Practice Slip Stitch Knitting With These 6 Patterns!

One of my favorite things about working with yarn is that I can make amazingly textured garments with just a few strands.  That’s also is why I love using slip stitches – this technique is very simple and it allowed me to create detailed colorwork and textures at the same time. You can make detailed stripes like in…

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4 Cool Celebrity Knitwear Styles for Fashion Inspiration

Celebrities enjoy comfortable and fashionable knitwear just as much as we do! The celebrities below have all been spotted in knitwear that can easily be recreated with just a few knit, purl and crochet stitches. Slouchy beanies are very popular in Hollywood and they’re so  easy to recreate. Check out our Camelot Hat knit in Alpine Wool to…

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Add Color With Slip Stitch Patterns: An Introduction

This column by Barbara Breiter, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting & Crocheting, originally appeared in The Weekly Stitch newsletter. Slip stitch patterns are an easy way to add color to your knitting; unlike Fair Isle and Intarsia, you knit with only one color per row so they are less complicated. When knitting slip…

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