Two hands holding a darning needle and pebble Germantown seaming jade and honey stockinette stitch swatches together.
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Seaming. Some people love it (ME!), some people hate it. I truly believe that properly seaming a finished piece of knitting makes the difference between “hand made” and “home made.”...

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KW Swatch Experiment: Knitting Tight vs. Knitti...

Courtney Kelley

Since starting the swatching project, we’ve noticed a lot of questions regarding the techniques involved in making the swatches in order to better understand the various forces that may affect...

KW Swatch Experiment: Knitting Tight vs. Knitti...

Courtney Kelley

Since starting the swatching project, we’ve noticed a lot of questions regarding the techniques involved in making the swatches in order to better understand the various forces that may affect...

The Great Swatch Experiment

Courtney Kelley

About a month ago, Kate posed a seemingly harmless question to the Twitterverse, and unleashed a monster. What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns?...

The Great Swatch Experiment

Courtney Kelley

About a month ago, Kate posed a seemingly harmless question to the Twitterverse, and unleashed a monster. What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns?...

Two Stitch Cables

Two Stitch Cables

Courtney Kelley

The October Mitten begins with a knit/purl lattice stitch pattern at the cuff that grows into a flowering cable. The floral pattern of the mitten is created by 1 x...

Two Stitch Cables

Courtney Kelley

The October Mitten begins with a knit/purl lattice stitch pattern at the cuff that grows into a flowering cable. The floral pattern of the mitten is created by 1 x...

To Swatch, or Not to Swatch...

Courtney Kelley

Yesterday, we posed a little question to the Twitter-verse: What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns? Needle size doesn’t matter, people, gauge does! #youbetterswatch...

To Swatch, or Not to Swatch...

Courtney Kelley

Yesterday, we posed a little question to the Twitter-verse: What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns? Needle size doesn’t matter, people, gauge does! #youbetterswatch...

Seaming Perpendicular Pieces

Seaming Perpendicular Pieces

Kate Osborn

Different than mattress stitch, where two pieces of parallel knit fabrics are sewn together with the same number of rows, seaming pieces of knitting together where one is held horizontally...

Seaming Perpendicular Pieces

Kate Osborn

Different than mattress stitch, where two pieces of parallel knit fabrics are sewn together with the same number of rows, seaming pieces of knitting together where one is held horizontally...

Kelbourne Visits Donegal Mill

Kelbourne Woolens

As you know from Courtney’s post, in order to develop we decided we needed to visit Donegal Yarns mill. Besides the opportunity to visit Ireland, we were so excited to...

Kelbourne Visits Donegal Mill

Kelbourne Woolens

As you know from Courtney’s post, in order to develop we decided we needed to visit Donegal Yarns mill. Besides the opportunity to visit Ireland, we were so excited to...

Kelbourne Goes to Ireland!

Courtney Kelley

We took an amazing whirlwind trip to Ireland last December. Myself, Kate (who is sitting a couple rows back so she had her own row!), and Meghan flew into Dublin...

Kelbourne Goes to Ireland!

Courtney Kelley

We took an amazing whirlwind trip to Ireland last December. Myself, Kate (who is sitting a couple rows back so she had her own row!), and Meghan flew into Dublin...

Swatching and Measuring Gauge in Cable Pattern

Swatching and Measuring Gauge in Cable Pattern

Kate Osborn

The August Mitten features a unique diamond cable flanked by two 4 stitch cables on a reverse stockinette stitch ground. The palm and gusseted thumb are worked in a lovely...

Swatching and Measuring Gauge in Cable Pattern

Kate Osborn

The August Mitten features a unique diamond cable flanked by two 4 stitch cables on a reverse stockinette stitch ground. The palm and gusseted thumb are worked in a lovely...

Cables Made Easy

Cables Made Easy

Kate Osborn

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, there are two older but still incredibly useful tutorial related to the August Mitten pattern that you might find helpful. Both are helpful in effectively...

Cables Made Easy

Kate Osborn

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, there are two older but still incredibly useful tutorial related to the August Mitten pattern that you might find helpful. Both are helpful in effectively...

Picking Up Stitches From Waste Yarn

Picking Up Stitches From Waste Yarn

Kate Osborn

This technique is most commonly used when knitting thumbs on mittens or gloves using the Afterthought or Gusseted styles. It is worked by first knitting the future thumb stitches with...

Picking Up Stitches From Waste Yarn

Kate Osborn

This technique is most commonly used when knitting thumbs on mittens or gloves using the Afterthought or Gusseted styles. It is worked by first knitting the future thumb stitches with...

Year of Mittens

Kate Osborn

We're delighted to introduce Year of Mittens, a year-long knit-along! Launching August 1st, we will be releasing a new mitten pattern on the first of each month through July 2017!...

Year of Mittens

Kate Osborn

We're delighted to introduce Year of Mittens, a year-long knit-along! Launching August 1st, we will be releasing a new mitten pattern on the first of each month through July 2017!...

Crocheting a Tube

Crocheting a Tube

Kate Osborn

Crocheting in a Tube: Two Ways Crocheting in the round – as in the case of granny squares – tends to be an easy and straightforward skill to learn. Crocheting...

Crocheting a Tube

Kate Osborn

Crocheting in a Tube: Two Ways Crocheting in the round – as in the case of granny squares – tends to be an easy and straightforward skill to learn. Crocheting...