Category: Build Your Knitting

  • 5 BEST Reasons to Knit a Scarf

    5 BEST Reasons to Knit a Scarf

    I write for a living. Just to make some extra money every month, I do freelance writing for a few different clients. Some are ebooks, some articles, and I never know what the topic will be. Now that I have two grand daughters I love knitting for them too: everything from big blankets to little…

  • The Fabric of The Season

    The Fabric of The Season

    Have you noticed it? How the days are getting shorter? You venture outside at 8 p.m. and it’s DARK! How did that happen? And just like that, Summer is over. Oh, we’ll have warm days yet to come; with all the brilliant leaf color mixed in, but summer in all its glory will have to…

  • Adventures in Yarn Farming A Book Review

    Adventures in Yarn Farming A Book Review

    Have you ever bought yarn from a craft fair or specialty website? Or browsed through a beautiful yarn shop trying (in vain) to make up your mind about which colorful yarn to take home?! Adventures in Yarn Farming a Book Review can take you there. Where did that yarn come from? Have you ever wondered…

  • Late Summer Lace & Eyelets Scarf

    Late Summer Lace & Eyelets Scarf

    Can it be August already?! While I sit inside writing blog posts, articles, and ebooks, days seem to slip away. First we were all looking forward to the start of summer, now the echo of school days is getting caught in our ears. Lace & Eyelets are a stunner! Here’s -s-s-s-s-s-s another scarf pattern! I…

  • 3 Fall Scarf Patterns

    3 Fall Scarf Patterns

    Would you like a WARM scarf? Maybe not today, because it’s summer still, and getting more humid by the minute, but they are so nice to have when the weather suddenly turns cooler. Because fall scarf patterns are so easy to knit! And you need to start NOW! It’s summer waning like the moon! All…

  • Crystal Blue Afghan

    Summer, hot and sunny like it is, always reminds me of Tommy James’ hit song “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” I LOVE that song! No special reason why, just it’s such a nice song. Even in 2020. And I remember it new in 1969! That summer I spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania. Damascus, to be…