In this blog post, the Bee shares her experience sourcing and knitting with Icelandic yarn in India. She discusses the challenges she faced and the tips she learned along the way. She also provides a review of Lettlopi, a popular Icelandic yarn, and the Classic Cuffed Hat pattern by Purl Soho.
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The New Normal, with details on a Loopy Braided Throw
A brief update on whats going on in life, and whole lot of details on a loopy braided throw! _______________________________________________________________________________________ It was a chaotic February, to say the least. We stepped into yet another ‘new normal’, a situation where kids started going to the ‘real actual’ school thrice a week. This will soon change, ushering in yet another new normal where they will go all five days. What this means for me is recuperation from the nightmare the last two years have been. The house gets a chance to get and stay clean for a while. I get some peaceful me-time to protect my sanity and a continuous stretch of uninterrupted working hours. Which brings us to me knitting this […]
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How To Knit Cable Cast On
Sine Qua Non means an essential condition – a thing that is absolutely necessary. For knitting, the absolute beginning is to use cable cast on stitches to start any project. Cast-on, essentially is a technique where we attach yarn to the knitting needle in the form of stitches, so that we can build upon this foundation row and create what we want to create. There are about 40 ways this can be done, and all knitters have their favoured methods. However, it is good to remember, that each cast-on technique depends on what kind of project is being made. Today I will talk about the Cable Cast-On Method. It is simple, and gives a very neat edge. However, it is […]
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BRIOCHE KNITTING – ATTEMPTING MISS B
Designer Nancy Marchant, the Queen of Brioche, is the one who realized Brioche knitting was really underdeveloped, as compared to other knitting techniques. She created the key terms of Barking and Burping as well as a charting system which uses symbols for each brioche stitch or technique, so knitters across the world could share their patterns using the same language. Her research shows that the name “brioche” arose in reference to a type of cushion that was fashionable for ladies to make in England in the mid-1800s. These brioche pillows were named for the fluffy French baked goods, and the special ribbed fabric that lent them extra poof took on the same name. The Brioche Stitch resembles a ribbed knitting […]
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