A few weeks ago, I came across Lyn Slater’s blog The Accidental Icon. A professor in Social Welfare at Fordham University in New York, Lyn loves fashion and this is what her blog is all about. Yet, it is so, so much more than fashion. In one of her latest posts, Getting to Know Your “Red”: Here’s Mine she asks her …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Mentioning the word swatch to knitters elicits many reactions – from the ‘what is that’ to the ‘never do them’ right through to my favourite ‘I know my gauge’. Yet, many knitters DO swatch every time before they begin their new projects. Gauge is critical if the knitter wants the garment they are knitting to be successful. Gauge, as Shirley …