Grafting – 3 options

Sometimes you want to put two sets of live stitches together; to close a sock toe, the bottom of a bag, a shawl corner or sweater shoulder. I am going to share with you three options for doing this. Kitchener Stitch is named after a military leader who wanted smooth toed socks for his menContinue reading “Grafting – 3 options”

Swatch Your Beginning and Ending First

Before starting on your next project, swatch. We all know this, few of us do it but recently I learned a valuable lesson about swatching. I had swatched for this particular project, a lot. I’ve been swatching this thing since June and here it is the end of August, as I write, and I finallyContinue reading “Swatch Your Beginning and Ending First”