Tips

Fall into color …

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and you step outside, you can smell it in the air. Even with the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having, fall is in the air! If you like knitting, it’s probably the best season of them all. Unlike winter, you can wear and showcase your knitted items without having to bundle them under a heavy coat or boots. And the great thing about the fall when it comes to knitting is that it inspires  … COLOR! Color is probably the easiest way to liven up your knitting and turn that simple stocking […]

Hump Day – and Tips …

Hi everybody, I missed the post for Tuesday’s Tips yesterday as I was working late on a new TV show. I have been meaning to do a few posts ahead of time for occasions just like this, but I have been too busy for that too. Luckily though, I think things will settle down in a couple of days and I’ll have time to do that and keep things a little more consistent on here. Here’s to hoping. Since we are so close to the holidays, I am sure you are all busy too, finishing your holiday knit list. […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

Here’s another week of tips for all you knitters out there. I’m still looking for any tips you might have! Feel free to either email them to me (mrhugzzz@gmail.com) or leave them as a comment on any of the posts (Tuesday’s Tips would be the easiest I think). Here we go for this week … Purl instead – A lot of people prefer making the knit stitch over the purl stitch. I agree it may be a little easier, but the purl stitch get a bad rap I think. If you want more practice with the purl stitch, use […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

Hello everybody – time for the tips of the week. Let’s get right at them by starting with two letters from the Sudoku puzzle in the current contest … Letters – The first square in the puzzle – the top left hand corner square is an “I” and the last square, the bottom right hand corner is a “K”. *sorry if you saw this when I had “P”there. That was a typo. Minimize your ripping – If you read the posts about lace then you now about lifelines (If you didn’t you should go back and do so). A […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

Okay, I promise I won’t miss 4 straight days of posting ever again – promise. I have been busier than normal with my other life and haven’t been able to finish the color work posts I have been working on. I will be able to get them done in the next two days though, and will announce the contest in a rare Saturday post – make sure you check it out. As for today, yup, it’s time for Tuesday’s tips, so here we go … Butterfly your thumb – We’ve been talking about doing intarsia as a means of […]