This week we’re looking at Universal Yarn Major. Yesterday, I shared a free beanie hat pattern to knit and today we’ll look at two essential finishes on a hat, the ribbing and pompoms. If you knit a hat from the top down, then you could say that the ribbing is…
Chunky marled yarn makes colorful, warm, and quick-to-knit accessories. This week we’re looking at Universal Yarn Major, a great example of marled yarn. Yesterday’s post covered four practical, free knitting Universal Yarn patterns. Today, I’ve developed a fun design that features a spiral created by textured decreases. This beanie is…
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 continue to look at Major by Universal Yarn, see Major yarn’s characteristics in yesterday’s post. This 100% acrylic yarn can be washed in cool water and dried at a cool setting, but today I weigh in on whether or not it’s a good idea to wash all…
Welcome back! This week we’re looking at the qualities of Major, a soft, bulky yarn by Universal Yarn and its strongest attributes. These should make any knitter excited about casting on with it. Major is a bulky weight yarn that knits up at around 15 stitches to 4″ [10cm]. The…