Carla A. Canonico

A soft cotton and cashmere blend makes a clever cabled chemo cap. This post covers finding the right needle size and trying a textured dress scarf and an openwork lace panel. It also covers knitting a soft cap with a cable trick that skips row-counting entirely. Meet the yarn This …

Knit The Sleuth Scarf by Nancy Lekx, a clever reversible scarf featuring mock cables, ribbed texture, and intriguing yarn over techniques.

Hand-dyeing wool yarn opens up a whole world of color, and there’s more than one way to do it. This post covers three approachable techniques. A snow-dyeing method gives a variegated, random look. Warp painting creates graduated stripes, and kettle dyeing produces smooth, even color. It also covers the basic …

Knit the In the Mood Tunic by Jacqueline Grice, a comfortable asymmetrical top featuring short rows, colorwork, airy details, and beautiful drape.

A pair of superwash yarns gets put through their paces in this week-long project. This post covers what makes superwash yarn special and why swatching matters more than the ball band suggests. It also covers choosing colors with intention and picking up a few tricks for intarsia knitting along the …