Knitter's Notebook - The Chilly Dog

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How to Reuse Frogged Yarn

Even experienced knitters can have projects go horribly wrong and end up frogging (rip-it, rip-it, rip-it out) a substantial amount of yarn. I'm not talking about a scarf

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Frogging Doesn't Mean Failure

Have you ever started a knitting project and then somewhere along the way realized that it was never going to develop into the breathtaking finished object you imagined? Maybe the

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Yarn Substitution Guide

What is the formula to substituting one yarn for another in knitting? It's a question I've been asked more than once over the years and I

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Why I'm a mostly monogamous knitter

As I write, I have two new knit designs in progress. The pattern samples are in various states of completion with more than a little knitting to go. Tutorials need

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Taking a Cue From Nature

Cooler weather means most of the leaves have fallen from the trees here in north Alabama and it's a great time to take a cue from nature. Just

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Break or Cut?

I was recently asked why some patterns say to cut your yarn and some tell you to break your yarn. The answer is too good not to share with all

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Industry Interview | Treasure Goddess Yarn

I first met Christine from Treasure Goddess Yarn through the Craft Industry Alliance, a professional trade organization we both belong to. We were assigned to the same 3-month Mastermind Team

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Knitting with the Special Yarn

Four gradient, handspun (by me) cakes have been sitting in my stash for about a year just waiting to become a sweater and I'm finally making time to

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WIP Your Stash into Shape

Stash overwhelm. When you first learn to knit, you never imagine it could happen to you. However, over time you begin stashing yarns, knitting needles, projects or in my case

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Studio Tour

As a knitting designer and fiber artist, you may expect my studio would have a yarn shop sized stash, with hundreds of skeins of squishy yarn, dozens of interchangeable needle

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Grammy's Former Favorite Potholder

The importance of fiber choice.

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Live, Learn, Create More

How much time do you spend on social media each day and are there better, more meaningful things you could be doing with that time? The short answer is likely

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Making Time for Making

I like long, slow projects. They help me refresh my energy and creativity and help me just "make it" through the day. I've been thinking about

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The Magic of Blocking

When you're creating fabric, whether you're weaving, crocheting or knitting, your project really isn't finished until it's wet finished, or blocked. Textiles

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Why Wool for Dryer Balls

I get a lot of great fiber and knitting questions from friends and followers, so today I am reaching into the proverbial mail bag to answer one. I’m looking

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How to Rescue Bleeding Yarn

Late last year I participated in #getyouryarnwishesgranted on Instagram. I wished for a skein of something indie dyed and within minutes I had two perfect strangers offer to send me