Let’s say you just saw a cowl pattern that you absolutely love, but just wish it used a different yarn weight. For example, let’s say the pattern calls for DK-weight but you…
I recently did a whole tutorial about swatching as part of my Audrey’s Cardigan KAL. And it made me realize that although I talk a lot about swatching in general, I haven’t…
My latest design, 1979, calls for heavy DK or light-worsted weight yarn. But what exactly does that mean? Well, yarn is classified into different weights (fingering, sport, dk, worsted, etc) depending on…
One question that I’m often asked (as someone who does a lot of seamless knitting), is how to do a gauge swatch for knitting in the round. I’ll admit, many times in…