Category: How to

  • How to use photos to make intarsia charts

    People seemed to like my intarsia portrait of my dog so as a weird piece of exam-studying procrastination, I thought I’d share how I use photos to make intarsia charts. I like to use regular old grids so I have to adjust the image from the start so my chart works with my gauge. Here’s…

  • How To Draft A Circle Skirt

    I’ve received a few questions on how I made my circle skirt so I thought I’d write a quick explanation on how I drafted a pattern for my skirt. Materials: A Ruler A Measuring Tape Old Newspaper A Marker A Pencil Tape First lay out your newspaper. I taped together a few sheets to get…

  • How To Frog Color Work With Out Screaming

    I’ve been working on a color work hat and I realized that I had to frog it because it was too large. I hate frogging color work because I always end up with a tangled mess or I can’t remember which piece went where so I can’t reuse my yarn bits as effectively. This time…

  • How to Attach Stuff to Hair Clips

    Part 2: How to Attach Stuff to Hair Clips I’m writing this to go with my pattern for a knit hair bow but it can be used to make most sewable things (like ribbons, tiny stuffed toys, cloth bows, or small knit/crocheted objects) into hair clips. I’ve noticed that a lot of hair bow patterns…

  • How To Make a Floral Headband

    This is the last of the epic hot glue fest of 2010. I was holding out until it was slightly more season appropriate. I also was trying to decide if I was going to make this a how-to or just a FO post. Materials:Fake flowers – 2 small and 4 large Hot Glue and Glue…