I was on one of my favorite knitting forums the other day and someone asked if knitting relieves stress or just causes more of it. There was mostly a consensus that knitting does relieve stress until a mistake appears – probably about 10 rows back! A simple knitting pattern that is repetitive can be very [...]
It’s very hard to watch cherished relationships change. We see our parents growing older and more feeble and it’s very hard to to see old age creeping up on them day by day. It’s the same with our pets, although we go through that change more often in life if we want to have dogs [...]
// Classic Elite Quick Knits, available October 18, 2011, is a beautiful knitting pattern book from Classic Studio Yarns, containing 100 patterns for wraps and scarves, hats, gloves, mittens, blankets and toys for the little ones and much more. This book is a follow up to their best-selling Classic Elite Knits and is for knitters [...]
I’ve been writing this knitting blog for quite some time and thought it might be a good idea to go back to basics and provide free resources to those who want to learn to knit. I learned to knit when I was about 10 years old and was in knitting 4H at that age (do they even have that anymore?). After that time, I learned other crafts and hobbies but didn’t try knitting again for nearly 40 years! When I decided I wanted to learn to knit again, it all came back to me quickly.
