Tips for beginners

When I first started knitting, I spent a lot of time puzzled by the somewhat archaic instructions used in many knitting patterns. I was mostly …

I don’t often have a chance to test knit a pattern for somebody else. When fellow knitwear designer Norah over at Fox and Folk posted last month …

Today, we’re exploring a technical issue that has puzzled a lot of knitters: how to get a tidy edge on knitting projects. There are several …

I recently returned from a road trip with my little family, and it was my first chance to get in a decent amount of travel …

Most of the time, I like to knit with natural fibers. There’s a whole host of reasons for that, which we can get into later, …

After ogling a host of beautiful crochet projects from my crocheter friends over the years, I recently decided I’d had enough: I needed to learn …

Take a close look at the two pairs of socks in the photo below. One of them was knit with a luxury yarn. The other …

I love knitting blankets because they’re the only project you can actually use as you’re working on them. As they grow, they’ll keep you nice …

When I first started knitting, I knew I needed yarn and needles. That much was clear. What I didn’t realize was that there was a …

Some knitters find that their knitting cast on is very tight. The tricky part is that this can actually be two different problems described by …