The transition between seasons is a great time for a lot of reasons, but it can be a tough time to know how to dress. The first blush of spring might drive coworkers to turn off the heater before you're ready, or it might still be cool outside and the heat... (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

I have to admit I've never seen the appeal of legwarmers. If you're cold, turn up the heat, thrown on a blanket or wear some knee socks, I always thought. But then I actually took the time to knit some legwarmers and I realized there's something lovely abo... (source: About) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

A recent letter the editor in the Globe and Mail made me laugh, and I'm sure a lot of other knitters will relate. It discussed the Canadian-ness of a woman knitting during the curling final at the Olympics, apparently in close proximity the the prime minis... (source: About) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Most of the time we probably think of mittens as relatively quick projects. I mean, they're pretty small, right? Hands aren't that big. But it can take an immense amount of time, work and talent to cover them beautifully, as Charlene Schurch illustrates in... (source: About) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The transition between seasons is a great time for a lot of reasons, but it can be a tough time to know how to dress. The first blush of spring might drive coworkers to turn off the heater before you're ready, or it might still be cool outside and the heat... (source: About) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

The British Donkey Sanctuary is looking for knitters to knit donkeys to raise funds to help care for the animals. The donkeys are sold in the gift shop at the sanctuary, as well as online. Interested knitters can contact the sanctuary to get a copy of the ... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

It occurs to me lately -- at it does a few times a year -- that I have a crazy ridiculous number of unfinished knit objects floating around my house. I couldn't even guess how many there are -- and I won't count -- but there are a bunch. And there are, of ... (source: About) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Inca Knits by Marianne Isager. Interweave Press. It seems like I've been writing a lot lately about knitting inspiration. Maybe it's because watching the winter Olympics has gotten me keyed into paying more attention to the inspiration that is everywhere (... (source: About) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Vogue Knitting Shawls and Wraps. Sixth & Spring Books. Vogue Knitting has been bringing knitters great fashionable knitting patterns for more than 25 years now, and the editors of the magazine have collected some of the best knit wrappers in the book ... (source: About) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Yesterday I mentioned one of my St. Patrick's Day knitting projects, which got me thinking about other crafty ways to celebrate the holiday. Here are some more fun ideas for crafting with the green. Barb Crews has a great collection of St. Patrick's Day c... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Booties, Blankets and Bears by Debbie Bliss. Trafalgar Square Books. Sometimes we knitters want to pull out all the stops when knitting for babies. We'll pick a challenging but beautiful project to knit, something that will be cherished, well cared for and... (source: About) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

"> I've been thinking a lot lately about making time to knit -- probably because I have so little time to knit myself these days! Before my little one was born, there were days I would knit all afternoon in front of a movie, or spend all evening next to ... (source: About) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

February Baby Pants, from Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac. Photo (c) Sarah E. White. So this clearly was not the right year to try a big old knitting goal like knitting all of the projects in a particular book. I think I've pretty well given up on... (source: About) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Vintage Knits for Modern Babies by Hadley Fierlinger. Ten Speed Press. As most of you know, these days I'm a sucker for baby knits, because I happen to have a (now almost six-month-old!) baby in the house. And for those of us who can't get enough baby knit... (source: About) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

There's lots of news on the knitting activism front this week, I'm happy to report. UK knitter Rachael Cottle, for instance, is working with other knitters on blankets that will be auctioned to benefit Médecins Sans Frontières (or, as we call it in the sta... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

25 Beaded Knits by Debbie Abrahams. Trafalgar Square Books. Adding beads to knitting is a lot of fun, but if you've never done it before, it can be difficult to decide exactly how to start. What projects would look good with beads? How many beads? What col... (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Knitted Flowers by Nicky Epstein. Nicky Epstein Books. Nicky Epstein is a master of embellishing knitting, making otherwise simple projects sing with just the right touch of something extra. One of her big passions throughout her career has been knit flowe... (source: About) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Folk Style by Mags Kandis. Interweave Press. When I think of the word "folk," I'm usually reminded of country crafts of the Southern United States (that's where I live, after all) of the sort that might be sold at craft fairs (we have tons of them every fa... (source: About) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Handknit Skirts from Tricoter by Linden Ward and Beryl Hiatt. Martingale and Company. Faithful readers know that I have never knit a skirt. I'm a little scared of knit skirts, frankly. They seem like a bad idea on so many levels. First, knitting tends to c... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com