Monica Knits

Their small size, makes the plastic clips found on bread and fruit bags ideal tools for managing yarn tails. They are big enough to hold the yarn tail, yet small enough so as not to get in the way of knitting.
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Save those plastic bread clips for your knitting kit and remember that re-use is the highest form of recycling.

The cabled cap knitted for the "Learn to Knit Cables" class used a single 100 gm / 3.5 oz skein of worsted weight wool. The yarn knitted up easily and has excellent stitch definition, which can be seen in the I-cord Bind Off article. This dusty rose color (36) is 100% wool, with a recommended gauge of 20 sts / 24 rows in 10 cm (4"). The yarn was photographed in daylight and this photo represents the true color well.

The color of these hot, red berries reminded me of chili peppers. They were one of the few bright spots along the Paint Creek Trail on a crisp autumn day. Since the trees were just beginning to turn colors, the trail was still mostly green with a few patches of yellow leaves here and there. I find the orange red color very uplifting and I am repeatedly drawn to this color as you can see by the Spirited Shell , knitted in a a red-orange Pengouin Pacifique yarn. Read more... to see other yarns in this color scheme.

Woolly nylon thread is traditionally used for sewing lingerie, but it is also excellent for collars, cuffs and edges. The recent Strawberries & Cream Tabard collar edge was finished with woolly nylon to provide a stretchy neckline that lays flat against the skin. For the collar, I threaded ivory colored woolly nylon through the purl turning ridge on the inside of the neckline. The Concord Ivory (510) thread becomes invisible when sewn in this manner. Read more...