Good yarn shops display to their customers samples of their goods : little square swatches (often 10 X10 cm) of the yarn they are selling, usually in stockinette, often fully enclosed by a garter stitch border. This is lovely ro see and touch, the start of many woolly love affairs, but I disgress. The key … Continue reading Knitting advice No. 26 : Don’t knit your swatch as if you were a shop owner (you need some level of accuracy to measure gauge)
Tag: cotton
Evaluation of a summer yarn: Tynn Line by Sandnes Garn
There are 3 important things you need to know about this yarn. The first two are that it isn't actually a linen blend and that it's a splitty yarn. Tynn Line is the finer gauge version of the Line yarn by Sandnes Garn, and it's got the exact same fibre composition : it's a viscose-cotton … Continue reading Evaluation of a summer yarn: Tynn Line by Sandnes Garn
A little Swiss secret
This blog is still alive. Very much so. I keep learning and I keep having ideas I want to share with you. But I want to provide original content and that implies testing things out and a slow-pace blog. Also, blogging is just a hobby of mine. In the meantime, I want to share a … Continue reading A little Swiss secret
Knitting Advice Nr. 5 : Freeze your knits (moths be gone)
Clothes moths go by the fancy scientific names of tineola bisselliella and tinea pellionella (so two different species of moths, bisselliella being the most common). These 2 species of moths thrive on keratin. What is keratin ? Keratin is "the key structural material making up scales, hair, nails, feathers, horns, claws, hooves, and the outer … Continue reading Knitting Advice Nr. 5 : Freeze your knits (moths be gone)
Knitting Advice Nr. 4 : Seam your knits with single crochet (especially the cotton ones).
Many knitters like seams to be invisible and single crochet, for sure, doesn't produce an invisible seam. But here's the thing : invisible seams are not as sturdy as a single crochet seam and a sturdy will help your garment to keeps its shape. We're talking cardigan, sweaters, T-shirts, vests and tank tops here.( I'm … Continue reading Knitting Advice Nr. 4 : Seam your knits with single crochet (especially the cotton ones).
Knitting Advice Nr. 1: Learn to knit (it takes time).
Learn to knit. Be patient. Your might be rather disappointed with the results you achieve with your first projects. I certainly was with mines. How passionate you are about knitting and how much time and money you want to invest in acquiring this skill is up to you. But time and money it will take. … Continue reading Knitting Advice Nr. 1: Learn to knit (it takes time).
