Sock a doodle doo. Ok that’s stupid but I’ve been doodling. And knitting socks.
I wrote this on January 3, 2010. This morning I was searching for it on my website, but I couldn’t find it, so I am posting it again. Some things cannot be forgiven… Someday I will come back to Granada. I loved the tiny Arab bath, the archaeological museum, the unprettified streets of the Albacin […]
Wow, I just learned two new ways to work socks from the book Knitting Scandinavian Slippers and Socks by Laura Farson.
Double knitting is a very easy technique to master, even though is sounds difficult and looks like magic.
Working a single crochet edging along a piece of knitting is quite easy — if you already know how to crochet.
New sock blockers I got from Chappy for my Lithuanian book.
Don’t miss me on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird on April 3 at 10am mountain time 12 noon eastern. LIVE!
[print_link] These dishrags or washcloths are so easy to knit, you can make several in one afternoon. Both are made diagonally, knitted from one point to another, in plain garter stitch. Yarn overs and simple decreases form the shaping. The blue version is made from plain cotton, with the increases worked right on the edge for […]
This photo is from an article in Afar, my favorite travel magazine, about Alaska cruises. Some interesting thoughts on cruising
Once upon a time, in a yarn shop not far from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, I heard a knitter, a weaver, a shepherd, a dyer, a gardener, a fiber artist, and a spinner discussing the term terroir.