Hello everyone! By now we're almost into our third month for the Knit for Victory knit-along. There's already lots of works in progress and finished projects in our Flickr group and our Ravelry group, it's wonderful seeing what everyone has been working on! As you may recall, my personal knitting plans were to knit my own Victory beret (since I gave Rochelle, my gorgeous model, the sample, which I've seen her wearing ... Read more »
Knit-alongs
Victory beret: swatching and casting on
Thanks for your patience, everyone! Your comments on my last post were very much appreciated by both Mel and I, I can't even tell you how much! ♥ I now can get down to a little bit of Knit for Victory business. So let's talk swatching and casting on, for those of you knitting my Victory beret! There are different ways to swatch for projects that you plan to knit in the round. And if you've already done it, then you ... Read more »
Guest post: Top 10 free 1940s knitting patterns from the Vintage Pattern Files
I'm excited to share a great guest post with you today for Knit for Victory! Wendy is a talented knitting and sewing blogger from the Butterfly Balcony, (hello, look at this amazing outfit she sewed for Fall for Cotton), she was one of my Victory test knitters, and she's the brains behind the hugely helpful vintage knitting, sewing and crochet pattern database, The Vintage Pattern Files. A woman of many creative hats ... Read more »
Victory beret: intro tips for stranded knitting
Alright everyone! This post is especially for those of you knitting my Victory beret as one of your first fair isle projects, for Knit for Victory. I've talked about stranded knitting / fair isle in the past, and have two older posts that extensively cover a few of the topics I'm going to touch on today. For easy reference those are: Getting started with stranded / fair isle knitting Puckers, tension and even ... Read more »
Victory beret: getting started
Hi everyone! Today I'm going to start off my posts for those of you who are knitting my Victory pattern as part of the Knit for Victory knit-along. What to know before you start Victory is a fair isle pattern knit in the round, using 2 colors of yarn in many rows. As I've mentioned before, I'm gearing my posts for those relatively new to stranded / fair isle knitting, but not for those new to knitting. I'll touch on ... Read more »
Knit for Victory now has a Ravelry group
Just a quick Public Service Announcement today. After several requests, I decided to create a Ravelry group for Knit for Victory as another home base for the knit-along. And we already have over 50 members! Please feel free to join us on Ravelry as well as our Flickr group, to share projects, inspirations and progress with your fellow knit-along friends. Later this week, I'll be starting in on my posts for knitting ... Read more »