So hi! Haven’t blogged in a while…. with some pretty good reason. There was lots of health problem build up and then in August I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. It’s more fun than reaching into a bag of angry cats trying to figure out what I can and can’t do, having more bad days than […]
Miriam Felton
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Monthly Sale: Aspen Grove Shawl
Hey everyone! I’m trying to do more promotion of my back catalog patterns. You’ll see some oldies but goodies pop up in the blog, and every month an older pattern will be on sale. If you’d like to be notified of the sale every month you can sign up for the Knitter’s Newsletter. For the […]
Monthly Sale: Blessing Socks
Hey everyone! I’m trying to do more promotion of my back catalog patterns. You’ll see some oldies but goodies pop up in the blog, and every month an older pattern will be on sale. If you’d like to be notified of the sale every month you can sign up for the Knitter’s Newsletter. For the […]
Monthly Sale: Ancient Woodland Shawl
Hey everyone! I’m trying to do more promotion of my back catalog patterns. You’ll see some oldies but goodies pop up in the blog, and every month an older pattern will be on sale. If you’d like to be notified of the sale every month you can sign up for the Knitter’s Newsletter. For the […]
Pattern Release: Modern Colorwork Collection
If you have a feed reader, you may have noticed a flurry of posts coming out of this blog. I had to prep everything for the release of my new Modern Colorwork Collection. The info is up for all of the pieces (see below). They will be released individually one every day this week in […]
Handling Increases and Decreases in Stranded Colorwork
Occasionally you will need to change your stitch count IN PATTERN when you’re doing stranded colorwork. Eunny Jang wrote a great segment on decreasing in colorwork here (scroll down, it’s the latter half of the post) As it happens Eunny actually wrote a great post about increasing in colorwork here (again scroll down) Sometimes your […]
Monthly Sale: Andromeda Shawl
Hey everyone! In the coming months I’m trying to do more promotion of my back catalog patterns. You’ll see some oldies but goodies pop up in the blog, and every month an older pattern will be on sale. If you’d like to be notified of the sale every month you can sign up for the […]
Tips for Colorwork
I’m gearing up to release my new colorwork collection next week and I thought now would be a good time for some tips for colorwork (which umbrella includes stranded colorwork like Fair Isle and Latvian knitting, intarsia, and more). Let’s start at the beginning: You will probably need to swatch, swatching flat is probably something […]
Special Techniques for Getting the Most From Your Ball of Yarn
The following is an excerpt from Twist & Knit: To get the most knitted fabric from your yarn, there are a few techniques with which you will need to become familiar. The first is how to weigh your yarn. Some patterns in this book require that you split your yarn in half. For some items […]
Matching Folded Hem Tutorial
I’m working on a new design. A cowl with a nice folded hem edge… very neat and tidy… with a reverse stockinette turning row. Starting the project I like to think through all the details and this one had me a little stumped. I was thinking about how to make the BIND OFF end of […]
