Fleegle's Blog

A few posts back, I mentioned a test-knit that I was doing for a designer. I fearlessly quote my own blog post below, as I wrote it and gave...

I rarely comment on news items, but these two blips are beyond ludicrous. The PRS is the British equivalent of the RIAA, who, we assume, wil...

A while back, I posted a pattern link to this lovely shawl (Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Karen Walker).  Although I love the red,...

It has not been the best of days. The early morning hours were spent writing begging, whining eloquent, pursuasive letters to an assortment...

 King Bat Shawl I slogged my way to the finish line of the shawl body a few days ago. As you might imagine, I am very tired of pink. I ha...

I've never been a fan of short rows, mainly because I've never been able to make them look pretty. I've tried all the techniques...

There are few sentences in the English language that enrage me more than this one:  "You can't do that."  The instant I hear t...

Finally and at last, I have set up my Etsy store. It isn't complete, by any means, but there are enough seductive yarns, fibers, and ...

Traditionally, silly season is the period starting in late summer, sometimes called the Dog Days of August. History tells us that this is t...

Spindles are much like sock yarn--there's always another one you have to try (at least for sock knitters) Other knitters might crave the...

I am not the boss of much, but I am mostly the boss of this blog (except when Harry overrules me). And so today, instead of showing you kn...

Harry takes great pride in his designs, as evidenced by the fact that he spent an entire evening slowly creeping around the King Bat shawl ...

When Harry first tossed me his redesigned border for the King Bat shawl, I was skeptical. After having knit this border section, I just laug...

The blame for this post falls directly onto the shoulders of The Akamai Knitter and LaceFreak Jane . I refuse to accept any responsibility ...

If you hunt around the Internet in search of purl decreases, you will probably encounter only two: the right-slanting single decrease (P2tog...