I have decided to knit something different, not designed by me, to take me through the holiday season. I need your help deciding which project to start. If you are so inclined, head over to the Nautical Knitter blog, give the poll a try and check out the contest. Good luck!
Category : Fiber Arts, Patterns
Have you ever been, seemingly, hopelessly off on your stitch count on a row and begun to tink back the stitches one by one? Sometimes it is easier (and usually faster) to rip back the knitting a few rows and begin the pattern again from a point where we knew the stitch count was correct. This video explains how to put a lifeline in a row of your knitted project so that if you make a mistake several rows later you can rip the problem rows back without fear of ripping out all your hard work beyond the lifeline row. We hope you enjoy the video and, as always, please leave us a comment and let us know what you think…
This video is by Ivy Kehinde of Knitting Step by Step and is a great tutorial on how to place beads in your knitting with a crochet hook.
Category : Fiber Arts, Patterns
Technically, she has been dyed. Originally, I knit this stole in Dye Your Own Lace Weight Yarn from Knitpicks. I wore it in the natural color for a while and decided that the color was too beige for my skin tone. So, since my son is getting married in 10 days and the colors in the wedding are cream and chocolate, I decided to dye it a chocolate brown. The hardest part of this entire process was lowering it into the dye pot. Here are the results.
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I finally got a video done on chart reading. It has taken so long and it is not the most “hollywood” production, but I hope it gets the idea across on how to read a knitting chart.
If you are interested you can see the video on the Knitwith.us website. This is the first of several that I hope to do. Enjoy and leave me a comment, please be gentle…HAHA…
