Are you the sort of knitter that creates small knits or accessories, such as shawls, hats or mittens but never knits a sweater, jumper or cardigan? Do you want to commit to knitting yourself a sweater, cardigan or jumper this year? If your answer is yes to either question then we have the perfect KNIT-ALONG (KAL) for YOU; the #yearofgarmentforme KAL. We get it that many knitters are often scared of the commitment, both in time and cost to knitting garments. We want to form a 'cheer squad' as we all commit to 2019 being the #yearofgarmentforme ! Sarah and I, at Bombed Yarns, are hosting a KAL that will run ALL YEAR LONG, so that you have plenty of time to commit and complete a garment. C ast on a sweater, jumper or cardigan to make a garment for yourself in 2019. We have set up a Ravelry support group to keep you motivated. Sarah has cast on 'My Favourite Cardigan' by Georgie Nicolson of Tikki. I have cast on the 'Rebel Rebel' cardig
Hello Yarn Friends... Do you want to learn to knit fasters so that you have more FFO's (fully finished objects)? Here at Bombed Yarns headquarters, we handdye quality yarn. We, therefore need to have samples and examples of the colourways we produce. There is a pressure to produce. The faster we knit, the more samples we have. It is inevitable we have looked at increasing our knitting speed. It's probably fair to say that most of us knitters aspire to increase our knitting speed. Watch this great video clip from an Australian Country Women's Association Knitting competition: I, (Jan) have fond memories of attending one such competition. As a small child, I watched my Aunt Maureen go up on stage at the Tasmanian CWA Knitting Speed Competition in the 70s, in the Albert Hall of Launceston. Aunt Maureen had churned out hundreds of jumpers (an Aussie term for 'sweater') and was pitting herself against other fast Launceston knitters. She sat on a chair next