mitts
I got a skein of Lion Brand Landscapes yarn in a goodie bag at the Knit and Crochet Show last year. It’s a soft and silky, worsted weight, acrylic yarn. It’s just a little bit fuzzy, so it has a nice, soft “halo” to it when it’s worked up.The lovely yarn does all the work in this basic fingerless mitts…
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Scrappy Stitchers Link Party #2
We had 3 lovely entries in last week’s link party – not bad for the first week, but let’s see if we can get more this week! For now, I’m doing away with the weekly theme idea, so anything (family friendly) goes. First, let’s look at our entries from last week – they were all very close in views, so…
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Pattern Review – Nifty Needle Case by Moogly
I loose my yarn needles all the time. (All. The. Time.) Do you? I know I have dozens of them in this house somewhere, but at the moment can only find 3. So when I saw this new “Nifty Needle Case” pattern by Moogly, I decided I had to have one. I’m happy to say it turned out to be exactly like all…
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Scrappy Stitchers Link Party #1 – Let it snow
Let’s try something new: Join in this link party and show off your beautiful work! This is a trial run, but if it works out well and you like it, I will make it a regular feature. The party will be open from now through Saturday (based on US central time). At the bottom of the post, next to the “add…
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Free Pattern – Plaid Scarf
Last year, at the Knit and Crochet Show, I took a class called “Mad About Plaid” taught by Michelle Hunter of Knit Purl Hunter. She showed us this brilliant way to create a plaid design with a combination of knitting and crochet techniques. Be sure to check out her site for some beautiful patterns, and an extensive library of tutorials. If you ever…
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Pattern Review – Wavy Garden Shawl by Iris Schreier
In the June Yarnbox last year (2014), was the Wavy Garden Shawl pattern by Iris Schreier, and the yarns needed to make it. I’m fairly inexperienced with knitting lace, and this pattern had a lot of things going on that were new to me. I made several mistakes (probably more than I even noticed), but in the end I think…
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Free Pattern – Daydreamer Cardigan
This is the final piece of a 4 piece set, designed to match my Puffy Pinwheel Hat, Striped Booties and Dreaming of Pinwheels blanket. The Anne Geddes Baby yarn by Red Heart quickly became a favorite of mine through these projects, and I hope I have a chance to work with it again soon. It’s soft and squishy, but strong too, and comes…
