I hope this week’s posts have inspired to cast on your own Spring Contours Cowl with the light and lovely Fibra Natura Donnina Merino yarn! I’m so happy to be able to share this simple and sophisticated pattern with you and help you adapt it to a lighter, springier cowl.…
I hope you had a chance to look over yesterday’s post on choosing the right needles and accessories for your knitting, we looked at Knitter’s Pride dreamz, KARBONZ, Nova and the Clover and Knit Picks cable needles too. Choosing wood over metal is important. So you now have everything you…
This week I’m sharing with you my experience in knitting the Contours Cowl I’m knitting using Donnina Fine Superwash Merino Yarn. If you’re looking for your next project the Contours Cowl is a pretty cabled cowl with a lovely twisted rib detail. In upcoming posts there will be details on…
Hello everyone! With most of us at home, we’re all looking for something to knit to keep ourselves sane. This week I’ll share with you the Contours Cowl that I’m making with Donnina Merino Yarn. If you’re looking for your next project, the Contours Cowl is the perfect combination of enough…
Through the week we’ve talked about tips and tricks to knitting with Bella Chenille Big. In yesterday’s post, I gave you tips on what to keep in mind when knitting a wickerwork stitch patter using a big yarn like Bella Chenille Big. For the Mosaic Cowl we need to carry…
The Wickerwork Blanket is the other pattern I chose to knit using Universal Yarn Bella Chenille Big. Have you read my 3 tips on knitting with Bella Chenille Big yarn from yesterday’s post? Sometimes patterns are marked as easy, intermediate, and difficult so you’re able to choose one appropriate to…
Bella Chenille Big is obviously a big yarn, it’s right there in the title. For any extreme size of yarn, there are techniques that can make your knitting experience a relaxing and enjoyable one. First of all the pattern. This yarn is very bulky, but also very soft. This is…
Universal Yarn Mosaic Cowl pattern is a classic slip stitch pattern that’s easy to memorize and knits up incredibly quick. This is the knitted pattern I alluded to in yesterday’s post. With two colors, you can personalize this cowl any way you like. Bella Chenille Big comes in 11 different…
Whenever I see the word chenille, it makes me think of unbelievably soft things. There was a trend a few years ago of Chenille sweaters. They had a very distinct look and were incredibly soft. I was actually wildly jealous because I felt like I was the only one in…
It’s time to share this top-down knit tee pattern with you so you can try knitting it with Lina and Whisper Lace held together. The drape of the resulting fabric is fabulous. I wanted to hold these two yarns together because I felt that I could finish a full sweater…
I’m so excited to share my sweater design where I held together Lina, a linen-cotton blend, and Whisper Lace, a wool-silk blend, both by Fibra Natura. On Tuesday, I reviewed Whisper Lace and yesterday I looked at Lina. Today, I want to show you how the two yarns look together.…
In my quest to find the right two yarns to combine for the sweater I wanted to design for spring or fall evenings, I finally came across Lina by Fibra Natura. Yesterday I reviewed Whisper Lace, also by Fibra Natura, the lace-weight wool and silk blend, but today I want to explore the…
This week I dove into the adventure of knitting with 2 different yarns held together. Yesterday, I shared the beginning of my experiments on using Whisper Lace yarn and Lina by Fibra Natura. In this post, I want to take a step back and highlight the strengths of Whisper Lace yarn. I was looking…
The last time I held yarn double to knit something was years ago, when I had some scrap worsted weight yarns that I wanted to use up by making a pet blanket. I really tried to make the colors match, but that was trickier than I thought. I didn’t like…
This week, I’m knitting with Rozetti Yarns Merino Mist, which sports a shimmer that’s sure to brighten up a dreary winter’s day. Yesterday, I made a long cowl using two-color Brioche to complete the Jay Sweater made previously. Today I’m making a pair of forearm warmers to keep the winter…
Sue Sindrey knits the upper envelope panel for her pillow cover in UNIVERSAL YARN Thula, working staghorn cables with stockinette, then finishing with ribbing for overlap.
Knit honeycomb stitch in the round from the center out for a pillow cover using UNIVERSAL YARN Thula in Delphinium, Sue Sindrey shares m1 increases, and cable repeats.
Explore UNIVERSAL YARN Thula’s shine and stitch definition with honeycomb and cable swatches as Sue Sindrey designs an envelope-style pillow cover, 18-inch square, in Delphinium.
Complete the Cozy Atlas Cardigan with finishing touches like weaving ends, sewing buttons, and blocking. See how Universal Yarn Linear blooms after washing.
Finish the Cozy Atlas Cardigan by knitting roomy sleeves and adding a twisted rib button band. Learn stitch pickup ratios, magic loop tips, and sleeve shaping details.
Watch the Cozy Atlas Cardigan take shape as the back and fronts are knitted with Universal Yarn Linear. Shaping tips, helper yarn tracking, and relaxed body knitting.
Follow along as a cozy winter cardigan begins using Universal Yarn Linear. Pattern selection, swatch blocking, supplies, and project prep before the first stitches.
Discover Universal Yarn Linear, a marled alpaca merino blend perfect for warm lightweight winter knits. Gauge swatching and needle choices to start a cozy project.
Knit a Christmas Tree reversible ornament using UNIVERSAL YARN Uptown DK and Noelle. Learn how to create day and night versions, add overstitching, and frame it in garter stitch.
Create a joyful Holiday Word Art ornament featuring JOY and HO HO HO using UNIVERSAL Uptown DK and Noelle. Learn how to knit inlays, add overstitching, and frame the design.