It’s time for knitters to DIY their own DIY content on the internet, and Vickie Howell is leading the charge. I had the immense pleasure of working with her back when I was co-editor of Petite Purls, and she was fantastic to work with under the pressure of a quick-turn-around deadline. I was a guest on her […]
Photography: All About That Light
I was looking through some old photos the other day when I found the perfect example of how to illustrate how bad and good lighting can effect your photos. By that I mean natural light, the sun. The basic rules of shooting in the sun are as follows: Do not shoot in “direct” bright sunlight. […]
Photography for Knitters: Updated
This series is without question one of the most popular on my blog, so I am providing an update! This is part one in a series of post about how to improve your photography skills. The target audience would be knitters who spend a lot of time knitting beautiful things and want to have a […]
My Little Hermione
This scarf is a story of the ultimate UFO. I started it when some of the first Harry Potter hand knit scarves became a thing on the internet, it was when The Prisoner of Azkaban had come out and the more sophisticated scarf pattern had emerged and everyone wanted to knit it. It was when Knit […]
How to stage a cute and timeless photoshoot
When knitting for children we all know that chances are one of two things will happen; it will sit in a drawer and never be worn, or it will be worn close to 100 times and start to pill and fray. This makes it that much more important that you take a photograph of it. […]