Archive for the ‘ Knitting/Crocheting ’ Category

Dear beginners: Shhh, it’s okay

Ah, fall is here (autumn to those of you in the UK). The weather turns cool, the leaves change colors and drop from the trees, and squirrels busy themselves stocking up their winter stores of acorns. As the the temperatures drop and the winter clothes are brought from storage, thoughts of knitting surge within us. [ READ MORE ]

Knitting, drugs, and the ER trip

Vogue Knitting Live! Los Angeles! Serious illness! Wheeee! Let’s back this on up a bit. The week before VKL, I came down with shingles. If you’re blissfully ignorant of that like I was, it’s revenge of the chickenpox, when the dormant virus comes back and attacks your nervous system. And let me tell you, this [ READ MORE ]

Franklin Habit: badass lace designer

I will be attending Vogue Knitting Live in Los Angeles in September. I’m lucky enough to have a couple of knitter sisters who talked me into it (I know, poor me). But the part that makes me uber lucky is that I get to go to Franklin Habit’s lecture and lace class. That’s right, the [ READ MORE ]

New chart for Easy Leaves Scarf pattern

Someone emailed me asking for help modifying the Easy Leaves Scarf pattern. I fixed the chart to make it much easier to figure out how to do that, highlighting the repeat area and clarifying that you have to cast on 8 extra stitches per repeat. It’s a tricky one because it’s actually a multiple of [ READ MORE ]

More granny square madness

You’ve probably already seen the hideousness that was Cate Blanchett’s granny square dress on the red carpet: Yeah yeah, it was supposed to be humorous or something. Personally I think it’s only entertaining in a mean holy-shit-that’s-so-awful kind of way. And generally this is what happens when someone tries to turn granny squares into clothing. [ READ MORE ]

For sale: one sleeve

Now available on Etsy, the Sleeve Scarf: The funny thing is, I don’t hate this. I can tell it’s some good knit work, and there’s something cool about how the scarf part is twisted around on itself. It’d be awesome on a fashion runway. But, seriously, can anyone pull this off in real life? I’m [ READ MORE ]

Your grandmother wouldn’t think it was cool, either

I shouldn’t get uppity about knitting, god knows I’ve crafted plenty of ugly before, and certainly will again. But granny squares are not hip, or cool, or remotely attractive. What they are is easy, and a convenient way to use up scrap yarn, which is the only reason anyone does them. Even our grandmothers knew [ READ MORE ]

This reminds me of my dogs

If you’ve ever been to my house, you’ve experienced the high level of dog we have here. They aren’t large, but there’s three of them, and much to my embarrassment they make their presence impossible to ignore when people come over. My friend, the amazing Hope Doty, has noticed this, and she made this cross-stitch [ READ MORE ]

Leaf scarf

It’s almost too cute, but since it’s knit with super bulky yarn it’s also soft and warm. My daughter knit this for a friend in the northeast. The free pattern can be found at http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2010/01/leaf-free-pattern[ READ MORE ]

KnitMonster is Back!

You probably didn’t even notice it was ever gone. For most of the day today the KnitMonster site was totally crashed, I foolishly tried a different method of updating the Joomla installation, and really, I knew better (ya damn “expert”, why did I listen to you against my better judgment? (shakes tiny fist)). That is [ READ MORE ]

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