Category Archives: Knitting Tips

I want to make a temperature blanket… but won’t I have a million ends to weave in? Maybe! If you just knit across and break off the yarn as you […]

Color is tough, because it’s as much personal preference as anything else. For Harriet’s Hat, Harriet picked out the colors of the Gilbert Bain Hospital and interlaced them through this […]

Now that you’re familiar with how to read a knitting chart, you may want to make some changes to the ones you run across.  In this case, I’m knitting Harriet’s […]

Knitting charts look much like something spit out by a spreadsheet program.  They are a section of a pattern depicted graphically rather than in words, and can be very useful […]

This is written to accompany the Harriet Hat Knitalong, but it will work any time you need to swatch for a project you’re knitting in the round! 1) Cast on […]

I think, on some level, we’re all afraid of swatching because we don’t want to get bad news – namely, that the fabric we’ve just knit isn’t going to give […]

My left hand is in a splint for the next few (2-6!!) weeks for tendinitis.  Once I got over the ‘that means VERY LIMITED knitting!’ and the ‘why is it […]

There are many inspirations for blankets and throws, and even more for scarves – but what if you could record a whole year in one project?  That’s the idea of […]

Our variegated colorways are gorgeous in the skein, even prettier when wound, and absolutely stunning when knit.  Here’s a sample of what each looks like.  Please keep in mind that […]