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”

Vintage Crochet Technique #1

This is the first installment in what I am hoping will become a series, not scheduled but shared as I stumble upon them, of vintage crochet techniques. What do I mean by that? Techniques in crochet, either in the stitching or in the writing, that were the “norm” about 40 years ago, but that confuseContinue reading “Vintage Crochet Technique #1”