Canadian Home Journals from the 1940’s — with knitting patterns.
Technique Speak
That Loopy Last Stitch
Sometimes, the little tricks are the best ones — simple yet effective. Here’s one that has cropped up a few times lately in various classes I’ve been teaching. Actually, I posted this once before, a while ago — at the end of this post, which is way more than you ever wanted to know about…
Patterns, Sox Therapy
Vine Leaf Socks
Ahhhhhh — finally, I can sit back, relax and blog a little bit. And it’s great that I can now write about something that’s recently been taking a lot of my time. If I were to tell anyone else how things have been just "crazy busy" lately in the world of knitting, well, they’d probably…
Sox Therapy, Technique Speak
Kitchener, Smitchener
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…
Blog
Antepenultimate
Huh? It’s the perfect knitting word. “ultimate” refers to the last one of something, therefore “penultimate” refers to the next-to-the-last one of something; and if you throw an “ante” on there, also meaning “before” or “prior to” (as in “antebellum”), you get “antepenultimate“, meaning the one before the next-to-the-last one. Think toe shaping. “Knit…
Technique Speak
What’s the difference between “pick up” and “pick up and knit”?
What? There’s a difference? Well, yes, there is — although I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it spelled out 100% clearly. It took me a while to figure out that there was a difference, and what it was. Attached I-cord is what brought me to my senses. Unfortunately, the two terms have been used all-but-interchangeably…