A view of my kitchen table as the triceratopses help me revise patterns. I'm going into the third day of revising my existing patterns to change the short row technique I use (see last week's post, Short Row Knitting and Dinosaur Knees). It has given ...
Decisions, Decisions: Knitting Flat vs. Knitting in the Round
Alan Dart's Green Man pattern is designed to be knitted flat, but I made him anyway. One of the first decisions to make when designing a knitted toy is whether it will be knitted as flat pieces that will be seamed together at the end, or whether it wi ...
Short Row Knitting and Dinosaur Knees
Symphony the Apatosaurus shows off his short row knitted neck curve and dimpled knees I use a lot of short row knitting for my dinosaurs. They need curved necks and tails, head crests, neck frills and cute little dimpled knees. Short row knitting allo ...