Teresa's Blog - Knitting Companion

Christmas Knitting

December is here and, for many of us, that means Christmas Knitting. With the countdown on (only 19 days to go from here!), finding quick-knit projects and balancing time knitting with getting the house decorated, Christmas cookies made, and everything else involved with making many families’ Christmas preparations, it can get a bit hectic

Casting on a New Year

The start of a New Year is like casting on a new project, with all the hopes, dreams, and expectations that with it.

I Made It

It's Black Friday, and I just wrapped up a Beginner's Knitting Class. Five women came to my home who all wanted to learn to knit. In talking with them, there were different reasons for knitting: stress reduction, one to make her train commute go a bit faster, another...

Thanksgiving Day

I know this post is a bit early, but Thanksgiving has been on my mind this year in a big way. This has been a year with many highs and lows for me, and I've had to face some personal truths. It hasn't been easy, and I'd like to think I've grown a lot. I've learned...

New Beginnings

As I'm sure many of you have noticed already, Knitting Companion is changing and growing rapidly. When Knitting Companion was originally conceived, I expected it to be a small little blog sharing reviews of knitting tools. I was looking at adding a single post (or new...

Shows To Knit To

One of the many reasons that I love knitting is that it gives me something for my hands to do when I otherwise am stationary. This is equally true when my family and I sit down to watch tv, or after the kids go to bed and I'm on my own for the night - I still need...

Knitting in Community

I've been a solo knitter for years - in fact, for most of my time as a knitter. Occasionally, my mom and I knit or crochet together, but that was more incidental than intentional. Recently, that all changed for me. I happened to get tagged on Facebook in a...

Welcome to Teresa’s Corner

Hi all! I'll keep this post brief, as it's really just an introduction to me. As I've been building this site and prepping some of my reviews, it struck me that there are times I want to post about just knitting - the process, my experiences, what I'm working on, and...

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