Recently a knitter asked me about how to seam the Peacock sweater. Great question, Beryl! Especially since the seams are all wavy as the peacock lace stitch distorts the rows of knitting. Naturally you don’t want a scalloped shoulder seam–the
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This sweater needs to be finished tomorrow. As always, I knit it quickly, then stalled on the finishing. It’s blocked and ready to go. Just need to do some fancy seaming. The Peacock edges are scalloped, but I don’t want
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I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. I was particularly blessed this Christmas with family, friends and some wonderful gifts a knitter would love! Look at what my husband gave me! A custom fitted, handknit sweater! I must admit I
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I have been volunteering in Devan’s class again this year and it’s been really nice to get to know his classmates. Devan is in a grade 2/3 split class and I’ve been showing them how to make pom-poms and most
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I was playing with Devan’s DS last night and Brain Age came up with this pithy little bit of information. Did you know that knitting can activate your prefrontal cortext? Using both hands to create something can be a stimulating brain
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Miss Terwilliger, as any one from Centerburg can tell you, is one of the town’s best known and best loved citizens. She runs knitting classes and in years past has taught almost every woman in Centerburg how to knit. She
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The swatch using larger needles for the Tangled Yoke Cardigan is done. I’m not completely convinced this will solve my puckering problem. It still puckers a bit because the sts that comprise the actual cables are pulling tighter than the
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