Fireside Knits with Puddles by the fire

Stitch in Focus Alternating Cable Cast On

Lindsay Lewchuk Announcements, Fiber Focus, How-Tos, Pattern Related, Puddles, Q&A, Stitch in Focus 1 Comment

Please join me in welcoming back Heidi from Vegan Yarn 😊. We first met Heidi in 2014 on the blog Dye to Perfection. Since then her indie small business has grown like the weeds she uses for dyeing! With our Je Ne Sais Quoi MKAL, I thought this the perfect time to check back in with her to discover how her adventures the past few years have molded the growth of Vegan Yarn. Q1. On your FAQ page on why vegan you state: “To be really simple, we prefer to allow animals to live their lives free of the intentional or unintentional violence of a human-made industry. Like the saying goes, ‘live simply, so others may simply live.’ Please keep …

stitch demo kfyof / pfyof

Stitch in Focus kfyof

Lindsay Lewchuk Announcements, Fiber Focus, How-Tos, Pattern Related, Puddles, Q&A, Stitch in Focus 1 Comment

Today’s “Stitch in Focus” is kfyof – knit into front, yarn over, front. Being a recent bulky weight yarn convert, I realized that my old faithful 2 stitch increase method, kfbf, was noticeably off kilter when knit with bulky weight yarn. This just wouldn’t do! So for the Snow Gazer patterns (and future 2018 heavier weight yarn new releases… hint, hint), I switched to kfyof (and the corresponding purl version – pfyof). Prefer to watch it directly on YouTube? Click here to watch and give it a thumbs up.