Sycamore Cove Knitting

05/08/2024

It’s Stay Home and Day in today! 🧶☔️💕

29/07/2024

Writing Retreat

24/07/2024

Stuck in a rut with your knitting? Learn a new skill!

Learning new knitting techniques keeps our minds and souls fresh and engaged…and might just give us a new “go to” project!

13/07/2024

Flying “Knitting Class” today! Airports are the BEST places to !

11/07/2024

What is Nalbinding, and what could it possibly have to do with Knitting???

Before knitting, there was “nalbinding.” In my new book, I use my imagination to figure out how we got from nalbinding to knitting. I hope you enjoy it!

02/07/2024

I'm delighted to introduce my new novel and Book 3 in The Prayer Shawl Chronicles, "Knitting Through Time." Here's my blog post telling all about it: https://sycamorecoveknitting.com/2024/07/02/introducing-knitting-through-time-book-3-of-the-prayer-shawl-chronicles/

Thanks for joining me! This is a blog dedicated to the life, spirit, and art of knitting. I review new books on knitting, share insights and experiences about knitting, and write thoughts about the practice and art of knitting. Frequent topics of my blog posts are listed on the sidebar. My Facebook....

29/06/2024

Who invented knitting? Here’s the story I imagined and wove together. I hope you enjoy my new book!

Knitting Through Time: Stories of How We Learned to Knit (The Prayer Shawl Chronicles)

25/06/2024

That relieved but terrified feeling of proofing the final draft of your novel. 😱🙌🥲🥰

24/06/2024

Have you read the first 2 books in the Prayer Shawl Chronicles? Book 3 coming very soon!!! 💕🧶📖🤩

22/04/2024

Happy from the chilly coast of Northeast ! It’s sunny and today!

20/04/2024

My idea of a beach bag. 😇

11/04/2024

Interested in history? The history of knitting and fabrics is also women's history.

Did you know that if you lived just a couple of hundred years ago – and any time before that – and you’re a woman, you would have spent much of your life making fabric? Yes, we as women still do mu…

10/04/2024

It's my birthday! To celebrate with my readers, I've put the Kindle edition of my book, The Prayer Shawl Chronicles, on sale for $2.99. Hope you enjoy it! Link is in comments.

Sycamore Cove Knitting shares resources, ideas, and knitting book reviews for the knitting hobbyist.

06/04/2024

It’s Dogwood Winter here in Knoxville. Brrrrr! Gorgeous spring flowers and trees, a great time to look out the window and knit 🧶!

03/04/2024

What your Origin Story of Knitting? I bet it tells a lot about you, your relationships, and those who loved you.

How did you learn to knit? And what does your story tell you about yourself? Here’s my story (and news about my next book)!

20/03/2024

Thinking about summer kids activities coming up? Consider teaching or !

Looking for summer kids’ activities? Why not teach life skills that will equip them to find their own sense of peace and calm in their lives, as well as serve as an outlet for personal expres…

19/03/2024

Happy First Day of Spring!

14/03/2024

See a pattern you love? You probably first saw it in ! Here's how patterns in nature show up in our !

Certain patterns are found time and time again in nature. Looking for design ideas or a pattern that’s sure to please? Look to Mother Nature!

08/03/2024

Happy Early Springtime Knitting! 🧶 🧡🧡🧡

01/03/2024

Day in the Life of a Knitting 🧶 Writer. 🧡✍️👩‍💻

22/02/2024

New blog post! http://sycamorecoveknitting.com/2024/02/22/beginner-intermediate-and-advanced-in-knitting-patterns-what-the-definitions-should-mean/

22/02/2024

"Beginner" knitting means just knits and purls, right? Not so fast...here's what labels of difficulty SHOULD mean!

Do you ever pick up a knitting pattern, and “beginner” level turns out way, way, way too advanced for you? Yeah, me too. Here’s my own take of what definitions should mean.

04/02/2024

The “Stuck in Florida, Use What You Got” sweater returns to the Cold 🥶 North (of Tennessee)!

24/01/2024

Want to add extra meaning to your knitting project - especially prayer shawls? Think about color symbolism!
New blog post: https://sycamorecoveknitting.com/2024/01/24/its-all-about-color-crafting-color-symbolism-in-every-stitch/

17/01/2024

Snowbound or stranded today? Time to tap into that creativity that often makes the best crafting!

And all because I’m stranded and used what I had. Sometimes maybe we need to look at what’s in front of us and work out a solution we wouldn’t have even considered otherwise. Maybe that’s what make…

12/01/2024

Rainy ☔️ day in - good day to and ! 🧡🧶🧡🧶🧡