Patty’s Purls of Wisdom is BACK!!! Dear Abby for Knitters: Technique, etiquette & lifestyle advice for the modern knitter I’m so excited to announce my knitter’s advice column will be back and joining the amazing Twist Collective! I love this online magazine. The patterns are incredible, the photography is always stunning and the articles are wonderful, so […]
Just a few weeks ago, hundreds of knitters cast on for the Soho Slip Stitch KAL. If you’ve never done a KAL, you can read all about it here. You can jump in anytime and get this full sweater class for just the price of the pattern including over 2 1/2 hrs of video tutorials. […]
Some of you may have taken my class “Improve Your Knitting” and know that there is no wrong way to knit. You also might know a bit about stitch mounts and how to avoid twisting our stitches we have to work into the leading leg. When it comes to long tail cast on, there’s more […]
For those of you who know my patterns, you know I love Short Rows, so I was really happy to see a book full of nothing but short row patterns. Now it’s your turn to Win a copy of “Knitting Short Rows”
The Soho Slip Stitch sweater class kicked off today so I thought I’d toss in a round up of some quick summer knits to keep you occupied between clues! Summer Knitting Pattern Round Up
Last week the knitters who were in both the Corcoran KAL & the Tortola KAL got their double play badge. Now if you have also entered the Soho Slip Stitch KAL (kicking off July 3rd) you are in the Triple Play Club!
We’ve all had those annoying issues with a pesky skein of yarn. Either we can’t find the center, or we pull out a giant hunk of yarn . . . otherwise known as yarn barf. In today’s tip I share my favorite little knitting trick How to Wind a Center Pull Ball of Yarn (by […]
Welcome to Soho Slip Stitch Video Sweater Class It’s time for the Spring / Summer Knit-Along!!! I am so excited to start another KAL on my Ravelry group. There will be tons of teaching and fun, prizes and a great garment! Think of it as a sweater class for the price of a pattern! There will be HOURS of video […]
Summer has just barely begun, and it’s time to get ready for the fall teaching season! I’m getting ready for my next KAL / Sweater class and I’m crisscrossing the country, so I’m bound to be someplace near you! Leave me a comment if I’ll be seeing you. Don’t forget, if you know a shop or […]
As a knitting teacher, I’m often asked to give advice to new knitters. There are tons of great books out there giving all the advice we all need . . . gauge matters, buy enough yarn, use the right tools, finish a row before putting your knitting away . . . but I wanted to […]
For those of you that have taken classes with me, you know all about “Patty’s Big Box of Knitting Fails”. I seem to have an example of something tragic I’ve done in my knitting for nearly everything I’m teaching. Since I figured why keep my humiliation limited to knitting.Today’s episode . . . Bad Spinning […]
Many of you who have taken my classes know that I’m not a fan of measuring your knitting in progress. I believe it’s always best to trust your finished row gauge and keep track of rows. That being said, I know there are times when you just want to check to see how many inches […]
I can’t believe it’s over! On Feb 20 365 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Tortola KAL. Today, we have an amazing 492 knitters!!! In March I wrote about the sweaters in progress, and now it’s time to award the final PRIZES!! If you want to get first word about the summer KAL (and get […]
Over the years I’ve written a lot about gauge (you can read them all here). From how to swatch for an in the round project, to special cast ons for gauge swatch to secrets of stitch gauge, row gauge and even secrets to measuring hard to see stitches. But today I want to talk about the […]
Six weeks ago over 200 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Tortola KAL. Over the weeks to follow our ranks more than doubled (and continues to grow every day), and now nearly 450 knitters received the final clue. Last month we got to see what the knitters were up to. Through 4/24 you can still […]