I’m sharing the fifth interview in this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month series with Maria Isabel from Chabe Patterns (formerly ChabeGS). Maria Isabel is a Mexican crochet designer. I’ll also be including a roundup of my 5 favorite free crochet patterns from her collection! This post contains affiliate links. Maria can be found online on her … Read more
Today’s free knitting pattern has been in the works for (ahem) over two and a half years. Let me explain. Back in January, 2013, I went to Vogue Knitting Live and I picked up two skeins of yarn. The one on top is Full Moon Farms Fabulous Yarn. If you’d like to meet the wonderful … Read more
The weather is starting to cool down here in New York City, which means that my knitting is starting to work its way back into my wardrobe. I love making hats (and I love knitting hats), so fall is also my favorite times of year for knitting. (I even have a hat on the needles … Read more
I love crocheting granny squares. (I’m pretty sure this is no secret to any regular reader of my blog.) Since I do a lot of my crocheting while commuting, I enjoy the portability. I usually prefer 6″ (15 cm) squares, but for this pattern, I decided to try something a little different: a 4″ (10 … Read more
Most of us have a memory of shrinking a wool garment accidentally while doing laundry. If you’ve done that, congratulations! You’ve already knitfelted, or “fulled,” your first project. This post contains affiliate links. What is knitfelting or fulling anyway? Wool fibers have small scales. When the project you knit with wool yarn is wet and … Read more