Category: LEARN

Techniques & Solutions

Why Do We Purl?

Every so often, as I’m teaching a new knitter, the question comes up:   What is the point of purling?  Why don’t we just ‘knit’ all the time? This is actually a really, really good question, if you think about it for a minute.  Why DO we bother with purling? After all, a ‘stitch’ is…

Twisted 3-st Cables, the Japanese Way

So, flipping through a Japanese knitting book of pattern stitches one day, I came across a twisted rib and cable pattern that I thought would make a VERY handsome sock for DH…which it did. If you’ve never seen a Japanese knitting book, let me tell you — very sensible system they have, those Japanese.  Everything is…

Kenkyo Socks

OK, once again my lack of recent blogging is due to me having to work on other stuff.  (Lately I’ve really been forced to admit there are only so many hours in a given day, or week.  And some of them are required for sleeping, or else I get even more really cranky.)  But big…