Tag: KAL

  • Magic Loop, Modified Magic Loop, or DPNs?

    Let’s talk knitting seamless sleeves! When I knit my sleeve caps, I prefer to do them with a 16″ circular needle. I find it’s the easiest needle size to use for working the short rows in my size. Once I start the decreases on the sleeve, I continue to use the same needles and simply…

  • Marion Again

    Progress has been slow on my Marion cardigan body, but there are 25 days left of the KAL, so I’m not too worried about it. I’m not being super speedy with this cardigan, but other knitters have been. We’ve already had two knitters finish their cardigans, and they both got done before I even started the Marion…

  • How do you keep track of your cables?

    Reading cables can be hard. When I was a newer knitter, I liked to keep track of which row I was on when I was working a cabled stitch pattern by keeping notes on a pad near me. I’d make a slash after every stitch pattern rows. It was an okay system, but I’d have…

  • Marion’s Upper Body and Weekend Fun

    Over the weekend I finished Marion’s upper back, upper right front, and started the upper left front. Here’s what it looks like folded like it will be when I finish the left front and join everything at the underarms… …And here’s what it looks like when it’s laid out flat. You can see where the…

  • Marion Resources

    I went through the Untangling Knots archives and dug out all of the posts that would be useful for the Marion KAL. Here’s a handy list of resources that might be helpful when you’re knitting your sweater. How to pick up stitches on Tuts+. How to knit short rows on Tuts+. A mini series of…