Knot Knecessarily Known Knitting

I made another reversible lace video. This time, I'm demonstrating the knit, yarn over, knit into the same stitch double increase. In reversible lace, you'll substitute knit-purl, double yarn over, then knit and purl again in the same stitch pair. The maneuver is a little fiddly, but it does get easier with practice. Knit 1, paying attention to where the left shoulder of the mother knit stitch is. Purl, but do not drop the mother purl stitch off the left needle. Bring the left needle tip up behind and into the shoulder of the mother knit stitch. Double yarn over. Put the right needle in "through the back of the loop" position and knit the shoulder. Purl again, but this time drop the old stitch off the left needle. Working out how to do this maneuver made me realize it may indeed be possible to knit into the same stitch twice! Heresy! In normal knitting, you can't work the same stitch twice. In the video, I show you how this doesn't work. Speci...

This year, I was able to attend the 44th annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. As many of you know, I have a very lovable cat with health issues that curtailed my travel in 2016. While Vincent is not fabulous this year, he appears to be more or less stable. It was with some trepidation that I penciled a couple weeks at the Maryland man cave into my schedule. Time with the Cuddly Hubby was well-spent. He has made geek friends that he sees usually two or three nights a week. Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) fell on the group's usual Thursday game night. It was an all-out Star Wars party with decorations (including a Princess Leia cardboard standee) and appropriate games including Trivial Pursuit DVD: Star Wars Saga Edition . The competition between both teams was tight. I think next year we want a rematch using Trivial Pursuit: Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector's Edition instead. I brought Star Wars chocolates. Michelle brought Wookiee cookies — gingerbread cookies decorate...