Speckled or splattered yarns give a lot of character and depth to knits in much the same way tweeds and marled yarns do, but with less intensity. Yesterday we looked at the drape of Bamboo Pop yarn in the context of a collection of patterns. Today we’ll look at using…
There are a lot of search engines to find knitting patterns, but today I want to show you a feature on Ravelry you may not know about to help you find patterns you can make with any yarn, in this case, Bamboo Pop and the Dots colorways. Yesterday I wrote…
Rayon from bamboo trees is one of my favorite fibers with which to knit. In my wardrobe, I have one t-shirt made out of bamboo fiber, one pair of socks, and one summer buttoned front shirt. These are finely-knit by machine or woven fabric. I truly enjoy the way the…
The Road to Success Chic Hat we talked about yesterday happens to have a pompom on the top. There are several different ways to make a pompom and a couple different trains of thought about them. As a cat-mom, I usually forgo pompoms on my knitting, because they’re just too…
Talking of blocking yesterday made me think of things that are more difficult to block, hats, for example, need to have a specific shape and not have a line down the length of them. I like to combine steam and wet blocking for things like the Road to Success Chic…