CRAFT Magazine (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Hot Tea Apparel shows us how to make this cute knitting-themed greeting card using embroidery floss and toothpicks. [ Read this article ] [ Comment on this article ]
Hippyshopper (Free subscription) | yesterday
The idea of donning an item like this in our current heatwave conditions is almost unthinkable, but come October, you'll be dying to get cosy with some comforting wooly wearables.
CRAFT Magazine (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Coco Knits has a tutorial for how to cut rags into knittable strips . You can also use new materials like plain and inexpensive muslin bed sheets from IKEA, like in the picture. via Craft & Found . [ Read this article ] [ Comment on this article ]
martinimade (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Arse Kicking Sweater is too unwieldy to travel with so I worked on my secret project during my quickie trip last week. This is all that remains. I'll show you the whole thing once it has gone to its...
CRAFT Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lion Brand's YarnCraft Podcast has a roundup of 5 free loom-knitting patterns for kids to knit on including these slouchy leggings. [ Read this article ] [ Comment on this article ]
Rose-Kim Knits (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Each year I suffer a bit of culture shock when I get to camp. Northern Wisconsin is a far cry from Seattle. I was looking forward to the fried pickles which sound disgusting but taste so fantastic. I got to try Culver's for the first time. Their sign reads "Frozen Custard ButterBurgers" Once you realize they mean frozen custard and ButterBurgers it sounds a bit better. But what the heck is a
girlie jones (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
(I'm a bit chatty today) So I'm kinda very broke after my trip. I didn't at all adhere to budget and shall be living off instant noodles for a while in order to compensate. Thus, I am devasted to come home and find out that my favourite yarn company in the whole wide world, and several other local planets, has upgraded the website and offers yet *more* stunning colourways *as well as more* yarn varieties....
Rose-Kim Knits (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
I cast on for my Giant Latvian Mitten Cardigan just before I left for camp. I continued on the colorwork once I got there. Then I got that sinking feeling that only comes from twisting the cast on of a sweater with 306 stitches and 6 rounds of painstaking colorwork. No choice here. It's cutting time. Cast on a new steek and keep knitting. I took lots of photos this time around of the
Wendy Knits (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
As I was knitting thew gusset and heel on my Halcyon Sock yesterday, I noticed something going on with the striping that usually does not occur for me. One side: The other side: Usually if I get a pool on one side, there’s no stripe on the other. I think this is very cool. The sock is [...]
Dyed in the Wool (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sorry for the confusion about the stealth pickle. It was my off-the-wall sense of humour evidently falling flat on it’s unfunny face. (Wow, that was more alliterative than I’d intended!) Anyway, somehow, I seem to have been busy in the past week, although I don’t remember anything actually happening. Curious. On with the crafting! Crochet: I can haz [...]
Nah Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Donny’s email: This time I went out to Queens to link up with my dude Homeboy the Sandman. This dude is a great performer (Sidenote: He’s performing at the Knitting Factory this Friday so if your in the city check it out) and a serious MC. He also introduced me to his man Why-G [...]
I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Knotions preview is up! That teenager in the pink lace scarf looks vaguely familiar to me. Hmmmm . . . . Post from: I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can
the blue blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
click for the big version Wee one's bright, bright placket neck sweater dress is taking shape. The neckline ended up a little high, so I'll go back, rip a few rows, and reknit that contrast edging, lowering it about an inch. And I've still got to seam the arms...
S A S H I N K A (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's a lot to be said for topic-specific blogs. Knitting disasters. Personal tales. And now, Cake Wrecks . I especially love the "you too can prevent random quote marking" with the Anber "We will miss" you And there's a blog of unnecessary quotation marks . Of course.
Major Knitter (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today at our Sally Session at Knitting Central we compared our methodology for organizing our notes, graphs, patterns, and swatches. Joan was an event planner which means she's a genius at organizing things. She uses these little portfolio packages to...
