Links

Knitting
- Bead Wrangler Gotta have beads on the knitting. Here’s one source.
- Beadmarkers Snag-free, beaded stitch markers.
- Beads at Fire Mountain Gems Gotta have beads on the knitting. Here’s one source.
- Brown Sheep
- Destash Sell or trade unwanted yarn stash
- Elann
- Eucalan No-rinse fiber wash
- Fibre Wash
- Handy guide to knitting web rings
- HeartStrings FiberArts
- Interweave Knits
- Japanese knitting patterns Deb found some fabulous-looking Japanese pattern books
- Kim Hargreaves
- Knit Picks
- Knitter’s Review
- Knitting Meetup in Irvine, California
- MagKnits
- Men Knit
- Moving Mud Hand-blown glass buttons
- Patternworks
- Rowan Yarns
- Sea Silk Yarn made from silk and seaweed
- Standard yarn weights
- Steph’s knitting links
- The Button Drawer
- The Fold
- The Knit List
- The Knitter Online yarn source. Always free shipping within the U.S., reasonably fast service.
- Yarn Life
- Yarndex The yarn directory
- Zero Markers Stitch markers with pearls and stones

Knitting patterns
- Eunny’s deep V argyle vest pattern
- Forest Path Stole Interweave Knits, Summer 2003, page 24
- Forest Path Stole corrections
- Free felted bag patterns
- Katrina rib sweater by Cookie
- Nantasket Basket pattern
- Peacock Feather lace shawl OMG. Deb knit this in KnitPicks Shimmer, and it’s stunning.
- Print ‘o the Wave Stole Pattern by Eunny Jang.
- Print o’ the Wave Stole pattern notes Notes by Ann of Mason-Dixon fame. Not to be missed.
- Seraphim Shawl
- Sun Ray Shawl Free pattern at Elann
- Swedish Bohus sweater kits
- The incredible, custom-fit raglan sweater Jacqui made one for the Red Sweater KAL
- Wing-of-the-Moth Shawl

Socks!
- Anatomy of an argyle sock
- Argyle socks The Yarn Harlot knit a pair, and has links to patterns, tips, and techniques.
- Cablenet socks
- Corrections to Favorite Socks from Interweave Press
- I started 2006 with 5 pairs of socks, ended up with 8. I have more than that now. :-)
- Diamante socks
- Free Sock Patterns
- Jaywalker socks
- Knee sock pattern
- Knit List sock patterns, 1995 – 2004
- Lauri B’s Toes and Heels A collection of links to various free handknitting toe and heel techniques
- Magic cast on for toe up socks
- Snowflake socks
- Sock patterns
- Sock Pixie
- Sock size chart
- Sock sizes and measurements
- Sock-u-lator Socks Sock calculator for standard cuff-down socks
- Socknitters A forum
- Universal toe-up sock
- Whiskers & Paw Prints Socks

Knitting tips & techniques
- Argyle socks The Yarn Harlot knit a pair, and has links to patterns, tips, and techniques.
- Beads: one way to add them to knitting
- Bind off loosely Anne shares a couple of methods here. You’ll have to scroll down to see them.
- Bind off: part deux Includes 3 needle, double crochet, knit picot, I cord.
- Bobble without turning
- Cable without cable needle
- Cable without cable needle - Grumperina This is the right cross, there’s a link on the page for the left cross.
- Cable without cable needle - Wendy Video in post.
- Cast on techniques for lace Eunny Jang shares a number of techniques for casting on for lace projects
- Casting off loosely Two stretchy cast-offs geared toward using to bind off toe-up socks.
- Corrugated ribbing This is how Wendy does it, complete with video.
- Crochet hook sizes Chart includes a number of different sizing standards.
- Crochet steeks Knitter’s mag, Summer 2006 (K83), page 42. Use a crochet chain instead of a sewn one before cutting steaks.
- Entrelac cast on
- Grafting How to graft. My personal favorite tutorial for this technique.
- Grafting on the needles a.k.a. grafting without a sewing needle
- Hack the print: a .pdf enlarging tutorial From Mim Knits
- Knit Smarter not Faster by Jenna Wilson
- Knitting at Knoon Demo videos
- Knitting Fool A few patterns, but mostly this is an awesome reference for stitch instructions for classic knitting stitches.
- Knitwear sizing guide
- Moebius cowl by Cat Bordhi
- Picot edge Theresa’s version uses a provisional crochet cast on. Neat.
- Picot hem Instructions for the cast on edge, cast off edge, knitting flat, knitting in the round.
- Provisional crochet cast on in the round Another nifty-looking technique from Theresa
- Ravellings on the knitted sleeve, part 1 Sweater design: sleeve cap overview
- Ravellings on the knitted sleeve, part 2 Creating a set-in sleeve for a sleeveless body
- Ravellings on the knitted sleeve, part 3 Sweater design: sleeve cap math
- Reversible Pattern Stitches List of stitches in Barbara G. Walker’s Treasuries volumes 1 & 2
- Schematic tutorial Step-by-step instructions for creating a sweater schematic using Illustrator.
- Short row wraps Saw this referenced on Wendy’s blog. She does a psso with the wrap, instead of a k2tog. Hm. Worth trying.
- Turkish cast on tutorial
- Tutorial: use Excel for charting cable patterns
- Tutorial: use Excel for pattern writing Marnie uses Excel to aid in writing multi-sized patterns
- Use this waiste shaping calculator from Interweave Press and Knitting Daily
- Yarn weight definitions

Knit alongs
- 2005 knit alongs
- 2006 knit alongs
- 2007 knit alongs
- 2008 knit alongs
- Project Spectrum, 2006
- Seasons of Lace starts with summer…

Cross stitching
- Biscornu-making instructions The page is all in French, but the photos are clear.
- CATS There’s one in Hershey, PA in 2007, but I don’t see mention of one west of the Rockies.
- Heaven and Earth Designs
- Just Nan
- Lizzie Kate
- Silver Lining
- Stitching techniques
- Teresa Wentzler

My pages
- This is the service I use for .pdf delivery. I highly recommend them. Good up time, low rates, easy to use.
- Cross stitch fabric calculator: find out how big a piece of fabric you need.
- Fiber Dreams My pattern shop.
- Lazy Gardener This site hasn’t been updated in ages, but if you want to see my take on gardening, it’s all here.
- Me on Ravelry
- MySpace My page on MySpace. No longer being updated.
- Threads A stitching board.
- Twitter Little updates, a twitter at a time.
- Vitamins for a healthy life

General
- Adagio Teas
- Blurb Self publish your book, blog, whatever
- BTT has a new home, and is run solely by Deb now.
- Colr.org Play with colors and color schemes
- End daylight savings time
- Fantastic Fiction
- Freed, Teller, & Freed
- Read one book per week, while waiting for HP7 to be released.
- Iolite
- Mim’s tutorial for an exposed-spine paper covered book
- Otto’s blinkie tutorial
- Penzey’s Spices
- Random number generators
- Reprodepot Fabrics Link found on Subway Knitter’s blog
- Shutterfly They print images from digital cameras. Referred by Deb.
- Simple kumihimo cord I haven’t tried it yet. Need one of those disk things…
- Stitch & Motif Maker I found this on Wendy’s blog. She uses it. Looks cool. I’ve yet to try it.
- I read only 3 new authors (drat): Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mignon G. Eberhart, and Charlotte MacLeod.
- Survey Monkey
- Web Sudoku

Dave's work
- Del Mar Media Arts
- Inductors Inc.
- Lutheran Social Services of Southern California
- The Path Bike Shop Your mountain biking source
These sites were written by my hubby Dave (with occasional help from me), and hosted on our server. If you need a site, let Dave know. He'll be happy to talk to you about it. Dave also does private web sites, which we can't show you, because they're for our customers' use only.