My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
My family attended an “Ugly Holiday Sweater New Years Eve Party” where the hostess gave me her two huge totes of left over yarn from when she decided that knitting was not for her – I feel so rich! Thank Continue reading Collaborating With K, a cross post with Christine Guest Designs
You know how I put library fines in the financial category of homeschool? That’s because I know that for every time I return a book a day late and pay $.10, that’s still a living book I didn’t have to Continue reading The Knitted Library Window Watchcap is here
Barbara G Walker and Melissa Leapman both use this method for “capping a cable” AKA closing a ring design. I think it’s sheer brilliance. Elsebeth Lavold uses a different method, someday I want to make a medallion combining the two Continue reading Capping a Cable with Barbara G Walker’s method from A third treasury of Knitted Patterns
I love the way knit stitches can flip over and camouflage themselves, so that they mimic themselves upside-down. Continuous Cables (called Ring Cables in the 3rd Treasury of Knitting Patterns) are a great example of this, so are provisional cast Continue reading A Tutorial on Combined Kitchener’s Stitch/Swiss Darning for attaching knit applique
A discussion on Ravelry convinced me that I needed to update the Horizontal Chain Pattern – at least give the poor chart a key! Here is the PDF for the update (that included the missing last two lines) and here Continue reading Clarified Horizontal Chain Pattern
(Note: I now have a Knitting Design Blog with this information in a tidier format at http://www.christineguestdesigns.com/blog/ring-cables/ July 24, 2015) I think that the closed ring designs in Barbara G Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs are ingenious. I’m a bit surprised Continue reading Christmas Tree Increases – a variation on Barbara G Walker’s technique for increasing in one stitch.