Tag: affordable knitting
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6 reasons NOT to learn to knit with super bulky yarn
Over the last few years, there seems to be a new kind of received wisdom amongst beginner knitters – that the best way to learn to knit is with super bulky yarn, and great big 10mm+ needles. The reasoning goes like this: it’s less fiddly, it’s faster, and it’s less frustrating. It’s easier to see…
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The Woolly Badger guide to yarn substitution
There’s been a lot of talk in the online knitting community over the past few days about how to make sure that knitting is financially accessible for as many people as possible. As a large part of that responsibility rests with designers, and the yarns we choose to use, I wanted to lay out my…