Socks are an indispensable part of our lives. Most of us wear them every day both at work and at home. However, most of us do not know how socks are made.
In fact, there are a number of different ways how socks are actually made. There exist two types of machines that produce socks. There is industrial socks production and home production on special knitting machines. In addition, socks may be knitted with knitted needles or by sewing pies of cloth together.
Mass produced socks are knitted... Read Full Story
Three Hipster Holiday Ornaments made with Vegas Yarn. Vegas Color Swingers, Pink Champagne, Flying Elvis and Black Jack. I added whipped stitched a felt back to this ornament and a small amount of poly-fill. A pendant was added to this ornament. The Vegas colors used: FlyingElvis for the trim and Pink Champagne for the crochet circle. I secured beads to the center with super glue after lightly felting with warm water. The yarn colors used...GhostBar for the crochet circle and trim and Flying... Read Full Story
i just love this book. i have bought many, many books on this subject and this is by far the best. it covers 4 kinds of felting; felting knitted and crocheted items, wet felting, needle felting and recycled felting. i've been felting for a while - mainly knit/crochet felting and needle felting. but i am now going to try the other two methods after reading this book. one thing that i really liked is a full color page of swatches showing non-wool 'fancy yarns' felted with wool yarns. wow! what... Read Full Story
New seasons remind us to recycle, reuse, spruce up and create wonderful everyday items to celebrate the warm days, soft breezes and cookouts. One item that knitters and crocheters need, but sometimes overlook, are our needle organizers. They can be decorative and functional...lifting our spirits as we not only protect our needles, but create the ritual of taking them out of their organizer and creating something wonderful. Etsy.com really comes through with the promise of beautiful needle... Read Full Story
Weekend travels always bring something knitty and wonderful. Above are remnants of antique shawl pins that remind of us of our knitting, tatting and crocheting ancestors. ' Tis the season for knit and crochet scarves. Check here for free patterns: Your first stop for the wowza scarf factor is right here on Knit1fortheroad... Knit1fortheroad AutumnWowza Scarf LionBrand Patterns Striped Scarf Fallen Leaves Scarf Knit & Crochet Pattern Constellation Scarf Crochet Ruffle Scarf Vogue Knitting... Read Full Story
LionBrandYarn Turquoise Cotton-Ease Cotton Yarns aren't only for your spring/summer knitting and crochet, but also for winter projects as well. It's versatility can keep you super cool or super warm. It's also a non-allergenic fiber perfect for household projects, chemo caps, and baby items and for anyone with allergies or sensitive skin. There's such a variety of cotton yarn now that are not only durable, easy to clean, but soft as well. Classic Cotton Yarns from YarnMarket gives you a... Read Full Story
I have started a top recently which supposed to be my own design (no pattern, straight from my head) and is coming out good but not perfect yet... and actually first it was top and now I decided to make a tunic... well I see later how it is going to look ;) ostatnio zaczelam taki top, niby wlasny projekt (bez zadnego wzoru tak sobie z glowy) i nawet niezle wychodzi ale niestety nie perfekcyjnie... i wlasciwie na poczatku mial byc to top teraz stwierdzilam ze bedzie to tunika, ale jak naprawde... Read Full Story
I won the " competition " from East London Craft Guerrilla blog , the blog is followed by me for quite a long time now because I would really like to be there if not every month so at least every other month on their crafty nights... this sounds like fantastic time to me... but as I don`t live in London (only 37 minutes by train to Paddington, ha) and I don`t have no support from my family (my husband - I meant) so I am only planning to go... but well if don`t live too far from their lovely... Read Full Story
if you like granny squares - I have to say that I love them for their simplicity (but you could make very complicated ones as well) - one of my blogging friends - Hannah has set up a Granny Square Swap on her blog and I joined, too and I would like to invite all interested to join as well because it is going to be fun... but if you are worried that you don`t really know how to make a granny square Hannah found some good tutorials to learn so there is nothing to be afraid of... come and join... Read Full Story
This stitch is halfway between the single crochet stitch and the double crochet stitch in height. 1. Begin with a foundation chain, wrap the yarn over (yo) the hook and insert the hook into the third chain from the the hook. 2. Draw the yarn through the chain, leaving three loops on the hook. Yarn over (yo) and draw through all three loops on the hook, leaving one loop on the hook. One half double stitch complete (hdc). 3. Continue along the row, working one half double crochet (hdc) into... Read Full Story
