Diana natters on... about machine knitting

Elise Morgan was kind enough to contact me and volunteer to write a blog post about the positive impact of a great hobby on your life!  This...

My friend Barbara had a spare Brother 930 that she wanted to sell, and she didn't want a whole lot of money for it.  It had previously l...

A practical little tip for March.  It's cold here - great knitting weather! I've discovered that each machine is different for t...

Two fun edgings for machine knitters:

Check out these beautiful felted slippers! http://knitting-up-a-storm.blogspot.com/2019/01/fo-french-press-slippers.html?utm_source=feedbu...

Connie has come up with a very clever modification to my sew-as-you-go lined slipper from the Footnotes book.  She adds a cuff, which is do...

For February, the new video is about tuck mosaic, also called two color tuck stitch.   I had a great time working with this particular...

I've got a project for which I want a slow-changing, tweedy colored yarn. I found some who-knows-what-it-is white slubbed yarn, and I...

When our younger son left for college, I took over his bedroom and made a knitting room.  I foolishly thought all my knitting things would b...

I have been taking a sample Entrelac sweater with me to seminars that doesn't fit me anymore (I made it when I was bigger).  After all t...

This month's video shows how to pick up stitches along a side edge and then knit ribbing.

There are lots of superstitions about New Year's Day.  Here in the South, we're supposed to eat a "mess of black-eyed peas...

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Couns...

Enjoy!  These are fast and easy to make, and just take a dab of yarn.

Here's a fun little baby project: Like it?  It's from my Goldilocks book and DVD set, which is chock-full of easy, gift project...

I've been looking forward to this for ages - my first seminar in Canada! Here is some information from the Glen Valley Knits website....

Here's the diagram for the tuck lace in the Tuck Lace Afghan, Stitch World #125 for the Brother 270. If you need to punch a card, y...

I whipped out this afghan a while back (it really is fast) using 2 strands of 2/12 Tamm yarn.  I have a lot of Tamm, and am quite happy with...

Oh, you're got to look at this one!  Wouldn't you like to be able to put a beautiful "smiles and frowns" cast-off on knit ...

This wonderful article is about the 20-stitch multiple transfer tools from the Netherlands. One of my friends tried these and had difficul...