tips

Tuesday’s Tips …

Yup, It’s Tuesday already! Ready for your tips? Okay – Look both ways before crossing the street! Oh,wait, you mean knitting tips! Alright, here we go … Color your world – You can spruce up a plain sweater by using color. If you’ve never used color before you can make it simple by just changing the color a little past midway. You can use two colors or three, by using a complementary thin stripe and then a third color. You change colors just like you add a new ball of yarn.Here’s a link to a random color combination generator! […]

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 […]

A Grand design …

When designing in knitting, like it a lot of things in life, it’s about planning. I sometimes have problems with this because I tend to be a little spontaneous – okay, a lot spontaneous. In the area of designing however, I am working on it and making strides. It all starts with an idea and from there a swatch of that idea. For the longest time I never did swatches – hated doing them. I was too anxious to start making the sweater. I learned my lesson when doing the sweater you see me wearing in my profile picture. […]