Unraveling has become the new way to upcycle.  Until recently unraveling yarn is every knitters worst case scenario.  It’s so bad we have code words because we don’t even want to say we are ripping out our knitting.  We talk about frogging because we rip-it, rip-it.  I have also heard it called tink or tinking,… read more »

I have mentioned how knitting is two sticks, yarn and a bunch of knots.  In essence that is all you need to knit.  But I think as a species we love our gadgets.  Just about any craft or hobby has a million gadgets you can purchase. In knitting our gadgets are called notions.  I’m not… read more »

One thing is for certain, to be a knitter you need a love of yarn. For the amount of time spent knitting you have to love yarn.  A knitter’s yarn collection is called their stash and every knitter’s stash looks different. Some people have a neat and orderly stash. Filed away neatly and organized by… read more »

Knitting is taking the world by storm.  It has become a huge industry in a matter of years.  Decades ago women stopped knitting because feminism called them out of the home. Now we are embracing the need for creativity.  Personally, I think the internet had a lot to do with the upsurge of knitting into… read more »

We are on to another great yarn that I can only hope to touch in this lifetime.  Qiviut is so rare and valuable it is hard to even find the yarn let alone have the money to buy it.  Qiviut is from the underbelly of the Musk Ox in Alaska.  Every spring they shed their… read more »

In knitting we count…a lot.  You count stitches, rows, repeats.  It’s endless and necessary if you want your knitting to turn out like the picture. What is really important is having a tool for keeping track of your counting. Sometimes you need to know where you are in the stitch pattern and when your next… read more »