knitted cowl

This week we’re looking at a soft, quick-to-knit, squishy yarn called Major, by Universal Yarn. Yesterday, I shared what happened when I washed the yarn by machine and by hand. Today we look at some free knitting patterns. I’m a designer, and usually I can’t turn my brain off when …

This week we’re having some fun with several of the Universal Yarns that were featured in KNITmuch in 2016. Yesterday’s post, knit a cowl by chance with Bamboo Bloom yarn. Today, we’re going to work with Classic Shades Metallic. Charles Voth reviewed this yarn in his August 2016 KNITmuch posts. …

When I knit with yarn that is dyed with long color repeats, I really try to find ways to “drag” the color up across rows, or at least across stitches — I like the way it adds to the blending of the colors. After lots of swatching, this time I …

From Crochet to Knitting I was looking at the pattern of a crocheted cowl from the label of Red Heart’s yarn Strata and I wanted to turn it into a knitted cowl. Here’s my rendition of it, I’ve kept it ‘airy’ so it can be worn during the warmer months …