A Tale of Two Sweaters Several years ago I set out to knit a “sweatshirt” sweater. I wanted the type of sweater that I could throw on easily and wear around like a sweatshirt. I decided upon Brick, a popular free pattern on Ravelry that required a worsted weight yarn. I decided on a punchy… Continue reading A Tale of Two Sweaters
Category: Knitting Notes
What’s On The Needles
What’s On The Needles I decided to take a leaf out of my own book, and as 2018 arrived, I cast on two new projects that are making me feel awesome. I am, of course, knitting selfishly: two new sweater projects in two new favorite yarns. One is remarkably easy, the other a little less… Continue reading What’s On The Needles
Our Next Knit-Along (and a little bit of “You Can Make That)
Our Next Knit-Along (and a little bit of “You Can Make That) When Stacey Gerbman approached us to do a Tester’s Knit-Along for her upcoming pattern Straight & Arrow, we jumped! We love working with Stacey. Not only is she super laid back and easy to work with, but she’s really talented and creative. When… Continue reading Our Next Knit-Along (and a little bit of “You Can Make That)
When Inspiration Strikes, and Some Sweater Knitting Tips
When Inspiration Strikes, and Some Sweater Knitting Tips Does anyone know George who works at Theory at the Bloomingdales in Short Hills Mall? Besides that he is great figuring out someone’s aesthetic quickly and with charm, he also has super-mind-meld-powers to draw me over to Bloomingdale’s when there’s merchandise that screams my name. (Please just… Continue reading When Inspiration Strikes, and Some Sweater Knitting Tips
What to do when you hit a rut in your knitting
What to do when you hit a rut in your knitting It happens to all of us, and a number of us at Wool & Grace are especially feeling it right now. We’ve hit a rut. The story I’m hearing is that we have a lot of projects with fingering-weight yarn going on right now,… Continue reading What to do when you hit a rut in your knitting
