This week’s knit-along post is about gauge and swatching. Gauge is one of the most crucial elements to successful garment knitting. For newer knitters, or knitters who haven’t spent a lot of time knitting things that eventually make it to a body part of a specific size (think a sweater,… read more »
I hope you’ve all been thinking about yarn! I made my final decision. I’ll be knitting my sweater in ivory, and ordered KnitPicks Comfy yarn. It’s mostly pima cotton with a bit of acrylic, and should be perfect for Spring and early Summer wear. In this installment, I just want… read more »
It’s Monday and I’m going to talk a little bit about yarn and supplies for our knit-along! Yarn We know that our pattern, Briar Rose, is knit in fingering weight yarn. In the yarn world, this is pretty thin stuff. I like the below picture from KNITFreedom which really gives… read more »
While we prepare here for what the National Weather Service is calling a “dangerous multifaceted and life threatening winter storm” that’s in theory going to dump anywhere from 12-20″ of snow on us (yikes!), I’m ready to announce the winning pattern for our vintage sweater knit-along. Drumroll please…… With about… read more »
This is the first of probably a few preliminary posts for our vintage sweater knit-along! (Never mind the fact that I’m having to write this twice, since I accidentally deleted my draft that I’d spent hours working on. Oh no, we won’t talk about that since it might incite rage… read more »
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