Link round up
A website I found early on when I was learning to read crochet charts is MyPicot. It’s got an extensive
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Loop increases
A long time ago, I accidentally put my needle between the next two stitches, pulled a loop through, and then
Continue readingInteresting fibery links
Random fibery links I found online. These mostly came from Pinterest, but I’m probably going to gather up links from
Continue readingSensible way to cope with sideways sweaters
Cuff-to-cuff: dealing with the body stitches.. I’m not sure I’ll ever knit sideways sweaters, but it helps stretch my brain
Continue readingOf double yarnovers and lark’s heads.
Some lace patterns contain double yarnovers, which are used to add two stitches in the middle of the work as
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Sometimes I come up with ideas and then never get around to doing anything with them. I was reminded of
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Early last spring I ordered yarn from Peace Fleece for a sweater for myself and asked my kid what the
Continue readingBunny Ears Back
For the pattern I’m working on (Ellerbe Mitts), I came up with an interesting decrease that turns out to have
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