You’ll find a lot of information about charting in Stories In Stitches™ 1 and 2, but not a dogmatic attachment to charts. Why is that? To be honest, I (Donna) do have a pretty dogmatic attachment to charts. But Ava does not, and she most often knits from vintage patterns that were written out in line-by-line text without any charts, sometimes without even a picture of the finished object!
Category Archives: Knitting
In Stories In Stitches™ 2, Ava and I featured some amazing knitted samplers, all of which are lace. But samplers can be made in texture stitches too, and even in color. Look at this amazing knitted sampler from Estonia: This sampler is in the Estonian National Museum. (Of course as soon as I post this, […]
I don’t like the number two. 2. It looks like such an innocuous, even innocent, number. But looks can be deceiving. I’ve recently gained enough weight for the number I see when I look down while I’m standing on the bathroom scale to begin with a two. I’ve never weighed 200 pounds before. I’ve always […]
Are you ready to talk about knitted samplers? That’s the subject of Stories In Stitches™ 2, as well as the topic of the month for my blog. There’s only so much you can fit into a book and there are always interesting bits that get left out because of time or page count or money […]
Here is a list of knitting books by authors other than me that can take you on an armchair tour of the world. Even if you don’t plant to knit lace in all of these styles, you will enjoy the history and stories about the knitters and their traditions. They’re not all in English, but they all include lots of photos and charts.
Found this article about deodorizing your yarn. Has some great info and how to’s.
Finally, it was clear that… I wasn’t going to knit three projects from each knitting book I bought before buying another, but I was going to be learning a lot from each book.
As we read about these stories from the past and from far away, we connect in a magical way with knitters who we could never meet in person. And as we stitch our own magic into our knitting, we are making stories that will live in the future, inspiring future knitters to explore their own […]
Knitting is so much more than a tedious way to make clothes or hats or socks. Knitting is soothing meditation, as you knit across a plain row to relax.
How a book is born. Initial cover ideas for my Lithuania knitting book. The final cover may not look anything like this, but it’s starting to feel like it’ll actually be a real book!