A Guest Post: Everything You Wanted to Know About Measuring for a Sweater + Free Sweater Planning Guide

Today, we have a guest post from Johnny Vasquez, a knitwear designer, and “Head Honcho” over at the New Stitch A Day blog.  Johnny will be sharing some important tips to help you learn how to get proper measurements to ensure the perfect fit for your sweater! One of the most important parts of knitting…

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Colorfully Modern Cardigan Crochet-Along #4: Blocking, Seaming, and Surface Stitches

Hi guys! I see a lot of you have finished your cardigans already. Looking good! Don’t forget to post pictures. [Editor’s Note: Click here to see photos in our Ravelry group, and if you’d like to leave a photo here on the blog, click in the commenting box and you’ll see a little “mountain range” icon. Click it…

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For Kitty, With Love

Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter’s life. To be a needleworker of the gift-giving sort is to live your life with one eye on the calendar. As I write this it’s late summer,­ but I’m already thinking of December. I have no…

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