The Hook and I

One of the reasons I love the Savory knitting group is there’s such an enormous collection of experience in one room. There always seems to be answers to any problem or questions (except when I asked, “what do you guys think I should wear for the Knitty Gritty filming?”).

Anyway, last night was particularly lively. Rebecca was . . . → Read More: Weaving in Bulky Ends

Ellie’s right. She says “a knitting pattern for a penguin jumper makes a rubbish Christmas present.” And I have to agree. Making sweaters to keep penguins warm after an oil spill and calling it a good deed seems to be misdirecting people’s charitable energy. Why not get us up in arms about the oil spill in . . . → Read More: Charity Knitting Gone too Far

I’ve got six days before I fly to Burbank to film an episode of Knitty Gritty. The subject? Math for knitters (!!) On the show, I’ll talk about the calculations used in creating a custom-fit top-down cardigan. My own version is knit in the Blue Sky Bulky shown above. It’s the yummiest bulky yarn I’ve . . . → Read More: In the thick of it…

Michael Del Vecchio Signing at Politics and Prose Originally uploaded by plainsight.

My friend Michael del Vecchio–author of the new book, Knitting with Balls did a signing tonight at the local independent bookstore, Politics and Prose. There were over 50 (!) people in attendance. He said it was . . . → Read More: Knitting with Balls

I got an uncorrected proof for Doris Chan’s new book Amazing Crochet Lace: New Fashions Inspired by Old-Fashioned Lace several months ago, and I knew it was going to be great, but yesterday when the actual book arrived, I was blown away. Doris and I both love seamless and top-down construction. Doris takes top-down to new . . . → Read More: Amazing Doris

Hannah has a great post about knitting with beans(!). Picture included.

Technorati Tags:knitting, beans, the . . . → Read More: "Knit, Knit, Nibble, Nibble"

I just received this fun book from Potter Craft. Saturday Night Hat: Quick, Easy Hatmaking for the Downtown Girl by Eugenia Kim. A recent Parsons grad turned star hat maker, she shows us how to make our own hats or customize ones we already have. It’s all about sewing, there’s not a hook or pair . . . → Read More: Saturday Night Hat

Check out the work of 14-year old designer Phoenix Bess. She’s got some fun unusual patterns like pirouette socks and very cute leggings! She’s designed for Elann.com and Dreamweaver Yarns, and she has a pattern in an upcoming book produced by the Denise needle company. I love the young real-looking models on her site–it looks like . . . → Read More: Up and Coming

Fertility Doll/ Déesse de la Fécondité Originally uploaded by curlymonkey.

CurlyMonkey has created an awesome amigurumi fertility doll–and has other great creations in her . . . → Read More: Crochet is for Babies!

In my perpetual struggle to maintain order of the things in my life, I’ve rediscovered Karen Kingston’s book, Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui . What I had forgotten from the last time I’d looked at it is that she has more than one kind of clutter defined in the book. It will probably take me . . . → Read More: The Clutter of Unfinished Things