A question I am often asked is “Why is the first row after cast-on sometimes considered a right side (RS) row and sometimes considered a wrong side (WS) row (when knitting flat)?”…
My Raincheck vest has been a popular little layering piece, but one question I often get it how to avoid the curling edges. The edges in Raincheck are raw, i.e, there is…
In this post I’m going to talk about why it’s often recommended to alternate skeins when working with hand-dyed yarn, either by blending/fading or by alternating skeins throughout the project. I’ll also…
Binding-off is often thought of as one of the final steps in knitting. It’s how you take “live” stitches off the needle to create an edging (and it often looks similar to…
Shortly after first learning to knit, I purchased my first “hank” of yarn – this is yarn that comes in a big loop, twisted in a coil formation (pictured below on the…