mattress stitch Archives

Close up of white model with brown hair standing outside wearing a Navia Brushed Tradition sweater, the Dandelion pattern by Sara J Mrdalo

Finished Project: Kate’s Brushed Dandelion Sweater

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on May 5, 2020May 27, 2020

Wahoo! Another finished sweater! As you may recall, I swatched the Navia Brushed and Deluxe yarns back in October. At that time, we were working with Navia on translating the patterns from some of their newer books, and I was eager to knit Dandelion by Sára J. Mrdalo from Book 30. Although Dandelion calls for…

Two hands holding a darning needle and pebble Germantown seaming jade and honey stockinette stitch swatches together.

Mattress Stitch

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on October 1, 2018January 8, 2021

I have wanted to update the images for the mattress stitch tips and tricks since…well, as long as I can remember! I finally got around to knitting up a few new swatches when we received our samples of Germantown from the mill and it seemed like a great time to finally buckle down and get…

Keys to Success: Counting Rows

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on April 15, 2016October 8, 2020

One of the classes we love to teach the most is a finishing class where we focus on proper blocking and seaming techniques. Over time, we have found that a large focus of the class is on all of the steps a knitter should take before the finishing process begins in order to achieve optimum results….