Entries for month: April 2012

Recommended Reading - Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design

Get those designs that are in your head down on paper! Quickly create simple knitting pattern schematics to detailed fashion drawings using Adobe Illustrator.


Swan Socks Book is now digital

We are pleased to announce that the Swan Socks book

is now available in digital format

  • Immediate download!
  • No Shipping!
  • No Duties or taxes!

 

 

 


Do these have a Name?

Knitting machine maintenance

What are these called?

When you decide to give your knitting machine a good, deep cleaning or when you are doing general maintenance, you'll need to pop these plastic rivets off to disassemple sections of the machine.


Crochet Buttons - This Week's Tip

Have perfectly matched buttons by crocheting them from your garment yarn. Fast and easy, they add a fun touch ... especially for kids!


4 ways to tame slippery yarns

Have you ever  started working with a cone of yarn to find it morphed into a pool of yarn on the floor?  It catches and tangles as you knit, creating uneven tension or even worse it breaks as you knit?

Here are some tips for working with slippery yarn.