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it's OK to "re-cycle" it by giving it to a knitting or crochet friend, or passing it along to your local knitting guild for charity knitting or auction.
(tips adapted from TAHKI / STACY CHARLES "Knit Flash" November 2006 newsletter)
Another great reason to make a gauge swatch: take your swatch along when button shopping to help you find the perfect finishing touch for your jacket or cardigan. Did you know that Kathy's Kreations has a large selection of buttons especially selected for handknits?
When knitting toys intended for children under the age of three, embroider eyes and features. Button eyes can be pulled off and present a choking hazard if swallowed...
Add a little color to your knitting or crocheting even if the pattern doesn't call for it. Work with two complimentary colors when working scarves, hats or afghans, changing colors every two rows and carrying the unused color up the side of the work when not in use.
February 2007 Tips & Ideas
***** KNITTING TIPS *****
Having trouble identifying the weight of that mystery yarn in your stash? Julie Charlebois folds a strand of the yarn in half and matches it up with the hole of her gauge check. If the doubled strand covers the hole, that is the size needle you should try for swatching (for example, if the doubled strand covers the US 8 hole, this should be in the worsted weight gauge range). Lisa Carnahan tells us that you can also try inserting the double strand through the hole, as a variation on the same suggestion...
When knitting modifed drop and drop shoulders sweaters, taper the shoulders for a better fit. Bind off the shoulder stitches in three steps (at the shoulder edge three times), binding off one-third of the stitches in each step...
***** SHAPE IT UP WITH SHORT ROWS AND KNITTING FOR KIDS ******
From Carol Hurt of the Greater St. Louis Knitters' Guild; Knitter's News November 2006:
If you're a sock knitter, you've probably used short rows for the heels. In addition to socks, there are many uses for short rows.. Did you know Short Rows...
--- can add bust ease?
--- can make a shirt tail hem?
--- can be added to accommodate a rounded back?
--- make a beautiful shoulder shaping without "steps"?
--- can shape shawls?
--- make shaped gores for hats?
And a tip for knitting children's cardigans: Use different colored buttons down the front of a child's cardigan. Outline the buttonholes with a color to match the corresponding button. This will help the child line up the buttonholes with the correct button. Thanks, Carol!
***** NATURE'S FAVORITE COLOR *****
Green is the color that's most closley linked with nature, so we're used to seeing it as the background for all other colors. So, you can think of green -- in all its variations -- as a
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