DIY Yarn ball winder from scraps

Here it is people. I finally managed some time to post this craft that I made from scrap. I was always envious of the yarn balls other people presented on the internet. So ready to knit without bouncing the ball. As for the yarn swifter, I took my research and documented several models on the market. Of course nobody list anything for free ( plans I mean). So I had to do some reverse engineering based on photos and youtube videos. I decided in the...

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A knitter without a yarn ball winder or a yarn swift

Although I've been knitting for some time now , I had never had a yarn swift , not to mention a yarn winder. So last week-end I decided to take matters into my own hands . After a thorough documentation on other posts , tutorials and pictures , I decided to start the yarn swift (it was less work than for the yarn winder) Thankfully I still had some wood in the garage left overs form previous projects so I managed to make myself a basic yarn swift...

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The restless knitter -creative process of a new pattern

If you are like me, an avid knitter , I ask you when do you find the time for all projects that MUST be knitted? For me imagining knitwear or other crafts, it's quite easy , the realization however it's a different thing. It seems that the times flies too fast and I would like to finish more and faster. This is why I keep in handy a notebook where I sketch as soon as I have an idea and make some notes regarding yarn that I could use from my stash....

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How much does your knitwear costs

Pricing your knitting Of course it's a topic discussed over and over again.  I used to approximate my knitted items based on the yarn and number of hours spent knitting. Maybe sometimes the appraisal was not in my favor but at some point I was happy to see others wearing my creation, my handwork. For smaller objects I used to work with leftover yarn on sale, so the pricing might have been OK after all. But what to do when you do a larger project...

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