In the first of this three-part blog series, I ran through a step-by-step tutorial on provisional cast-on technique, and we ended by placing the live stitches back on a needle. Now in this second part, we will be "seaming" the live stitches using the three needle bind off technique. There is …
Hedgehogs Part One: Provisional Cast On
Ok, so over the summer I've been busy at work on a new pattern collection. It all started with a stranded knitting scarf design featuring lots of fun little motifs, and based on that design (complete, but not yet published), I've been working on a thematic collection of 10 patterns, which I hope to …
St. Giles
I am currently working on a new design for publication, and I'm excited to share it soon. In the meantime, though, I am racing around trying to get ready for the start of the academic year (I work full time while also teaching Italian literature courses), so I am not quite ready for a large blog …
Nettles and Wool
Anyone who has spent time wandering around sheep and cow pastures in the UK is familiar with this little plant - perhaps painfully so: CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons The stinging nettle grows abundantly in the UK, and if you've ever brushed up against one with your bare ankle, you won't …
Travel Project
When packing for my trip to the UK, I couldn't exactly travel without a knitting project. However, the designs I'm working on at the moment are not exactly travel friendly - multiple colors dangling in every direction are not a good thing to risk outside of your own comfy chair! So I decided to poke …