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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Just a quickie today – knit this pattern in intarsia for a pretty stripe, border or edging, or bead it as a cuff bracelet, hatband, or just one repeat as a tiny amulet bag. Have fun! And take a look here for more free butterfly knitting and loom-beading charts. New to loomed beadwork? Here’s how [...]  Elsewhere on the web, I’ve been writing a few things that might interest you Here’s plenty of info about amigurumi, including how to read Japanese patterns. And if one of your New Year’s resolutions was to knit (or crochet) from stash, check out this collection of links to free patterns and ideas for using [...] This pretty tam has a stranded colourwork pattern of flowers and butterflies, and a scalloped picot hem. You’ll need: 1 skein (approx 150m) each of 2 colours fingering weight yarn 3mm circular or double-pointed needles, or size to obtain gauge. Yarn needle for finishing Gauge – 19 sts/24 rows to 10cm Fits large woman’s head [...] A picot hem makes an attractive alternative to ribbing or garter-stitch for finishing the end of a piece of knitting. Picot hems can also be used to make tucks or frills – one of my earliest knitting memories is making a baby bonnet for my youngest brother which had a picot-hem frill around the crown. [...] Our last post on how to knit a sock covered how to knit the toe and instep of a very basic sock. By this point we’re ready to start that sometimes perplexing-looking task, turning the heel. There are many different heel styles, with and without gussets, shortrow heels, afterthought heels, eye of the partridge, French [...] Meep, looks like I spoke too soon when I said we were back! Hopefully from now on we can get back on our regular schedule (touch wood). Today we’ll take a look at knitting into the row below, a stitch which is used to create some reversible stitch patterns such as fisherman’s rib (also known [...] Today I’ll be showing you how to knit a simple toe-up sock. Sock knitting can seem daunting at first, especially the heel, but if you follow the instructions carefully for any sock pattern you may try, it will make sense as you go, and you’ll find that knitting your own, well-fitting, unique and cosy socks [...] Another freebie for you This Discworld chart can be loom-beaded as a bag panel or wallet, or knitted in intarsia. You could also work it in crochet, needlepoint or cross-stitch, though this will stretch the design out sideways. You’ll need: 3 shades of green (dark, medium, light) 3 shades of brown (dark, medium, [...] Whee, more reasons to celebrate! Last week we hit 150 posts, and for the first time hit 100 000 pageviews a month! To say thanks to you all for reading, spreading the word, and generally being nice people (yay!), I’d like to give you a sneak preview of my forthcoming pattern book. It’ll be out [...] On Wednesday, we took a look at lace knitting, for which stitch markers are a real help. Of course, you can get plain ones fairly cheaply – they are basically little plastic rings that you slide onto the knitting needle between the two stitches you want to mark. As you knit past those stitches, you [...] |
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