Posts tagged knit

• 23 Apr

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit Triangle Shawls!

  I know triangle shawls have been a big knitting trend for awhile, but I've still never made one - they seem like such a perfect Spring accessory, I'm feeling the urge to make my first one!  But which do I choose? There are so many fabulous patterns!  I've rounded up an assortment of different styl

• 19 Mar

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Fingerless Mitts, part 3 - Knit!

    This last category of fingerless mitts - knitting patterns - is so huge, so many designs out there, that I had to really limit my roundup to my personal favorites, trying to get a variety of simple, lacy, cabley, for different styles.  I also kept my picks to only independent designs - I lef

• 19 Feb

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit+Crochet Leg Warmers!

   I've been working on a knit leg warmers design for the last few weeks (above), so I decided to round up knit and crochet leg warmers patterns of all kinds... couldn't find many crochet patterns, but there are tons of knit designs!  I'll start with the basic ones, and get more complex further dow

• 05 Feb

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Heart Craft Projects!

   I decided to do a heart crafts roundup for Valentine's Day, and wow, I was a bit blown away - there are a ton of them out there!  I'm not limiting it to any particular craft type (starting with some sewing, paper, then crochet, and knitting at the end), but I will keep the captions brief since t

• 29 Jan

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit Mittens (part 2)!

  About a year ago, I did a roundup of free knit and crochet (and some sewn) mittens patterns, so check that out for lots of awesome free designs - for this part 2, I'm sticking with knit only, and most of them are for sale patterns (support independent designers!).  Many of these links are to the r

• 04 Jan

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit and Crochet Cephalopods and Tentacles!

     Let's start the year out with something silly and fun!  I've been doing these roundups for so long now that I'm running out of more general topics, so you can probably expect lots of these specific themed posts this year, starting with all kinds of tentacle-y knit and crochet things! 

• 04 Dec

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Pincushions!

     I've been planning a pincushion roundup for awhile now, with so many cool tutorials and patterns out there, and figured now is a good time since they'd make fun holiday gifts for crafters!  I'll start with some more traditional designs, like these Very Easy Pincushions on the purl bee:

• 20 Nov

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Knit Sweater Patterns!

     Ok I know this is the time of year when knitters start gift knitting like mad, but for me it's also the time I start daydreaming about knitting a sweater for myself - I never actually knit one, but oh how I love to dream about it!  So I wanted to share some of my personal favorite swea