Ahem, ahem. OK, yes, you are right — the last post in this series was in July. Just barely not in June. July 1, to be exact. Of course, I did include this bad boy in the UFOlympics, so technically, the last post on this project was more like, oh, late August. But enough about…
Technique Speak
Joining Yarn
So, you were asking — just how do you join on a new ball of yarn? Here again we use the All-Purpose Knitting Answer: Well, it depends… Joining yarn – the basics There are two types of situations in which knitters have to join yarn, and not all techniques work in both cases. One case…
PL: Wrap Cardigan
Wrap Cardigan, Part 5 – let’s hear it for the sleeves
Well, you can’t say I haven’t been keeping you in suspense! It’s been a month since the last post on the wrap cardigan: and against all expectations, I’ve made a fair amount of progress. We have sleeves! (They actually go down to about 3/4 length so far, but none of the pictures that showed the full sleeves…
FO Files
The Coolest Thing I Ever Knit
The other day I realized I am into my 5th year of what I still think of as my “new career”: teaching knitting, writing patterns, and perhaps most importantly, not being a corporate slave. During that time, I’ve met and taught a whole bunch of knitters. I can’t honestly say that I remember all of them…
PL: Wrap Cardigan
Wrap Cardigan, Part 4 – in which we fix some things
Warning! Parts of this post are verrrrrry graphic and may be disturbing! Where we left off: I had knitted the back to the underarms, the fronts to the underarms, joined ’em up, and worked my way down to the waistline. And I was rejoicing over the fit of the armholes. OK, now for the bad news: …
Sox Therapy
Short-Row Sock Heel Experiment
One of the things I noticed while trying out all those different short row heels is that the first half of most SRH techniques, where you are short-rowing “down”, looks a lot better than the second half, where you are short-rowing “up”. So, I thought — why not just do the first half twice? I mean, basically you are…