Knitting

Well, I love it. As you can tell because I am smiling so much I lost my eyes! When El Capitan first told me he wanted to learn knitting, I figured he would learn to knit a row or two and be on his way. But he really likes knitting!…

Um, you guys, I think he is a knitter now. The Captain has done an amazing job on his scarf! His tension is perfect and even, he can tell when he has dropped a stitch, and this weekend he even did his own felted join!! The felted join is pretty…

Last night the Captain called and said he wants to learn knitting. At first I thought I had accidentally dropped peyote or licked the wallpaper in a lead-based shanty but nope, it was not a dream, the man wants to learn to make a scarf! I got super excited. “I…

For my summertime Helsinki trip I wanted a casual and slouchy cap that I could wear without looking like a silly Californian shivering in 64° height of summer weather. This is a stylish upgrade to the very first hat I ever made, a roll brim simple knit appropriate for any…

The felted join is the single best way I have found to join to pieces of yarn. It works best on wool or wool blend yarns with at least 30% wool. Superwash wool won’t felt together, though. They science it to be unfeltable. I learned to master and love the…

After years of international travel I have discovered the best way to fly with a knitting project is to utilize the extremely high-tech Ziploc baggie technology. Gather together the yarn and tools you will need for one project at a time and stick it together in a clear gallon or quart size…