All Blog Posts Tagged 'tips' (8)

Lace Yarn Sale

It's almost the end of the summer, and we need to clear out a little room in our warehouse for the heavier winter yarns, so we're having a one-week-only lace yarn sale! Lots and lots of colors are on sale in all of our lace yarn lines - Shimmer, Alpaca Cloud, Shadow, Shadow Kettle Dyed and Gloss Lace… Continue

Added by Tina on September 3, 2009 at 8:00am — 12 Comments

Wearing Lace Shawls

I've heard a lot of people say they don't know how they would wear lace shawls, and that keeps them from knitting them. We think lace shawls are infinitely wearable (you don't even have to look like an old lady when you do wear them!), and here is Nina to demonstrate:

The shawls shown, in order, are: Chinook Shawl - from the Lace Yarn Sampler Kits, shown in the Deep Sea colorway… Continue

Added by Tina on June 29, 2009 at 1:45pm — 12 Comments

KAL knitting woes - 1 step forward, 2 steps back!

Well I'm a week into my knitting for the Knitting Goes Large KAL - and feel like I haven't progressed as much as I would have liked...

I'm trying not to be too frustrated... I was having some problems with the… Continue

Added by Kim on May 13, 2009 at 7:30am — 3 Comments

Blocking Tip

I am sure it has been done before, but I like it anyway! When blocking a square or rectangular piece of lace knitting I line wires up with the edges of the stripes on a big bathsheet....Any comments or a better way, please let me know. I try to learn something "new" every day. My grandma told me ages ago, it is the ONLY way to grow old gracefully... Continue

Added by ice on March 19, 2009 at 8:48am — 1 Comment

Tips: YB's Yarn Bits

What to do with those "bits" of yarn left over ? What if you are looking for something else to knit besides the usual doll clothes, wash cloths or other small items? Knit "baggies" to cover Lavender Sachets! Our family has been using them for years, tucked into a drawer or hung in the back of a closet, and never had moth problems. I think they dislake Lavender Odor! I am sure there are other dried petals, herbs, cedar chips that work just as well. If anyone out there in Knit Land knows about the… Continue

Added by ice on March 6, 2009 at 9:24am — 3 Comments

Road Trip Knitting

Over Thanksgiving, my parents and I drove down to visit my sister in San Jose. It's about 11 ho… Continue

Added by Tina on December 3, 2008 at 5:02pm — 4 Comments

Ta da!

Whew! Now that it looks better, I'll show it to you...… Continue

Added by Tina on May 23, 2008 at 1:54pm — 8 Comments

Socks - Toe Up

I'm teaching a toe-up, two at a time magic loop sock class, so I've been playing with a new (to me, anyway) heel, which I am loving! When you knit socks toe-up, the traditional heel flap ends up underneath your heel - the part you walk on. But, I like having that slip stitch cushiony-ness on the back of my heel too, so this tim… Continue

Added by Tina on February 13, 2008 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments