So apparently rubber-band bracelets are all the rage at our local elementary school. My nephews must have begged their mom for some and when she text’d me about it I quickly asked her to buy some packs for the girls as well. $1.99 at Michaels craft stores (Don’t ask me where, I walked around that […]
Tips & Tricks
Photography for Knitters – Part 4 Photographing Yarn
Getting the correct exposure when working in Auto (more accurate color representation) For those of you photographing yarn, all of the same applies from the previous tutorials except your getting more of a product shot and it’s more important to pay direct attention to what you are placing your yarn on. Lots of people use […]
Photography for Knitters – Part 3 Using Natural Light Effectively
A reminder for those working in Auto, to HOLD DOWN THE POP-UP FLASH on your fancy DSLR so the flash doesn’t go off, the camera will automatically adjust the settings to work without the flash, but if you don’t do this it will be very lazy and use the flash which almost always makes for […]
Stranded
I was swatching something with stranded/two-color knitting the other day and I felt, well there is no other words that can describe how I felt except very bad ass. knitting with two hands is intimidating, scarey even. The mere thought of it is enough to make a person avoid anything with two colors on 1 […]
Photography for Knitters – Camera Modes
Update: This post is 10 years old but I’m leaving it up as it still has useful information. Just keep that in mind when you read it  🙂 I recommend you at least read this part of the tutorial to get your brain thinking, Part 3 will still totally apply to you if you are […]