grandma in training

Knitting Without Pain: How to Keep Crafting Comfortably with Arthritis

Ergonomic Knitting: 5 Useful Tips For Reducing Pain and Discomfort

Knitting with Fibromyalgia (this is a forum post but full of good information)

If Knitting Is Causing You Pain, Read This

the instructions call for yarn knitted from the hairs of a corpse in a very specific gauge. you ignore the gauge. you always ignore the gauge.

you suspect that you’re in the process of fair isle knitting some sort of sigil, if the strange things appearing in your house are anything to judge by.

the pattern has you counting stitches. you are counting and counting, but you hear your own voice counting in a language you don’t recognize. you lose count again and have to start over.

do not drop a stitch DO NOT DROP A STITCH DO NOT DROP A STITCH

The giant worm on a sting is complete!

i finished knitting my night sky sweater after a little over four months! i think i reinvented the wheel a couple of times when it comes to the intarsia parts and the gussets i added, but 💁🏽‍♀️

My yearly pair of handmade socks ✨💕〰️🔹

Make Do and Mend: Darning

OMG DIAGONAL!!!

To keep it S–T–R–E–T–C–H–Y–!

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Ravelry: Bettinas Fletteband pattern by Britt Viken

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Ravelry: Bettinas Fletteband pattern by Britt Viken

I received a custom order this week for a green and purple striped hat. While I was knitting it, I decided this might be a great time to show other knitters how to knit stripes with NO jog at the beginning of the round. The little blue and purple sample on the left was knit normally and the green and purple hat on the right, was knit with this trick! The one on the right has a much smoother transition at the beginning of the stripes.

Image #1: Begin by starting your new color row and knitting it until the end. (Stripes must be at least 2 rounds in size for this to work. If they are single round stripes, helix knitting is a better option to create smooth stripes, but that is a topic for another day haha)

Image #2: Remove the stitch marker and slip the next stitch PURL wise. 

Image #3: Place the stitch marker back. This is the new beginning of the round.

Image#4: Continue knitting until its time to switch colors again!