Blog Tour: Kung Fu Knits

Kung Fu Knits, Elizabeth Green Musselman, Cooperative Press, 2014. Digital download: $9.95 Paperback: $15.95 (comes with the digital download if purchased through Cooperative Press) Elizabeth was sweet enough to answer some questions for me for the blog tour. Steph:...

Knitting Daily! and other news

Monday I’m flying to Cleveland to be taped for a couple episodes of Knitting Daily!  I don’t know what episode numbers yet (it’ll be series 1400, however), or when they’ll air, but I’ll keep you posted.  You can check out the Knitting...

Nice article on Saguaro cacti

Yes, I’ll admit it: I subscribe to house porn the Houzz newsletter. But this time there was a nicely written article about Saguaro cacti, including a mention of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Meet the Mighty Saguaro of the Desert Landscape

Tricho

When I was testing Cereus and Buteo, both done in laceweight yarn, a couple folks asked about doing them in fingering weight and working fewer repeats.  Because of the shaping and decreasing involved in crescent shawls that’s not always as straightforward as...