New England life and knitting pattern reviews
Do you ever wonder how color-work knitting can be done flat? I’ve wondered if that is possible because I’ve only ever done color-work in the round. Well, mosaic knitting is not really the same thing, but it can have the same effect with a pattern knit into a flat item, like a scarf, shawl, or […]
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I had never done an I-cord bind off, but I’ve used the i-cord to make rope handles and long points or tassel holders on the end of hats. I must say, this type of bind-off is quite nice. I used it recently when the Bay’s Edge Shawl called for binding off in this manner. As […]
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There is a lot more to knitting than picking up a pair of needles and choosing a pretty yarn. If you have done any amount of knitting yourself you will understand. I have learned a lot as I’ve knit various projects over the past year and a half. One aspect of knitting you will undoubtedly […]
Read More…Although I have Photo Shop, I’ve been using a free program, called Paint.net, to do some graphic designs for my Zazzle stores and slowly I am learning how to master the various tools. One thing I could never figure out, even with instructions from the site, was the “clone stamp”. So I ignored it, until […]
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