Monica Knits

To help manage the yarn tails associated with horizontal stripes and color changes I tie a small, temporary square knot. This quick measure prevents gaps from occurring in the knitting and allows me to continue knitting past the color changes until I'm ready to weave in the yarn tails. The yellow arrows point to three of the four color transitions. Read more ....

Oh - oh!What happens when the temperature drops dramatically -10 to -20 F with chill from a 40 mph factored in, and your favorite neck warmer gets damaged? I knited my Koigu neck cozy/warmer a couple of years ago and though I've knitted a few more since then, I gave them all away, so I had no back up.

Obviously I'll should knit another for myself, since I wear it so often. While I'm reading, blogging or knitting I wear it to keep me warm and cozy. In other words I wear it every day right now, particularly on the day our furnace stopped at some indecent hour of the morning. In the mean time, ten minutes of mending and I had my cozy back in use. Read more .... to see before and after photos of the repair.