Starting a blog is a bit awkward, I mean, where do you really begin? The first post was the much-requested no-hassle sock pattern, which was why I started the blog in the first place. I was tired of sending it…

Every year, I try to knit DH one sweater. He’s a rather large guy, so it takes a long time to knit around him. Last year, I made him a Bohus sweater with a black background and I thought I…

It was a project for Camp Fire Girls–I got a Craft Bead for it. (Camp Fire Girls gave out beads instead of the badges that Girl Scouts awarded.) I remember hating the entire project, which was knitted with DMC cotton…

I have always loved to knit socks. A sock is a perfect project. It can be simple or complicated, practical or luxurious, silly or dignified. A sock is portable and is a neat little palette for experimentation. I knit about…

Of all the lace nationalities, I like Estonian the best. I think the patterns are more graceful than Shetland or Orenberg and for some reason, I find the pattern sequences much more easy to memorize. I finished this shawl a…

Nupps are little bobbly things that are characteristic of Estonian lace. Here’s a picture from the Estonian Lace book I talked about yesterday featuring lots of nupps. Nupps are easy! Nupps are fun! Nupps shouldn’t drive you crazy! The trick…

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Those of you who have the Japanese book New Style of Heirloom Knitting by Toshiyuki Shimada are familiar with the infamous Mountain Ash Shawl Those who aren’t can order the book from YesAsia, ISBN: 4529039927. You won’t be sorry you…

Decreases that require slipping and/or flipping stitches make me um, hiss, in frustration. I like to use slick needles, but too many times, when I pass a stitch over, the entire unit flips off the needle, runs down the complicated…