The cable cast on: It’s a lot like the knit cast on, and it has the same benefits. You start the same way as the knit cast on, by making […]
Ask the “Expert”: The Knit Cast On (Your New Favorite Cast On)
The knit cast on, aka lace cast on: Let me list its virtues. It’s as easy as the long-tail cast on. Maybe easier. Speaking of the long-tail cast on, you […]
Cocktail of the Week: Senzu Vodka Soda
The main ingredient for this refreshing spring cocktail comes from Senzu Juicery, and you can purchase it at the Old Town Farmers Market on Saturday or other locations around DC and […]
Group Stage
How much cowl can be made from one skein of Newton Worsted from The Fiberists? A lot of cowl! I used a simple stitch pattern from the book “Sequence Knitting” […]
Cocktail of the Week: The Negroni
I officially declare it gin season! Let’s kick it off right with a classic gin cocktail: the negroni. This cocktail is rated hip: no cocktail mixing experience required. Seriously! One […]
Cocktail of the Week: Smoked Honey Whiskey Sour
This week’s cocktail is brought to you by Olio. I stopped in after taking the Knitted Plaid workshop at fibre space last weekend and discovered some cocktail mixers from Bittermillk, […]
Ask the “Expert”: The Sewn Bind-Off
The sewn bind-off: perfect when you want a bind-off that is stretchy, but not SUPER stretchy. When you want a bind-off that is equivalent in stretchiness to your cast-on. When […]
The Lace Hunk Hat
I needed a slouchy hat. I had a skein of Fiberists Audubon Bulky. I wanted something more than Stockinette stitch but something less than cables or allover lace, so I isolated and adapted […]
Ask the “Expert”: All about the Edges
Slip the first stitch of each row? Knit the first stitch of each row? If slip, slip purlwise or slip knitwise? What is “knitwise”? What is “purlwise”? Let me help. Here’s […]
Cocktail of the Week: Let’s Talk Scotch. Part 1: Laphroaig
If you know what I’m talking about, I need say no more. If not, let me change your life. For better or worse. “Laphroaig is a hell of a drink, […]
Ask the “Expert”: Slipped Stitches 101
When I teach Yipes Stripes at fibre space, there’s one technique we never get around to doing: simple slipped-stitch blocks. I talk workshop participants through the process, but that’s not […]