This week’s stitch pattern is a swatch that I’m going to be using in an upcoming Designer Workshop on Block Island. North Light Fibers is hosting this workshop and they sent this lovely Falkland Island Wool named Atlantic. The stitch pattern is titled Diagonal Furrows and once again, I turned to Reversible Knitting Stitches by… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
I recently knit with Louet Kollage square knitting needles for the first time. I have been designing several spa cloths using two strands of Louet Euroflax linen held together and due to the nature of the linen, I decided to try using the square needles. I am so pleased with the process of knitting with… Continue reading Have you tried Square Knitting Needles?
Have you ever heard of a nostepinne? I had not and I’m amazed. I’ve been knitting and working with yarn since I was a child. As I wrote in my post Adventures of Winding Yarn, up until a month ago, I used 2 water goblets to hold the skein and wound the yarn into a… Continue reading More Adventures Winding Yarn
Having a new skein of yarn is such an exciting event. The color and texture, the possibilities of what I will knit with it. Before the knitting can begin, the skein needs to be wound into a ball. Now one would think that with all the knitting that I do, I would have a… Continue reading Adventures in winding yarn
Today’s knit stitch pattern has been in the works for about a month. It is a variation of the Fancy Chevron stitch pattern that I posted on January 28, 2017. When I knit that swatch, I was fascinated by the seed stitch chevron and knew that I wanted a variation to use in a new… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
I first attended the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 2009 and I’ve been there most years since. This year the weather wasn’t the greatest on Saturday so I went on Sunday for the first time. The weather still wasn’t great although the crowds were smaller and I could roam around a little easier. As… Continue reading Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival 2017
In April 2016, I purchased 5 skeins of Plymouth Yarn Toybox Rainbow yarn while in Florida. Using my Cherish Baby Blanket pattern, I cast on this baby blanket and only knit 5 rows. I picked it up again last summer and knit about a third of the blanket. Then it sat all winter. Three weeks… Continue reading Hello Baby-A Knit Blanket
Thank you to all of you who entered to win the copy of my newest collection of dishcloth dresses. I’m so happy that you like the collection. For all of those that are following my site, I’ll be sending out a special newsletter later this month with a dishcloth dress knitting pattern from my personal… Continue reading Winner of More Dishcloth Dresses Knit Patterns Book
In April 2013, I traveled to Italy for my first visit. In my travels, I discovered 3 yarn shops. This blanket incorporates the yarn that I purchased in a small shop outside of Parma. In this post, I discuss my visit and this yarn find. Here’s Sunrise in Italy The center of each of these… Continue reading Sunrise in Italy Knit Blanket
Leisure Arts has published my new collection of knit dishcloth dress patterns. This collection of 7 dresses each with the newly designed bodice are named for a fun activity that you’d like to do instead of cleaning up the kitchen . These dishcloths are knit with a worsted weight cotton yarn and U.S. Size 7 knitting… Continue reading More Dishcloth Dress Knitting Patterns
