A great question come up in the Perfectly Knotty Facebook VIP Group about how to get your self-striping yarn stripes to match. When you're making a garment and the parts and pieces are different sizes, and your yarn is self-striping, the color blocks are not going to be the same number of rows. A … [Read more...] about How to Get Your Self-Striping Yarn Stripes to Match: A Tutorial
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What to do When Dye Lots Don’t Match
Blending Yarns of Different Dye Lots: A Guide to Striping Technique Crocheting and knitting can be fun and relaxing hobbies, but it can also be frustrating when the dye lots of your yarn don't match! This can be especially obvious when you shift from one skein to the next, and becomes more … [Read more...] about What to do When Dye Lots Don’t Match
How to Wash Old Yarn
There have been many times in my life and when I had my store, when people would come to me because a loved one had passed and left behind yarn and supplies they didn't know what to do with. Often saying something like "You do yarn stuff. You can use this." Not always the case, but their … [Read more...] about How to Wash Old Yarn
Knitting Socks – The Great Experimental Sock Project Wrap Up Thoughts
My Great Experimental Sock Project has come to an end.One regret is that I didn't document the entire process for y'all!I learned so much! So I am going to attempt to share the highlights with you in this post.I'd love to hear from you! Should I make a little start-to-finish course for you? OK! … [Read more...] about Knitting Socks – The Great Experimental Sock Project Wrap Up Thoughts
Knitting Socks – An Experiment with Making a Thicker Short Row Heel
I have never seen this as a sock technique before, so if you have, please let me know where. If not, please share my post with others so that I am credited with it! It is so frustrating to teach things that I feel like I pioneered, then suddenly see them show up on the cover of the latest magazine … [Read more...] about Knitting Socks – An Experiment with Making a Thicker Short Row Heel
Knitting Socks – An Experiment with a Thick Sole Technique
I have knit many pairs of socks in the last 25 years, but I cannot list myself officially as a Sock Knitter. But I do enjoy the opportunity to learn new techniques, and experiment with ideas. This is a sock that has been on my mind for a couple of years, and I finally just decided to grab my … [Read more...] about Knitting Socks – An Experiment with a Thick Sole Technique