Do your beautiful hand-knit or crocheted shawls sit lonely on a closet shelf because you struggle with wearing and styling them? Check out my Tip Jar Tutorial on Transforming Shawl Shapes on my @Knicoleknits Under the Influence channel. Problem solved! The origin story of my first “wrapover” is here: A Point-less Wrap I’d love you hear all… Read More Revolutionizing Shawls!
Ah, gauge…the bane of many a knitters’ existence. We diligently swatch, block, and measure, and just when we think we’ve got it – it’s snatched away for seemingly no reason at all and we’re sent slinking back to the proverbial drawing board with our heads hung low as we fling that lying liar of a… Read More En-gauge-ment
This whackadoodle year is almost done. It was a weird one – of this there is no doubt. There is also no doubt that knitting saved my sanity this year. A few times. Out of the madness came many a satisfying finished object (and many more WIPS, natch). Shall we stroll though the gallery of… Read More Knitcomplishments 2020
I love a good road trip. The scenery, the tunes and audiobooks, the snacking and stops for ice cream…all good stuff. But the very, very best part of road-surfing one’s way through a vacation? The primo knitting time. Hours and hours of uninterrupted, guilt-free knitting. Pure bliss. This year, our main vacation ended up split… Read More Knit-Ventures from First Vacation
Sorry about my absence (again) last week, but I was sick. Crazy sick. Stupid sick. I had the wickedmeankiller cold that ate Manhattan. This wasn’t just a cold, it was a Cold…dripping with icicles, frostbite, and phlegm. I do not exaggerate. I could breathe not – not through my sinuses filled with cement – not… Read More Shawl We or Shawln’t We? That is the Question…
Yes, I’ve been AWOL, but for a very good reason…really, honest, and for true. My very perfect and wonderful HE (Husband Equivalant) surprised me on Christmas Day with tickets to NEW YORK CITY, which was incredible enough and brought me to tears… And then… I opened a box that contained an email telling me I… Read More VKLive New York New York!