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Christmas Tree Increases – a variation on Barbara G Walker’s technique for...
I think that the closed ring designs in Barbara G Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs are ingenious. I’m a bit surprised that they don’t show up in more sweater patterns, her book was published way back...
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A Tutorial on Combined Kitchener’s Stitch/Swiss Darning for attaching knit...
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...
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Capping a Cable with Barbara G Walker’s method from A third treasury of...
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...
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Tutorial for Trude Guermonprez’s Lateral Cable
A few weeks ago, I was delighted to find Dragoncrafter’s instructions on making a lateral cable. This week I’ve been studying Dragoncrafter’s Knitty article on Tree motifs – boy will that help me with...
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Knit Dress Alteration Tutorial
Dan had a meeting after the worship service on Sunday, so while my kids ate the rest of the coffee time cookies and chased each other in the basement, I peeked in the Give and Take Room to see if there...
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Making a Maze from Caution Tape: Guest Post by Dan (DH)
I enjoy mazes, both solving them and making them! This maze is made with Caution Tape, stapled to wooden stakes hammered into the ground. It is the same idea as a Corn Maze, but fairly easy and...
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