Embroidery Hand Stitching

I just thought a couple of tips, if you are a beginner to knitting would help using the yarn skein I have designed. The Greens        And the Creams       The first thing for you to do is open out skein and place it on the back of a dining chair or someone's hands to help wind into a ball.  I have joined the yarn with the beginning of the knitting on the inside of the skein. So now you have a ball of yarn what needles hey? I have use 6.5mm sized double pointed needles.  There the ones that have a plastic string joining the two points.  I've just measured (approx. as there's knitting on them!) 64cm long string. Why use this type? This type make knitting large amounts of stitches much easier as the stitches have space to sit on. Unlike with the ordinary needles which the knitting tends to bunch up on. Next tip I'd like to pass on is the method I cast on with.  I always cast on as if...

Had an itchy palm yesterday was really thinking someone has bought something....arrhhh but no! Oh well onward! I have done a fair bit of researching lately into selling at craft fairs.  Instead of making it easier to take the first steps it's making it harder!!  Where/why/who/when and what!  Never mind the how! So many other things to think of never mind your stock!! Talking about stock I've tagged and bagged my Christmas dec's.     They are large luggage labels with a transparent self adhesive backing printed with xmas salutations for the front!     On the back using the same printed transparent film is my business logo and Folksy shop address.     Here's an example of the deco attached to the label...through the string attachment hole...good hey! And another in the transparent bag packaging.     I've also done this for the Stitch Keepers.     Front of label, stitch ke...