Inspired by the cherry blossoms down my street in Astoria, with their pink flowers that only last a week, this is a sleeveless top, that can also be worn as a vest, and if knitted with cotton yarn, it’s a great spring and summer garment.
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Cherry Blossom Sleeveless Knit Top
Inspired by the cherry blossoms down my street in Astoria, with their pink flowers that only last a week, this is a sleeveless top, that can also be worn as a vest, and if knitted with cotton yarn, it’s a great spring and summer garment.
Astoria Top KAL!
*UPDATE* After i finished this KAL, I put together a video tutorial on the Astoria Top. Check it out! Well, these are crazy times. It’s been over a month since my husband and I locked ourselves in our apartment. I remember when back in February, he had started to buy extra canned food “just inContinue reading “Astoria Top KAL!”
Chevron Street Hat Knitting Pattern
*This post may contain affiliate links* Save this pattern to your Ravelry cue It’s October! Which means a whole year has passed since I started this blog! How crazy fast time goes by! And I’m mostly proud of the fact that I kept with it, it’s grown and I’ve learned a lot through it. ToContinue reading “Chevron Street Hat Knitting Pattern”
Astoria Top – Knitting Pattern
The knitted top search led me to a lot of beautiful tops, but I never felt truly confident that it would fit my body type. Most bralettes are designed with smaller chests in mind, which sometimes have made me sol jealous of cups A and B. But one of the wonderful things about knitting is that you have the power to make things however you want, and to fit you like a glove, provided that you have enough patience.
Stash Buster Headband – Free Knitting Pattern
I love how hairbands are a quick, easy project that you will be wearing all the time. They are super cute and no matter if your hair is long or short, they can keep it in place when you are active, help with a bad hair day, or just to add a cute detail to your outfit. Once you start making hairbands, it’s hard to stop!
Color Coded Cowl – Free Crochet Pattern
Who doesn’t love colors that coordinate perfectly with each other? Last year, the Yarnspirations Pantone yarn was released, and I was mesmerized. Not only are the colors AMAZING, and the yarn super soft, the combinations were already done for me! So many possibilities.
Learn How to Knit. Part 3: Binding off a project
If you missed Part 01 on how to cast on stitches and Part 02 how to knit stitches, click on the links to read first. Bind off a project Once you’ve finished your project, you will need to cast it off in order to get it off your needles without it falling apart. Here isContinue reading “Learn How to Knit. Part 3: Binding off a project”
Manhattan Magic Mittens with Flip Top – Crochet Pattern
One day, I was waiting for my train in an above ground station, as the winter had started to chill the Brooklyn air, and I was trying to text my husband and not freeze my fingers at the same time. I had to take off half of my glove every time I typed, and putting it back on when the air blowed. I kept thinking, there has to be an easier way, right?
And so these mittens were born.
Learn how to knit. Part 2: The knit stitch. (with pictures and video!)
To read part one of this tutorial on how to cast stitches, click here. The knit stitch (k) In part two of this tutorial on how to knit, you will learn The Knit Stitch. The Knit Stitch is the basis of knitting, of course. In patterns you will see it represented with aContinue reading “Learn how to knit. Part 2: The knit stitch. (with pictures and video!)”
The Knit Yorker 