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Charity Blocks #2&3: Slytherin & Hufflepuff Stripes

Posted on March 9, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

Have you ever been sorted into your Hogwarts house?   Just this week I took the official test at J.K. Rowling’s site Pottermore and was sorted into Ravenclaw. (It requires you to set up a user account to access the sorting hat, but I’m enough of a Potterhead that it didn’t bother me – though […]

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Charity Block #1: Wide Cable

Posted on March 2, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

  There comes a time in a knitter’s life when they run out of people to knit for. That time varies from knitter to knitter, depending on how many hats and scarves and sweaters any one person needs and on how receptive their friends and family members are to those gifts. That is the perfect […]

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Easy Cable Hat Pattern

Posted on February 23, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

*This post may contain affiliate links.* Have you ever been intimidated by cables? I have. Don’t get me wrong, I totally love them. I love how they look. I love knitting them. But when it came to knitting them into a hat, the thought of figuring out the decreases was just too much, so I […]

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How to Knit in the Round on Circular Needles

Posted on February 16, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

Before we get into how to begin knitting on circular needles, let’s talk about how to choose the circular needles for your project. Besides needing to know the size (in US sizes or mm) of the needles, like you would with any other type of needle, you also need to know the length. Circular needles […]

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Baby Wrap Sweater

Posted on February 10, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

*This post may contain affiliate links.*     I’ve been looking for an excuse to make this sweater for years.   I stumbled across the book Greetings from Knit Café, by Suzan Mischer, in my local library and loved the patterns, so I got my own copy. Some of the designs are fairly impractical (a […]

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Love Note Pouch

Posted on February 2, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

*This post may contain affiliate links.*   Alright, I’ll admit it: I don’t like Valentine’s Day.   Even after being married to my true love for going on 9 years, I just can’t get on board with it.   To begin with, I don’t like pink. Or hearts, really, either.   But the bigger reason […]

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Beginner-Friendly Garter Stitch Hat

Posted on January 27, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

  For an incredibly easy pattern, I had a surprisingly difficult time prepping it. For starters, I measured the gauge wrong and did all the math with incorrect numbers. I was a few rows into my prototype before I realized things looked wrong. I remeasured, redid the math, ripped it all out, and started over. […]

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How to Knit on Double-Pointed Needles (dpn)

Posted on January 26, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

  Knitting in the round isn’t nearly as complicated as it seems. The beginning is the trickiest part; once you’ve started, you only need to work RS (right side) rows, never WS (wrong side – as in, if you’re using stockinette stitch, you only need to knit, never purl). If you’re doing a larger project, […]

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Baby Socks Again

Posted on January 19, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

  Back in November, I knit a pair of socks for Munchkin with a pattern from Red Heart Yarns. The pattern was great, but it didn’t end up being quite what I wanted. For one thing, they were a little small–if it’s cold enough that I want Munchkin to wear warm, hand-knit socks, then it’s […]

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Decreasing: Left-Slanting Decrease Stitches

Posted on January 12, 2017July 24, 2018by Eliza Prokopovits

  For my final post on decrease stitches, I have a couple of left-slanting decreases as alternatives to ssk. The first one, which you may see in patterns instead of ssk, is sl1, k1, psso, or slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over. This stitch is exactly what it sounds like: Slip the first […]

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