Sunday Stitch - Provisional Cast Ons!
Provisional cast ons! They are great for when you know that you’ll be pulling out that cast on out later. Want a link to this post?
Handspinning is not Hard… Except the Vocabulary
What the terms worsted and woolen mean to handspinners.
Sunday Stitch - Testing a Fiber Before You Spin
Before starting a large spinning project, test your fiber to see how it will draft and how it takes the twist.
Sunday Stitch - Making Irish Clones Knots
Irish Clones Knot - A Vintage Crochet Stitch If you’ve been browsing vintage crochet pattern books (like me) and wasting hours looking at old patterns (like me) and not making […]
Sunday Stitch - 4 Ways to Make a Yarn Over in Knitting
If you’re a continental style knitter, the title on this post probably has your scratching your head. That’s cuz it’s not for you, lol. This is for those who knit […]
Sunday Stitch - Knotted Half Double Crochet
I learned a new crochet stitch this week. As I was refreshing myself on vintage crochet terms and getting my references together for writing that post earlier this week, I […]
Vintage Knit Terms Translated
CONTEST ALERT: Get yer Raverly project page up! The first random drawing prize is this Friday. To be eligible, you need to have a vintage project started in ravelry and […]
Sunday Stitch - Double Decreases in Knitting
I’ve been playing around with Double D’s this week! No, not those kind of Double D’s (gutter brain). I mean Double Decrease stitches. You know, in knitting. What kind of […]
Closing up a Gusset Hole
Gusset holes can show up in all sorts of places in your knitting, such as the base of fingers, the sides of heels, and under the arms. There are many […]
Sunday Stitch: How to Make I-cord, plus selvedge and bind off
The “I” is for idiot! I went on an I-cord binge for today’s Sunday Stitch. Included here are three ways to make I-cord: as a cord, as an edge on […]