Archive for the ‘ Knitting/Crocheting ’ Category

Breakthrough in Bee Colony Collapse Mystery

I just wrote a blog post about colony collapse disorder a couple of weeks ago and now they’re announcing a breakthrough on solving the mystery! See how much I helped? (Oh shut up and let me have my little fantasy.) Apparently there is a connection between a fungus and a virus causing colony collapse, and [ READ MORE ]

Knit to save bees!

I recently discovered knit designer Bethany Hendrickson (ilovesmekitty on Ravelry). She’s written some lovely patterns, I’m considering the Erg Chebbi Stole myself (it’s reversible, I love reversible!). I think I might be influenced a little extra by the great photography, I love it extra when designers have really good closeup images so I can see [ READ MORE ]

New free pattern: Blogathon Lace Scarf

New free patterns two weeks in a row! I have to give full credit for the existence of this scarf to Blogathon ATX. I really meant to write blog posts during Blogathon, but I ended up knitting this scarf instead. Like the Amsterdam Lace Scarf, it was inspired by the lacy crocheted scarves popular in [ READ MORE ]

Football Team Colors

Are you ready for some football?!!! I just realized that I am, in fact, not ready. I have my awesome double-knit scarf for the Longhorns games: But I do not have a scarf—or any other knit item—for the Houston Texans. At least that should be relatively easy to find the right colors, because, man, it [ READ MORE ]

New Free Knit Pattern: Easy Leaves Scarf

The Easy Leaves Scarf is an small bit of lace, a good choice for a beginner’s first lace project. I gotta say, though, that I was underwhelmed by the yarn, Classic Elite Premiere. It’s a cotton/tencel blend, and while it’s a pretty color and very soft, it’s unbelievably fuzzy and sheddy. I foolishly wore it [ READ MORE ]

Free Knit Pattern—Cardi Shrug

I have kind of a love/hate thing with shrugs. They’re small and generally fast and easy to knit, minimal shaping, should be everything I like in a knitting pattern. The fit though, well it’s hardly worth the ease and speed if I’m never going to wear it. They so often have that odd bracket, framing [ READ MORE ]

Measuring knit gauge sucks

This is why I like gauge-less projects so much. I HATE trying to measure gauge accurately. I know the right way to do it, I know about measuring over a large enough area, I know I’m supposed to launder the swatch, etc etc. It still sucks, and you can still be off, even if you [ READ MORE ]

Knit pattern e-books?

I’m working on e-book formatting, specifically ePub. Do you think you would ever use knitting pattern e-books? I don’t know how many knitters/crocheters might own e-readers, or ever use them for knitting. It could be quite handy for traveling, you could have books plus knitting patterns all loaded in to one device. I suppose I [ READ MORE ]

Free Pattern Friday—Aqua Waves Wrap (knit)

Finally! A new free pattern, the Aqua Waves Wrap. Someone made a specific request at last. If anyone is holding back making requests because you’re afraid of being a bother, rest assured, I actively enjoy anything that sparks new ideas. So this is a side-to-side shawl, mostly in nice, mindless stockinette stitch, with a knit-at-the-same-time [ READ MORE ]

My cutting edge stylin’s

Okay, it was my daughter’s idea. At the end of last summer, she asked if I could knit a particular lacy tank top pattern that she could use as a swim suit cover. Only she wanted the pattern adjusted so that it’d be fitted, and longer, and change the straps, and parts of it in [ READ MORE ]

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