Gauge Round Up
- At February 12, 2019
- By Patty Lyons
- In KAL, Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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I have written about gauge many times. I think about gauge, I teach gauge, I believe in gauge.
Right now nearly 900 knitters are knitting up the Labadee Cowl and have found out how a tiny difference in a gauge swatch can domino into a cowl that’s way too big. Good news is I updated the pattern for THREE different gauges so if you don’t match the pattern gauge you can cast on few stitches and even eliminate a repeat here and there and get your dream cowl!
Next week hundreds of knitters will start swatching for the Roselle Tee Video KAL, so I thought this was a great time for a round up of . . .
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gauge But Were Afraid to Ask!
Read More»Tuesday Tip: Contrasting Color Applied I-Cord
I love i-cord! Jetson features a two color i-cord bind off and my own trick for making it neat and clean with no color bleed.
An i-cord can also be made from picked up stitches. In this month’s Tuesday Tip we learn how to build a better i-cord.
Enjoy this quick video tutorial and never suffer from color bleed again!
Read More»Tuesday Tip – Gauge Fears? It’s Cookie Math!
I have written a LOT about gauge. In fact, just put “gauge” in the search field of this blog and you’ll see just how much I have written about it.
In my video sweater classes, we always have gauge tutorials and explore the wonderfully powerful thing that can happen when we don’t get gauge…on purpose.
And yet, we still fear the simple math we have to deal with day-to-day. So let’s break down the Math of Gauge!
Read More»5 Steps to Your Perfect Sweater
- At August 21, 2018
- By Patty Lyons
- In KAL, Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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I love sweaters. I love to knit sweaters. I love to wear sweaters. I have knit some great ones and some not great ones. Over the years I’ve made just about every sweater mistake that can be made.
Since we are about to cast on for the newest video sweater class on my Ravelry group (jump in anytime!), it seemed like a good time to look at some simple sweater secrets (say THAT 5 times fast!)
Read More»Understanding Ease
- At August 15, 2018
- By Patty Lyons
- In KAL, Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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We have just begun to swatch for Harbor Springs Video KAL and it’s time to talk fit and the ever so mysterious “ease”.
In the last video sweater class for Costa Maya I showed the same sweater tried on several different body types (The Many Shapes of Costa Maya.) This really helped people see how the same sweater can look different AND great on a lot of different shapes and sizes.
Before we do the same thing for Harbor Springs, I want to dig into that age old knitter’s question:
What is “ease”
Read More»Tuesday Tip – Cable Tragedy, Cable Fixes!
Recently I wrote about how I designed the cables in the Early Fall Vogue Maker feature cardigan. I was very happy how the sweater turned out, but it was not without a few bumps in the road. Today I reveal a bit of riiiiiping that every knitter must go through!
Tuesday Tip – Substituting German Short-Rows for W&T Short-Rows
- At April 17, 2018
- By Patty Lyons
- In KAL, Knitting, Tutorial (Tuesday Tip)
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I love short-rows. They are an amazing way to add super cool shapes to knitting. I use them a lot in my designs and I’ve enjoyed teaching them in my video knit-alongs. Last year we worked with the wrap and turn method in both the Tortola KAL and the Rising Spades KAL. The current video knit-along for Costa Maya uses German short-rows. Many knitters fell in love with this technique and now want to know…
Tuesday Tip – Keeping Track of Bind Off
Over the years I’ve talked a lot about “Reading Your Knitting”, as well as knitting tricks to make your life easier. I’ve written about how to keep track of your rows, how to keep track of your cast on, how to keep track of your cable rows, today’s “how to keep track of” is is about your bind off.
It’s happened to all of us, we are binding off a bunch of stitches and suddenly wonder, “how many have I done?”
Read More»Tuesday Tip: Patty’s Purls of Wisdom Style
The new Twist Collective is out with my newest Patty’s Purl’s of Wisdom column.
I started revisiting some old columns and I wanted to bring you one of my favorites . . . socks, gauge and of course
How to Avoid the Ugly Bind Off!
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Tuesday Tip – Top Down Raglan Details!
Top down raglan has always been a popular style for knitters. I’ve made several myself. One of the fun things you can do with top down is play around with your
