It’s time to add holes to our knitting!Buttonholes are a detail that can elevate any knitting project, but they can be something that are avoided as the patterns seem confusing.  In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through three versatile methods for knitting buttonholes, ensuring you have the perfect size for any project and button.  From smaller, . . .

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Buttonhole Knitting Tutorial: 3 Essential Methods

Can we find something new to knit?Rowan Magazine’s Autumn/Winter edition is here, and it’s packed with beautiful patterns and inspiring designs. It’s been five years since I last bought myself a copy, so diving into this one feels like a little gift to myself! In this review, I’ll share my impressions of the magazine, highlight . . .

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Rowan Magazine Review: What’s New in Autumn/Winter 2024

Yarn swift know-how is first, then we knit!If you’ve ever tried to wind yarn from a skein by hand, you know how quickly things can go wrong—tangles, knots, and frustration can make yarn preparation a real headache. That’s where a yarn swift comes in!This handy knitting tool makes winding yarn into a neat, usable ball . . .

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How to Use a Yarn Swift to Roll a Ball of Yarn from a Skein

When you’re knitting for Christmas one thing can happenWith lots to think about at this time of year, knitting can feel like a last-minute scramble.Maybe children are returning to school, you’ve family get-togethers to start planning, gifts to put on lists, not to mention your daily routine to fit in too. What can we do to . . .

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Christmas Knitting Mistake to avoid

Knitting abbreviations can look like gobble-de-goopSo many initials, single letters, strings of multiple letters and numbers stuck together. Not to mention the symbols that appear in there too, like brackets, commas, asterisks and hyphens. In many ways as knitters we’re learning a new language. Once we start to understand it, we’ll be reading a shorthand that non-knitters . . .

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Knitting Abbreviations – decipher some gobble-de-goop