What Do You Want to Make Today?
I wanted a little festive picture frame for my four leaf clover cross stitch pattern, so I made this easy upcycled yarn wrapped picture frame using paperboard. It’s a pretty quick and easy DIY picture frame, and you could do this same thing with lots of different embellishments such as covering with scrapbook paper or […]
With the threat of tariffs against non-American made goods looming, it’s a great time to take a look at some American made yarn producers. Whether you want to buy American because it has a smaller environmental impact or because it might be less expensive in the future, these yarn makers are great ones to know. […]
If you’re new to using a circular knitting machine, you may be wondering about the best yarns for the Sentro. A lot of problems people have with their circular knitting machines can be cause by yarn behaving badly, but it’s not always easy to tell which yarns will work the best. The following are the […]
I’ve been sort of working on an ebook on how to use your yarn stash for a few years now, but in the meantime I wanted to share some stash-busting basics that I’m using to help pare down my stash. I decided that this year (as I have several times before, with varying degrees of […]
The felted join (also sometimes called a spit splice) is a great way to join two balls of yarn together when they are made out of natural fibers. You can use it to join two balls of the same color, to join different colors in a stash busting project, or even to join ends of […]
I recently wrote a post about what I think about when choosing yarn for a knitting project, which is about how to substitute yarn in a general way. But there’s been a lot of talk in the knitting community the past few days about offering more yarn options in knitting patterns and whether it is […]
If you’re new to knitting or just new to picking out yarn other than what the pattern calls for, this quick guide will help you choose the best yarn for your knitting project. What Does the Pattern Call for? If you’re looking for yarn for a specific knitting pattern, the pattern will give you a […]