Sometimes as great as our knitting technique is, when working with some yarns, we need a bit of help. Something I talk about in “Improve Your Knitting” is finding ways to better control your yarn. In today’s Tuesday Tip it’s time to look at 5 Ways to Improve Yarn Tension
We love to knit. We knit as often as we can, when we aren’t knitting, we are thinking about knitting. Today I started to think about the Things Knitting Has Taught Me
UPDATED 2021 – The class now has brand new filmed content, new tutorials and is a fully streaming / downloadable class on education.pattylyons.com!! Last December on the Nautical Knitting Cruise I debuted Tortola. I was supposed to have two versions ready for the photo shoot, the cap sleeve and the tank . . . Now that […]
Sometimes you are on the road, or at a friend’s house, or on vacation, and you don’t have the knitting tool you need. Never fear, your house is filled with everyday objects you can use as knitting tools!
On Jan 23 registration opened for the Tortola KAL – Sweater class. In the following weeks our ranks quickly grew to over 300 knitters working on their gauge swatch! On Feb 20 clue #1 for the Tortola KAL Sweater class came out and we are now 365 knitters strong, with new knitters joining us everyday! Monday our first, of many, […]
It’s starting to warm up in NYC, and the Spring knitting season is REALLY heating up! My Tortola KAL is off to a great start, and I’m traveling all over the country. I hope this is the year. I’m crisscrossing the country, so I’m bound to be someplace near you! Leave me a comment if I’ll be […]
Let’s face it, knitter’s love tools and I’m no exception. There are so many to choose from, but this is my must have list. So, here are my
We all know that first impressions and last impressions are important. We also know how a novel begins can either grab you or bore you, and how it ends has the power to dazzle you or leave you cold. Beginnings and endings are so important that in theatre, whole rehearsals are devoted to ins and outs […]
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We will be having three grand prize winners as well as weekly participation prizes for Tortola KAL. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the goodies donated by our amazing vendors. More details to come! As if getting a sweater that fits AND a 3 hr video class weren’t enough . . . there are […]
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. I recently gave a talk about my fails and students are starting to send me in […]
I have written about gauge many times. I think about gauge, I teach gauge, I believe in gauge. I’ve filmed a video for a special cast on for gauge, written about how to measure when you can’t see your stitches, how to block your swatch, secrets of row gauge and how to swatch for in the […]
It’s time for a new video sweater class!! 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 like a sweater class for the price of a pattern! There will be HOURS of video tutorials to help you every […]
Wow, that went fast! Thirteen weeks ago, I announced Patty’s Fall Knitting Challenge. I checked in four weeks in to see what everyone was knitting. We started out with 23 available patterns to work and along the way we added the Flagstaff Vest, Box and Beam Wrist Warmers, and I Beam Hat for a total of […]
Last month we talked about how good finishing can make a project, and I promised you more posts focused on the all important topic of weaving in ends. I’ve written several Tuesday Tips on seaming. We’ve looked as seaming garter stitch, shoulders, and even tackled the dreaded topic of selvedge edge and mattress stitch. No matter […]