Author Archives: Brenda Bell
Looking for the Bond Videos?
Several years ago, I moved them to Google Drive to alleviate the bandwidth pressure on my servers.Continue reading
Using International Characters On A US MacBook
Sure, you can use the little Special Characters feature of the Edit menu. Or you can launch Google translate and use the pop-up keyboard.
But it’s a lot faster — and I think easier — if you just learn how to access these characters directly from the keyboard. Fortunately, the most commonly used characters — like à, é, ç and ô, etc. — are intuitive and easy to remember.Continue reading
Broken Toe Cast-On For 2×2 Rib
This is my favorite 2×2 cast on for pretty much any gauge and type of yarn. The beauty of this cast on is that the comb is hanging on a temporary row of stitches that will be removed after the piece is off the machine. This keeps the comb from pulling on your first real row of stitches.Continue reading