Well, I’m sure both of you have done Kitchener stitch, or grafting, in the usual way:  it involves a tapestry needle, at least one reference book, and some quiet time alone — not to mention gnashing of teeth.
Wanna try another way?
But first, a warning:  for those who openly mock my habit of collecting of old [...]

OK, this one was totally under the radar.
A few people in my group classes have seen it in progress, but mostly I did this one on the sly.
It’s a bottom-up raglan sleeve tee shirt style sweater, in the most funky yarn imaginable — Gedifra "Velato", which I picked up a few years ago on a [...]

Seen in the latest Classic Elite Yarns email newsletter:
 

"Who doesn’t like a good excuse to get out the needles?" 

 
Holy crap — you’re supposed to have an excuse???

Last Friday was our first top-down sweater knitalong class, and I’m so tickled with my Friday knitters, I just have to tell you.
I’ve got seven — count ‘em, SEVEN — knitters who are going to knit a top-down sweater along with me!!  It will be a project extending over a few months, so watch this [...]

Here’s a quote from the latest Vogue Knitting email:
 

Introducing the VK360°
Vogue Knitting Holiday 2008 is now officially on sale…and on video!
This issue, we decided to put every project up on the big screen—due in large part to all of your positive feedback (thanks VK readers!).

It seems they have started posting videos of the projects in [...]

I’ve spent all afternoon mapping out the next 6 months’ worth of Friday Group Class Tutorials.  And wow, that took a lot out of me.
So go take a look — one of the more exciting things we’re going to try is that I’ll be starting a "Sweater Series" of tutorials, which will be a knitalong [...]

I know, I know, I haven’t written anything for a whole week – didja miss me? – but it’s mainly because my journal subscription to Catherine Lowe’s couture knitting workshop arrived and I’ve been more-or-less submerged in it.  This stuff is GREAT.
The title of this post refers to the fact that it’s apparently not just [...]

Hey gang – time for yet another thoughtful and informative post about the vocabulary foibles of the knitting world!
I was considering writing about my experiences at Flock and Fiber, but I seem to have come down with some sort of cold since the weekend.  And while I’m starting to feel better, poor DH got it [...]