Fiber Arts
When I first started knitting, I made an embarrassingly large number of hats (and mittens and cowls) that I couldn’t even wear when they were finished because the openings didn’t stretch wide enough for me to actually put them on. For a while, I was convinced that I was an utter failure at knitting, because, …
I liked my first pixie hat so much that I just had to knit another! What’s your go-to cool weather project?
Fiber crafter pals: If you’ve been following along on Instagram and Twitter, wondering what in the world I was doing all of those sticks and all of that yarn, the wait is finally over. I reviewed the new Clover Weaving Sticks sets on Craft Test Dummies!
Because my body is, shall we say, challenging where proportions are concerned—essentially, the only thing standing between me and the kids’ pattern section is a pair of stubbornly grownup-sized boobs—I’m a big fan of knitting projects that are based on formulas and recipes. (You know, basic sock, hat, etc. patterns that can easily be scaled …
