This week we’ll be spending a lot of time looking at ripple stitch patterns. There’s always a lot of increasing and decreasing going on in them, so it’s a great opportunity to learn 3 of the most common decreases to get rid of one stitch every once in a while.…
I have had the chance for the past month to knit with Cotton True Sport yarn by Fibra Natura. And wow! Cotton yarns have come a long way baby! When I started knitting 40 years ago, there wasn’t much in the way of cotton yarns to knit with. There was…
“In the knitting world where grey and beige plain sweaters seem to rule, how extraordinary to find this energetic man knitting such detailed and intricate color. I applaud his moxie!” – Kaffe Fassett, Textile Artist “The Knitting Pilgrim is astounding and the opportunity to engage with it and Kirk’s amazing…
From the second I saw the Hotness Top I thought it would be an excellent top to summer-ify with Red Heart’s Creme de la Creme cotton yarn. This top would be a perfect knitted to the pattern or as a bathing suit cover up, if you elongated the torso and used…
Casting on is one of the most crucial skills a knitter will learn, and the backwards loop cast on is one of the most versatile cast ons there is. It can be used as a very basic, beginner’s cast on or as a technique to cast off stitches in the…