Using the Backside of a Chain – a Better Start in Crochet

Instead of putting your first row in the usual way, flip that base chain over! You’ll have a starting edge to match your finishing edge.

Learning to Knit All Over Again – Using a Knit Sheath

A knit sheath is a tool used to support the right hand needle and all boss knitters back in the day had one. They could knit and walk and carry 50 tonnes of stuff on their back. I’ll never be tough enough to carry 50 tonnes of stuff but I am getting pretty good with a knit sheath.

How to Pick Up and Knit

I’m always playing with yarn but on Sunday’s I turn on the camcorder, play with yarn, and I call it “teaching”! This Sunday let’s do some pick up and knits. I have an easy, one-needle method I want to show you and I explain how to place those pick-ups so that your new edge comes out nice and even.

The Time the Good Fairy Showed up to Finish the Spinning… and how it totally sucked

In this Spinning in Cowgirl Boots the Anti-Spinning Feline Overlord and I are plying two handspun wools and telling the Scottish tale of The Good Housewife who wished that someone would come help her with her spinning. She gets her wish but it does not go the way she had planned.

Crochet Lessons for Knitters

Last week I was trying to convince all the crocheters to take up knitting. This week I’m gonna try to get knitters to take up crochet! If you are a capable knitter, these lessons are for you: the crafter comfortable with needles, who want to try playing around with a hook.

Knitting Lessons for Crocheters

Its the beginning of a new year and its a time when people make resolutions and try new things. I figure I have some readers who are darn fine crocheters […]

How to Crochet Romanian Cord

Romanian cords are great for embellishing a project. Use them as ties, tassels, ornamental braiding, or stitch them into shapes and make whole accessories. And they are EASY.