I am not what you would call 'a good knitter.' When I took my first knitting lesson, I was a perfectionist: at work (sof ...

I think i'm addicted to knitting sweaters. I love knitting super-simple, quick sweaters - using sumptious yarns in sumptio ...

When the Lornas Laces Oddball Shepherd Sport< ...

I don't know about you, but every once in awhile I get about halfway through a project and then decide that I just don't l ...

As we drift slowly into winter (Feb is just the beginning here in the Sierras) and look back at this past fall, we can't ...

Ok, I admit it - I'm lazy. Of course, that admission is not really a big surprise to anyone who knows me. In fact, I read ...

For the past 2 months or so, I've been working steadily (read: slowly) on my

It's true - I really do learn something new every day!!

As some of you might remember (since some of you were ther ...

Dropping a stitch from time to time is pretty much inevitable. Despite our best attempts to keep them all on the needles, ...

Have you ever had two sets of stitches, for example at the shoulder of a sweater, that you wanted to bind off and attach t ...

In last month's newsletter I gave directions for casting on your hat using a circular needle, joining it to work in the ro ...

More often than not, it's 9pm Sunday evening when I decide to embark on a new project. I've got a pretty good needle stash ...

I'm not sure what's happening in the world lately, but it feels like I learn of another friend's pregnancy every week! As ...

More often than not, it's the end of the day when I decide on a project and I don't have time to wind the yarn at the stor ...

With the increasing popularity of self striping and multi-colored yarns, I've been on the lookout for unusual patterns tha ...

Decreasing on a Knit Row

Ever wonder how you start knitting a hat at the bottom, but end up with fewer stit ...

Knitting Backwards? I had never heard of such a thing! Our resident knitting guru Allison told me about this technique w ...

Slip Knots are especially useful for different types of cast-on methods - they help you get started, by getting the first ...

The knitted cast on method is great for those projects that require a ton of stitches (like the Sideways Scarf), because ...

Have you been confused by the concept of gauge? If you could not get the right gauge, do you know whether to go up a needl ...

I-Cords are often created as the handles of bags, or as decorative trim. Although seemingly confusing at first, they are a ...

One of the first sweaters I ever made required that I begin each row with an "edge stitch." Well, suffice it to say that I ...

Every once in awhile, we happen upon an instruction in knitting that makes absolutely no sense, and, no matter how many pl ...

Want to create your own work of art? Have tons of scrap yarn sitting around & you don't know what to do with it? Enter th ...

Have you ever found a pattern that you love, but were unable to find the yarn suggested? What if you simply aren't in love ...