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What Are You Knitting And What Does Your Project Say About You?

There are a world of choices for your next knitting project. With each new project you decide whether you’ll do colorwork, lace, socks, washcloths, a sweater or whatever. You’ll choose a style, yarn, color and pattern you like for whatever reason. Each knitting project is an opportunity for you to relax from stress, increase your skills, or just have fun. What does your choice say about you? [...]

How the Yarn Harlot Led Me Astray--An Unintended Knitting Gauge Experiment

Once upon a time (a week or two ago) when I took a wee knitting break, I saw a video of the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, knitting like the wind. Have you seen it? She tucks a straight knitting needle under her right arm, slides stitches onto it with her left needle held crosswise and flips yarn stitch after stitch like a sewing machine. On speed. Her hands almost blur. [...]