Tag Archives: swatching

What is a “Turning Chain”?

I have seen some interesting things come across my desk lately that involve the turning chain. I also have some info I want to share with you, thought I already had but I can’t find the post, so here we go. Let’s start with what is a turning chain? It can also be referred toContinue reading “What is a “Turning Chain”?”

First Row After Cast On

I thought that sharing a photo of what the first row looks like after cast on would be helpful to know that you’re on the right track. I have made a swatch of garter and stockinette for each technique that I have shared. There is also a link to the video tutorial if it hasContinue reading “First Row After Cast On”

Gauge vs Tension

Many stitchers use these terms interchangeably, for others this is the reason why they don’t swatch and still some don’t know what either of these words is referring to. As a designer and tech editor these words are important to the work I produce and how I educate designers and stitchers on how to useContinue reading “Gauge vs Tension”

Bag of Tricks Lesson 1

I am a Western knitter! Still a left handed knitter but a Western knitter. The Western part, thankfully, doesn’t change how I read a pattern. It does change how I want to teach others how to knit moving forward and what words and phrases I will use when writing patterns. It’s not the Western partContinue reading “Bag of Tricks Lesson 1”

Knitting Increases – M1 vs Lifted

There are many different kinds of increases in knitting, yarn over, knit front back, make one left, make one right, lifted increase and maybe some others that I missed. In this post I will be covering the make one and lifted increases and discussing how/if they are different. I will be writing this in realContinue reading “Knitting Increases – M1 vs Lifted”

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”

Moss Stitch

Moss stitch is a simple textured stitch that occurs in both knit and crochet. In knit it is sometimes confused with the seed stitch and in crochet it is the same thing as the linen stitch. I am going to share about moss stitch in both crafts in this post. There will samples for youContinue reading “Moss Stitch”

Even After All That, Sometimes Swatches Lie…

I got my sweater edit back from the grader, but I’ll talk about that in a bit. Before I opened that file I used an old trick I have to see how well the clothes I’m making are going to for the size I’m making them for. I took my partially finished sweater to theContinue reading “Even After All That, Sometimes Swatches Lie…”

Cost of Pattern Publishing

Currently to buy one of my patterns costs the purchaser $6 US. Of that I receive about $5.50, sometimes less because of the different fees involved. Let’s say I sell 100 copies of that pattern and I received $5.25 for each copy. For a total of $525. Sounds pretty good for a four page patternContinue reading “Cost of Pattern Publishing”

From Idea to Publication

This is the first entry that I am sharing about this project, that will probably become 2 shawl patterns. As you can see by the date below these thoughts are about a month old. I will add more thoughts as new posts as things keep developing. 02/28/24 I recently had the itch to design anotherContinue reading “From Idea to Publication”