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Hump Day – or Tuesday’s Tips …

Hi everybody, this is a special Wednesday (Hump Day) edition of Tuesday’s Tips. As some of you know it was my birthday on Saturday (August 28th) and I have kinda been celebrating for a little bit. Where I come from you celebrate for a week anyway, so no problem as far as I’m concerned. Anyway, I kinda got caught without any back-up tips drafted up so I put up some wonderful pictures of Lori wearing Angel – the aran shrug – instead. As a result, I am now posting the Tuesday’s tips because I have also been busy on […]

Tuesday’s Tips

Well, it’s that time of the week again. Another bunch of tips to make you knitting a little easier – I hope. Without further adieu, here we go … Don’t measure – You know those things you always have to make – the ones called swatches? It’s a bit of a pain to measure a 4×4 (10×10 cm) square. So don’t. It’s a lot easier to actually cut out a square out of cardboard and place your swatch on it to check the size. You can even get a good idea about whether or not you can block it […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

Hello and welcome to another installment of Tuesday’s Tips – where I try and make your knitting experience “knot” so painful. Yeah, that’s bad but I’m sure you wouldn’t want to see it in the Friday Funnies ;-). So this week all the tips are about pushing your boundaries a bit – learning new things. Some of these tips can transition over into other parts of your life as well. Here we go. Get a Library Card – I know that’s not a knitting tip (or it doesn’t seem like one), but it really is. If you really want […]

Bond, Jason Bond …

Another Monday marking the start of another week. actually, this is the start of the 27th week of this year, meaning half the year is already gone! Wow – where has the time gone? Well, I’ve moved and will be spending the next week getting organized (lots of work to do) and settled. I am determined to get some knitting done in the next couple of days as well – before  I go crazy! On that note, I am going to finish a sweater I designed – Jason – and work on getting some final pictures of it for […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

Yes, just as the title says, on Tuesday’s I am going to post some tips to hopefully help your knitting life a little easier. I will be posting mostly tips that I have learned/heard of throughout my knitting life but if you have any that you would like to share, please do leave them in a comment. Shall we get started? Flexible stitch holders – The main problem with stitch holders (aside from them never being around when you need one) is that they’re kinda small and very rigid. If you’re just putting work on a holder to deal […]