I love color! I love all colors and I always did. When I was in high school, I would spend all my days drawing in my agenda. By the end of the year, my agenda was spectacular. I don’t draw very well, but I added… [read more]
Tutorial: how to make tassels
I have a very simple tutorial for you today, it will show you how to make tassels. Some people mistakenly call them pompoms, and even if tassels and pompoms are similar in the fact that both are cute puffy yarn enhancements for your knitting projects,… [read more]
Tutorial: how to knit Jeny’s Stretchy Slipknot Cast-On
In knitting like in life, sometimes you face a problem for which you need to find lots of flexibility. With my latest design (Lineage Sweater for Babies and Kids), I faced this problem: how can a top-down sweater with a neckline close to the neck… [read more]
How to cast on: long tail cast on method
The first thing I wondered when I started knitting was “how do I start my knitting project”? I quickly learned that starting a knitting project was called casting on and that there were many many ways to do it. I first learned this cast on… [read more]
Weaving in ends while knitting tutorial
Raise your hand if you hate weaving in ends! (I’m raising my hand very high here.) My always excellent test knitters recently shared with me a technique that is a game changer while knitting fair isle, stripes or other multi color knitting projects. I’m almost… [read more]
Tutorial: how to line a knitted hat with fleece
My mission in this winter life is to find a way to knit a hat that will keep me warm all winter long. I tried several things and I still need to wear earmuffs over my hat so my ears don’t freeze. This time, I… [read more]
