Now that we’ve washed and stored our winter wool sweaters and superwash socks, and our summer garments are back in rotation, you may find these need to be washed a little more regularly than winter wear. Thankfully, plant fibres are fairly easy to care for and don’t require a lot of effort to maintain….
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Caring for Wool
As the warm weather settles in, now is the time to rotate and refresh your hand knits. Let’s face it, you’ve put endless hours, effort, and love into your knitting, so caring for the finished product is an important step in ensuring it lasts. Today I’d like to share some tried-and-true methods for caring…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Caring for Superwash Wool
When it comes to caring for your handknits you might be inclined to think that all wool should be treated alike but that is not the case. Today we’ll talk about superwash wool and how to properly block and care for it to protect and maintain the longevity of your precious handknits. I’m no…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Tubular Cast On
I recently started a 1×1 ribbed hat pattern that recommended using a tubular cast on, something I had tried many years ago and quickly forgot about. As a die-hard long-tail or cable cast on lover, it was hard for me to break away from my comfort zone and try something new, but guess what?…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – 3-Needle Bind Off
The 3-Needle Bind Off is a great way to seam live stitches together and cast off at the same time. While similar to the Kitchener Stitch, the 3-Needle Bind Off is not a seamless join, but sometimes that’s a good thing and shoulder seams are the perfect example of that! With the 3-Needle Bind…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Kitchener Stitch
Kitchener Stitch is a clever way to join two pieces of live knitting using your working yarn and a darning or tapestry needle. The particular order in which the stitches are worked mimics a row of knitting resulting in a smooth and seamless finish. Kitchener Stitch is the most common way to finish the…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Mosaic Knitting
Happy New Year knitters! With the pressure of holiday gift knitting behind us (for a few months anyway!), it can be hard to muster up knitting mojo in January. One thing I’ve found that motivates me when I’m suffering from knitter’s burnout is a fun technique that doesn’t require a lot of effort and…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentHappy Socktober!
Socktober can mean many things in the fibre industry. For many it’s a time to donate hand knit socks to local charities. For some it means finishing up all those pesky unfinished socks, whether it’s just darning in ends or the dreaded grafting of toes. And for others, it’s the starting line for a…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Japanese Short Rows
Happy Fall fellow fibre lovers! After a few months away from the blog, we are back with a great line up of new tips, tricks, ideas, and suggestions that we hope will make your knitting easier as you journey along your path of creativity. Our previous two posts discussed two of my favourite techniques…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – German Short Rows
Last month we talked about Wrap & Turn Short Rows, one of the most common forms of short row shaping we see in knitting patterns. Or is it? Lately, German Short Rows are being called for more and more frequently in patterns as they produce a smoother fabric than their wrap & turn counterpart,…
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