“Weaving in ends is the best part of knitting,” said no knitter ever! There is something daunting about this sometimes-monumental task. You’ve put hours into your project and have finally cast off that last stitch, hurrah! Oh, but wait, now you have anywhere from two to a hundred and two ends to weave in,…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Joining New Yarns
There comes a point in every knitters’ journey when they will want to move on from one ball projects, but many don’t for fear of not knowing how to properly join new yarns. There are many reasons why it’s important to know how to join yarns in knitting, and there are just as many…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Got Gauge? Here’s Why You Should!
“To save time, take the time to check your gauge”. We’ve all seen that on a knitting pattern at some point, but do we always do it? It only takes one finished garment that doesn’t fit to hammer home the importance of checking you gauge. When you come home from your LYS with your…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Reading Charts
I often hear knitters talk about charts, and more often than not it’s about how they don’t use charts because they think they’re too complicated or that they won’t be able to understand one as easily as they can the written instructions. This month we want to show you just how easy it is…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Featuring Guest Contributor Lynn Cullen
This month, former Team Estelle member Lynn Cullen graciously offered to guest write our Tips with Trish feature on a product she has learned to never block without. Take it away Lynn! Nothing can brighten a gloomy day, quite like a skein of yarn in a richly saturated shade can. Even better? Knitting with…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentThe Edit – Curated Patterns Featuring Cascade 220
Introducing The Edit, curated pattern e-booklets from Vogue Knitting magazine. Each booklet is a selection of patterns from the Vogue Knitting archive, carefully chosen to inspire your next knitting project. They’ve collected some of the most popular projects from top designers and the most asked-for project types for knitters right now and complied them…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentTips with Trish – Knitting Intarsia
The colourwork craze continues to grow which is why the minute I saw my colleague Robbie’s adorable knitted bear I knew it had to be a blog post. Luckily for me, Robbie took lots of photos throughout his knitting journey and kindly granted me permission to feature his pictures as I walk you through…
Continue Reading | Leave a CommentUnderstanding Gauge
Knitters hate to knit gauge swatches. It feels like such a waste of time to so many of us. We just want to get on with things and cast on our new sweater/hat/gloves/vest that we are just DYING to dive into. Why waste time with a pesky gauge swatch??? Ugh. NO THANKS! However, jump…
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