I got a query yesterday about getting some tips and techniques on using the 2018 Project Planners. If you are like me, doing it right, and making it pretty sometimes get in the way of the use, which is why I just made it a download. My advice, just use them, and worry about how…
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Tips and Techniques for Meeting Knitting Goals
I thought tips and techniques to get you to your 2017 knitting goals was in order today. I’ve got a lot of content available to you and anyone else, so here are some things I’ve written that you might be able to use now. Work in Ends (weave in ends). If you’ve been knitting,…
Unorthodox Approach to Blocking
Today Mitch caught me employing an unorthodox approach to wet blocking. I put a swatch I’ve been working on into a bath this morning, and then moved on to working on projects in my office. A while later (the water was still warm-ish), Mitch commented that he didn’t think he’d ever seen the needles go…
Messy-Bun Hat Recipe in Anzula Cricket
If you read my Anzula blog post on Cricket and are looking for the Messy-bun Hat Recipe, this is the right place. How does a recipe differ from a pattern? A recipe tells you the steps to take, with the inputs needed, but isn’t formally drafted as a pattern. I tend to do them for…
Arriving at the Gift-Giving Finish Line
Do you have gift-giving finish line goals? I know many of you make things for gifts, and it can get pretty stressful trying to get the finish line and the deadline to match. There is nothing worse than having to finish up after the climax is reached. Talk about anti-climactic. This is why I don’t…
The last GAL Designer list post!
This is the last GAL designer list post. I hope you are ready for this. So many good, yummy, interesting, and beautiful things in this year’s GAL, befitting a fifth anniversary. I am always overwhelmed by all the goodies made available at 25% off, the prizes offered, the participating designers, the organizers, it is a…
Part 3 GAL 2017 Designers
Time for Part 3 GAL 2017 Designers. Today there are 15 designers in my Part 3 GAL list. This is getting hard–there are so many interesting things to look at, that I only have time to give a cursory glance now. I’m seeing plenty of GAL designers that I want to take a slightly more…
Jill Wolcott Knits Patterns GAL 2017, Part 2
What you need to know about the Jill Wolcott Knits Patterns in the GAL 2017, part 2: the second eight! Begin with the Left side, top to bottom. Below the photo collage you will find the yarn used, the needles, the gauge needed, and the sizes. To look at the pattern page on Ravelry, click on…
List Three of Indie Designers GiftALong
I am giving you list three of Indie Designers GiftALong. You should definitely get busy because there is a lot of interesting design to see in this 2017, fifth anniversary, of the Indie Designers GAL. Yesterday I put up the second list and the first was in my newsletter that went out on Tuesday. I’m up…
Second Quick List of Indie Designers GAL 2017
This is the Second list of Indie Designers GAL 2017 to go out. The first was in my newsletter that went out yesterday (on a Tuesday?!) Last year I missed it, but I’m on top of it this year. Once I get signed up I like to go through the participating designers and make lists…
Adjusting For Lisse Hat In Croquet
I made the Lisse Hat in Croquet months ago. If I had notes, I am not sure where they are! I don’t have the unblocked gauge. This is what you need to do to take the pattern as written and make adjustments for the Lisse Hat In Croquet. Just for fun, I’ve added in an…
Techniques Needed for Medallion Shrug Swatch
Most knitters assume we know the techniques needed for what we want to knit. We do until we do something different from our usual knitting. I seem to specialize in techniques–but even I keep finding new techniques needed for things I want to knit. It is often as I embark on something that I find…
