Knatterings & Ramblings
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Happy Creating!
Donna x
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Picot Cast Off Tutorial
Learning this picot cast off will add another string to your knitterly bow, and enable you to successfully add your own personal touch to projects, and get a great finish.
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Knit Nurse Pattern Reading Clinic #2: What’s the deal with parentheses and brackets ( ) [ ]?
What do all the brackets mean in knitting patterns? Parentheses and brackets - that's round ( ) and square [ ] brackets in plain speak - can be a source of great confusion for many knitters…
Choosing the best yarn for the job: Cables and fancy stitchwork
How do you go about choosing the yarn that's going to work best for your project?
Knitting Tension (Gauge) for the Terrified: Part 1
Many knitters skip the vital stage of swatching their tension (guage) - here are the why’s and how’s of measuring tension
