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Month: November 2022

Thrift Shopping Again with Arne and Carlos

Posted on November 27, 2022February 1, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

I don’t know if you’ve been following Arne & Carlos on YouTube recently, but I’m loving their thrift shop visits. Arne has been buying partially-completed stitching projects and finishing them, with his own unique changes that update them and make them special.

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My recent knitting — a raglan cardigan

Posted on November 22, 2022February 1, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

This is what I’m working on at the moment, the pattern that Lion Brand calls a Simple Raglan Cardi. It’s a basic lightweight cardigan for those transitional times in the year when it’s not really cold and not really warm out.

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The Knitty Stew Travels Canada With Knitting

Posted on November 17, 2022February 1, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

The Knitty Stew  is a flight attendant for a Canadian airline, and a seasoned knitter. Hers is a fairly new channel compared to prior YouTube channels I posted about, but she’s not new to knitting.

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Edible Thoughts Makes for Golden Thoughts About Knitting

Posted on November 11, 2022February 1, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

For my second installment in my top favorite YouTube knitting channels to watch, I want to recommend the wonderful series of videos by Stephanie at Edible Thoughts Makes.

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Patty Lyons has an ebook update for her Knitting Bag of Tricks

Posted on November 5, 2022February 1, 2023 by Barbara W. Klaser

Patty Lyons’ Knitting Bag of Tricks is packed full of tricks, tips, information. Now there’s to be an ebook update to fix the fixed format and make the text flow and scale for Kindle. Here’s the video where she explains the update.

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