Category: Knitting

  • How to Knit Seamless Set-in Sleeve Sweaters

    How to Knit Seamless Set-in Sleeve Sweaters

    This guide was previously published as an e-book called A Guide to Seamless Set-in Sleeve Sweaters in September 2014. It’s being rereleased for free as a resource because I am no longer selling patterns and products but continue to have requests for designs in this style. Sweaters with seamless set-in sleeves are my favorite kind…

  • Untangling Knots is on Hiatus

    Untangling Knots is on Hiatus

    I’m taking a break from publishing new patterns, running KALs, and posting on this blog. I hope you’re able to find something to tickle your fancy in my current selection of patterns.

  • How to Smooth Out Kinked Yarns and When to Do It

    How to Smooth Out Kinked Yarns and When to Do It

    In addition to picking up half-finished projects, this year’s OAL is counting projects in need of a do-over as eligible WIPs. Taking apart a failed knitting project and reworking it into something you love is so satisfying, but dealing with the ramen-noodle-yarn phase is the not-so-fun first step. Yarn that’s been blocked and/or left knit…

  • How to Find Where You’re at on an Old WIP

    How to Find Where You’re at on an Old WIP

    Picking up an old work-in-progress sometimes has its challenges if you didn’t leave detailed notes somewhere easy to find! My projects using other designers’ patterns tend to be extremely long term projects that get put on hold for months at a time, so I’ve got a lot of practice trying to work out the mysteries…

  • Outfit Along 2019 Begins + Resources

    Outfit Along 2019 Begins + Resources

    The Outfit Along officially begins today! If you haven’t shared your own Outfit Along plans in the OAL thread in the Untangling Knots group or under the hashtag #outfitalong2019, now is a good time to let us know what you’re working on. My own plans for my outfit include a knitting WIP that’s a colorwork…