Beginnerland
Encouragement, handholding, and cautionary tales for the new knitter.
A Bonne Maman jar full of beads will keep a person out of trouble for quite a while.
Domestic archaeology reveals a beloved sweater in progress. Frenzy ensues.
A pile of Felted Tweed turns into a blanket. How’d that happen?
When faced with a lot of options for color and pattern, just boss yourself around and set some limits. So liberating!
Straight talk about why knitted socks are such a fine gift. Plus: free downloadable gift tags—four pages of them!
It’s back to basics.
The heady thrill of going from a size 1 to a size 13 needle.
Lorilee Beltman for President!
We dyed, we steamed: get ready for a parade of natural-dyed socks.
Sometimes you can save yourself from yourself.
Do knitters need a new needle for knitting small circumferences in the round?
“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.” (The Roman poet Horace knew a lot about first sweaters.)