This easy pumpkin knitting pattern is perfect for beginners and knitters with more experience. It’s worked flat using medium weight yarn and a simple ribbed stitch to give it lots of texture and make it fun to knit. About Knitting Pumpkins There are a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns available, but one of the great […]
Ozark Tweed Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern
The Ozark Tweed baby blanket knitting pattern uses three colors to make the tweed pattern on the body and a contrasting color for the applied I-cord border. It’s a quick and easy blanket that can easily be modified to whatever size you like. The pattern is the three-color tweed from Barbara G. Walker’s A Treasury […]
How to Work Mattress Stitch
Mattress stitch is a common way to finish seams on knitting projects. It gives the project a relatively seamless look on the front side and doesn’t leave a super bulky seam on the inside of your project. What is Mattress Stitch? Mattress stitch is a sewing technique whereby you join two pieces of knitting so […]
Fuzzy Heart Pillow Knitting Pattern
This fuzzy heart pillow knitting pattern is fun to knit and a great gift idea for kids, from babies to teens. My daughter loves this fuzzy fabric and has a sweater made from the same yarn. This is part of the amazing Christmas in July Make Along, which you can read more about at the […]
Rainbow Water Bottle Carrier Knitting Pattern
This knitting pattern for a rainbow water bottle carrier is the perfect thing to knit up for Pride or for rainbow-loving folks to use throughout the year. It doesn’t use a lot of any color of yarn, so if you have rainbow scraps this is a great way to use them. Why Use a Water […]
Sew a Zipper Onto Knitting or Crochet
Zippers are great closures for a lot of projects, but it can be a little daunting to approach how to sew a zipper onto a knitting or crochet project. The good news is, it’s a lot easier than you might think! Here I’m showing a knitting project but the process is the same if you […]
How to Take Apart a Sweater
I was recently cleaning out my closet and found some things I didn’t want to keep but wanted to reuse the yarn, so I thought it would be a great time to show you how to take apart a sweater so you can use the yarn for something else. This is a handknit sweater shown […]