I’ve been thinking about writing a blog post on how to sew a sweater knitted in pieces for a long time, and there’s no better time than the present since the test knit of my newest design is halfway through.

I won’t go into detail on the hand sewing techniques side of the process because I usually sew everything in backstitch. There are plenty of alternatives like mattress stitch, if you prefer an invisible seam, or crocheted seams, among others. I for one, prefer the look of a…

This blog post is a continuation of post Solving a quilt puzzle: Part 1.

According to the plan I delineated in Part 1, I should now attribute a color to each number I used on the previous section.

I was planning on using a Robert Kaufman roll-up (more on it in Part 1), and on Robert Kaufman’s website you can see a picture of the fabric for each color on the roll. I screenshot it and got the RGB color values for each fabric with Gimp. Now I needed to tell Racket what my colors were.

Before we get to the meat of the matter, followers of this blog beware: the next couple of posts will be different than what I usually share on this space, and will contain no knitting whatsoever.

I have wanted to make a quilt ever since I started sewing and Purl Soho’s Little Peaks Quilt pattern was exactly the sort of quilt that I was looking for. The only problem with the pattern is that there isn’t exactly a color plan before you start sewing, and you are expected to pick…

Christmas is right around the corner and I decided to write a list of gift suggestions to help non-knitters on this holiday season. My list includes products that I either already own and love, or products that I’m planning on buying in the future.

Since I’m Portuguese, I tried to look for the products in Portuguese stores. When that wasn’t possible, I looked for alternatives in Europe (to avoid customs fees).