A Knitter’s Blog

I have to admit that I would rather work an SSK decrease rather than a k2tog. The movement in the SSK seems to be so much more fluid to me than a k2tog.
However, because of the nature of each stitch, one can’t just replace k2tog with SSK. K2tog is a decrease that slants to the […]

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We have always had a mitten drawer.
Each winter, the mittens seemed to be combined rather than paired. We suffer from “lost mitten syndrome” but no one ever seemed to mind wearing mittens that didn’t match for outdoor games or chores.
I must admit, there are a few mittens that never had a mate. I just never […]

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A few months ago, a customer posted a request on Sweater Wizard group for a hat wizard.
Over the years, I had often thought about doing a hat wizard, but a full program seemed like overkill, therefore, I never wrote the code.
When I discovered that I could develop Interactive Patterns, I then realized that I could also write mini-programs […]

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I have always considered myself a lace phobic knitter. That is until I purchased a copy of Jane Sowerby’s Victorian Lace Today.
I am more of a technique book person than a coffee table pattern book person, but I could not resist the elegance of this book. I thought I was buying it for my library. […]

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