Confessions
of a Yarn Mermaid
Designer Talena Winters’s latest (mis)adventures in knitting.
Grab a cuppa and chill with an expert flounderer!
Mastering Knitted Increases: M1, KFB, and YO
Knowing which knitting increase to use when will help you level up your craft and produce stunning results with both fabric shaping and textural surface interest. So join me as we demystify three knitted increases that you’ll be able to use for nearly any project.
Introducing the Adventure Socks!
There’s a new pattern in the shop. Join me for a tour of some of the key features and some yarny eye candy.
Revolutions and Returns
Instead of death, this season of change has breathed new life into My Secret Wish Knitting… and me. Plus, an old favourite pattern has been re-released.
3 Tips for Better Circular Knitting
Get three easy tips to improve your circular knitting projects and fall in love with knitting in the round today!
Warm Hands for the Win!
If you have some hands to warm up this winter, here are some great ideas for making knitted mittens, gloves, fingerless mittens, convertible glittens, fingerless gloves… you get the idea. All of these knitting patterns come in sizes from wee to adult large, so you can outfit hands of every age.
Projects-in-Progress
A round-up of what’s on my needles right now, including the current pattern revision-in-progress. (The new-and-improved Jill and the Bean Socks will be coming back to the store soon!)
A Pattern Revision Saga
When you’re revising a pattern and can’t find any yarns suitable to replace the discontinued one you designed it for, what’s a yarn mermaid to do?
Welcome to My Secret Wish Knitting!
A brief history of My Secret Wish Knitting, a snapshot of where we are now, and what we’re looking forward to.