A free knitting pattern for child's sized cabled hats and hat sizing tips. The Hope Valley hat in the small and large sizes. Hope Valley Hat PDF Over the last couple weeks, I've continued to knit hats for Hat Not Hate. I wanted to share a cabled hat pattern somewhat similar to the Rhode Trip…
Episode 5 of the Knit McKinley podcast features a yarn review of the Mandala DK yarn. It also includes a recipe for knitting your own Angled Garter Stitch Scarf.
Episode 3 includes yarn reviews of Lion Brand's Comfy Cotton Blend & Cotton Candy Blend plus a closer look at the Farmer's Market Tote. If you buy something using the links on this blog post, I may earn a small commission (these are called affiliate links). You can read The Knit McKinley’s full disclosure policy here.…
Continue reading ➞ The Knit McKinley Podcast Episode 3: Cotton Yarns & Farmers Market Tote
Episode 2 includes yarn reviews of Urth Yarn's Harvest Worsted, Lion Brand's Hue + Me, and Lion Brand's Re-Spun Thick & Quick. If you buy something using the links on this blog post, I may earn a small commission (these are called affiliate links). You can read The Knit McKinley’s full disclosure policy here. Episode 2…
The Sunset Nights yarn in the Atacama Desert colorway. I've been experimenting a lot with new yarns recently, especially Lion Brand's spring and summer offerings. One of these new yarns is Sunset Nights, a 90% acrylic/ 10% polyester yarn, with gradual color transitions that create an ombre effect. I picked up one ball of the…
Continue reading ➞ Sunset Nights: Yarn Review & Rotunda Cowl
Knitting recipe/ pattern for a super-bulky winter hat. The Lincoln Park hat is an easy to follow pattern with quick, gorgeous results.
Does anyone remember those striped scarfs that were popular 10 to 15 years ago? You took two skeins of self-striping yarn and worked two rows from each ball to create a striping, color-changing very cool looking scarf that is actually really easy to make? This was a really popular pattern with Noro yarns sometime around…
How to work with those gorgeous, but splitty, yarns in your stash. If you buy something using the links in this blog post, I may earn a small commission (these are called affiliate links). You can read The Knit McKinley’s full disclosure policy here. As the weather here in New England starts to warm up,…
Impulse buys and spring yarn planning. I went into Joann's a couple nights ago, intending to pick up some sock yarn and left with sock yarn plus a whole bag of new Lion Brand yarns. I'm really excited about these colors and fibers and have so many project ideas. My haul of new Lion Brand…
Oscar the Grouch hat on top of journal with pattern notes. HAT PDF I've seen these little balls of yarn with a hat topper before and been tempted to figure out how to make an adult hat from these mini yarn kits (I can recall an unicorn that almost came home with me a couple…