Ok, back to needles! We talked about whether you need to use DPNs (no, use anything that lets you knit in the round) and how to think about gauge for tiny things (usually 'make a dense fabric' rather than 'hit a specific gauge'). But there are times you need to [...]

I only like these a completely normal and reasonable amount. The amount most people would like them. Not at all the amount that would cause a person's friends to privately express concerns about their welfare or decision making skills. Yup. The totally normal and correct amount. For sure. They'll be [...]

The folks at MaineTransNet Youth reached out to let me know that you've gotten their queer youth craft club all stocked up! You are amazing, thank you so much! The folks organizing the club need to be careful that they don't end up with more supplies than they can use/store, [...]

I truly cannot decide if I like the big ones or the tiny ones better...   The big ones I made as magnetic pin trays + pattern weights to use as I'm sewing, thus pushing them into the 'at least theoretically useful' category. But the tiny ones are just so [...]

Any chance you have some extra yarn/needles/supplies you want send to a good home? Because I have an idea... The good folks of MainTransNet (you may remember them from the donation you helped make last month) are setting up a queer youth craft club (details on @mtnyouth's recent posts).   [...]

Let's continue last week's discussion on needles. The needle question I get most often (actually, the knitting question I get most often) is...what size needles should I use.⁠ ⁠ And some of you are totally going to get mad about it, but...I don’t know. ⁠ ⁠I’m sorry. I’m not being [...]

So, I am absolutely scandalously reusing my own work here folks. As part of the prep for the new website (which will be up in mere weeks!), I'm writing The Long Versions of answers to questions I get all the time so I can put them all in one place [...]

I have certain...proclivities. Put me outside (preferably somewhere shady and not too hot please) and leave me alone for a little while and it's all but certain I'll pick up a feather, a pebble, a pinecone, a seashell, a bit of moss, or a nifty stick, depending on where you've [...]

Hey Brain, what are the chances you remember how to do brioche?⁠ Not good, Fingers, not good at all.⁠ But Brain, you LIKE brioche. You find it soothing. You find it pleasant.⁠ Well yes, Fingers, I did. But I haven't done a lick of it in at least two years. [...]

Look, I FULLY admit it would be wildly impractical. I absolutely cannot store all of my scraps on knitted spools. My scraps fill two sizeable plastic bins, and storing them like this would substantially increase their volume (not to mention that knitting that many spools would quickly become tedious).⁠   [...]