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I know there are other uses for the Turkish cast on than toe-up socks, but that’s the only time I’ve used this cast on method. If you wanted to work other small tubes with a seamless beginning — such as a doll arm or leg, or gloves if for some reason you were working from […]
Many, many years ago, when I was just starting to write about knitting as part of my job, I picked up a copy of Knitting without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann. I don’t even know what led me to it. Probably I read somewhere that it was a knitting classic. Maybe I felt that it would […]
This 30 day art challenge is great for kids, adults or kids and adults to do together. Spend some time making over the next 30 and I promise you’ll feel better. It might even cause you to want to start a new hobby! A creative challenge is a great way to feel more creative, and […]
My daughter and I both love to make pom-poms out of yarn. It’s a really easy and soothing craft and you can use them in lots of different ways. She’s very slowly working on a pompom rug (sort of like this one from Simplify Create Inspire, but in rainbow colors), but if you don’t have […]
When you are ready to finish a knitting project, you have to get the stitches off the needles, so let’s learn how to bind off knitting! What is a Bind Off in Knitting? The bind off, sometimes also called casting off (to mirror casting on at the beginning of a project) is a way to […]
Learning how to purl is generally the second big step in learning how to knit after learning how to make the knit stitch. Purling is essentially knitting but backwards, which doesn’t make sense until you see it done, so let’s dive right in. Materials for Learning to Purl As with learning to knit, to learn […]
Whether your kids are dealing with school anxiety, troubles in the world or other worries, these calming crafts for kids will help them focus and calm them down. Things are pretty scary in the world right now. My daughter hasn’t been sleeping well since she first heard about coronavirus, and she made herself what she […]