Woolcraft

“For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make” Blog about the beauty of knitting and my personal projects and designs. A soft, comfortable place where you can admire the many magic things of the knitting world, and find inspiration for your own projects.

[woolcraft]

As part of a mission for Ravelry’s Starfleet Fiber Arts Corps I am organizing my modest little stash. I only have enough to fit into this one basket but it had gotten pretty haphazard. I use that little purple index card box for my yarn labels but lately I had just been throwing them in the basket so I also needed to put them away properly.

[firesidetextiles]

These stunning pieces are a collaboration between The.Ginger.Ewe and DaughterOfHalloween over on Instagram. They used my pumpkin spice fabric for the handcrafted yarn bags and paired them with matching hand-dyed yarn! The colors are beautiful! The lighting on the purple bag and that yarn makes me swoon. I’m so ready for fall.

Their initial run of these sets sold out, but they’re temporarily opened up pre-orders until Sunday, August 5th. You can snag one over here on Etsy if interested.

[woolcraft]

My current traveling project is another pair of socks, this time I’m trying my hand both at toe-up construction and the Fish Lips Kiss heel! Both of which have turned out much easier than I anticipated. I’ve had this yarn sitting in my stash for a while and in the meantime my opinion of it changed over and over. I had dyed over it myself because the original color was a neon orange that I thought was garish. I was delighted with the results of the dye experiment (I basically dumped in different quantities of the basic colors I had on hand, mostly black). I then hoarded the skein unable to find a pattern that I felt was worthy of such a unique colorway. Eventually I tried to make a simple reversible stockinette hat which turned out more like a bucket that swallowed my head. I don’t know if it was the failure of the project or the poor lighting in my room but I suddenly found the yarn hideous. So again I threw it back in my stash and planned to make these socks to just use it up once and for all, nothing pretty or fancy. But once I got that toe finished and saw the smooth stitches in the bright natural light of my work office I fell in love all over again! I suppose that sometimes a skein of yarn wants to be a certain project and this one just really wanted to be a pair of socks all along.

[woolcraft]

Made these Broken Seed Stitch socks to finally use up some scraps and have some thicker ankle socks to wear with my docs!

[thegreatlibraryoffae]

- K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 M1 P1 K1 P1 K1 P1 Sacrifice your first born K1 P1 K1 P1. Make sure to follow the pattern precisely.

- You walk into the yarn store. Just one skein. You only need one skein to finish the sweater. You have the dye lot written down, marked on the original wrapper from the old skeins. You can’t find the dye lot. It never existed. It was never real. The arcane sigils mean nothing and pain your eyes to look upon.

- The pattern takes a size 7 needle. Going through the roll, you have all but a 7. 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,10.5,11,12,13. There is no 7. You change patterns. The pattern takes a size 5 needle. Going through the roll, you have all but a 5. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,10.5,11,12,13. There is no 5.

- Finally, after years, you have found your way to Webs. No more will you buy your yarn from the big box craft store, you swear. As you reach for the 100% alpaca, it melts away. The sock yarn. The cashmere. The bamboo silk. They all fade away to nothing, leaving behind only Red Heart.

- As the stitch drops, you can hear the screaming rush of the universe. The hole in your project grows larger and larger, a gaping maw that calls to you from the abyss. There is no escaping what you have wrought.

- As you approach the counter to pay for your single skein, you look down and realize that you are holding two. Three. Yarn just appears in your hands. Money streams out of your wallet. There will only be yarn. You will be yarn.

- You click to open your email. Ravelry opens. You click on Google. Ravelry opens. You click on Facebook. Ravelry opens. Finally, you click on Ravelry. Webs opens. Your cart is full.

[knittingproblems]

Welcome to knit vale

[ramboknits]

Getting back to the bonfire sweater and my sweet chelonian prince wanted to help too.

[itscolossal]

Cyclo Knitter: A Bicycle-Based Machine That Knits a Scarf in Five Minutes

[stitcherywitchery]

A Flock for Your Feet – a free knitting pattern by revi.

[kolibriknits]

Happy Finnish Independence Day! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[knittingkonrad]

Pattern Inspiration: the Japanese Seighaiha pattern. Yarn: @rowanyarns Summerlite DK 100% cotton Think spring. #knittersofinstagram

[lazy-vegetarian]

Vintersol by Jennifer Steingass on Ravelry

[gamercrafting]

If you’ve ever wondered what the Lady Rainicorn or Reverse Rainicorn #yarns look like #knitted up, then this gorgeous snap from @kolibriknits should help! Thank you for sharing your beautiful sparkly socks! 😍💖

[podkins]

How to Knit a Perfect Edge – A Free Finishing Technique

Let’s get 2017 started right!  I really needed to learn this technique much earlier.  When I first taught myself to knit (only about 1.5 years back) I consistently had wonky and wobbly edges.  It really bothered me, and I would frog entire projects and start again to try and make it right.  If only I had had access to this post from the Gift of Knitting. So much helpful goodness through the link!

[pricklypearknits]

Knit Mackerel by DjuveKnits on Etsy

[magpiefibers]

Can we talk about this amazing Threipmuir my Spinster gal @kateburge is making?!? I’m obsessed, and super proud she chose our Domestic Fingering for the background… can’t wait to see it this weekend at Vogue Knitting Seattle!! (at Bellevue, Washington)

[madamepretentious-deactivated20]

Knitting at the cabin.

[startorialist]

Keep your feet warm and spacey at the same time with these awesome hand-knit Saturn socks by The Sock Knitter (aka @knit-knit-knit).

- Summer

HT Mindy Weisberger