On Oct 8 I looked at a big, beautiful pile of Anzula yarn and wondered, can I design and knit a sweater in 8 days in time to wear it to Rhinebeck? Let’s see how I did in my pursuit of The Rhinebeck Sweater
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 Top Down Raglan Increases
Welcome to Rising Spades Knit-Along (KAL)! It’s time for the Fall 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 tutorials to help […]
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 […]
Six weeks ago over 140 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Corcoran KAL. Over the weeks to follow our ranks more than doubled (and continues to grow every day), and now over 360 knitters received the final clue. Last week I showed off some of the sweaters in progress. Through 8/15 […]