twisted stitches

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 I’m knitting with Sweet Roll by Premier Yarns. Yesterday, I explored making gradients with this self-striping yarn, and a big swatch. Today I’m sharing a couple of things I learned from swatching that have nothing to do with gauge. I embarked on a project to knit a mitered…

In early lessons, most knitters are shown how to avoid twisting stitches. We work hard at figuring out which is the front leg and which is the back leg of the stitch. If we are pickers (or continental knitters) and we work our purls so that the first leg of…