About Knitting and Sundries

Knitting and Sundries is a beginner’s guide to knitting: the needles, the yarn and the small tools that make a first project work. We write for adults in the US who are learning to knit, or coming back to it, and want clear answers without jargon.

What you will find here

• Plain guides to knitting needles, yarn weights and fibers, so you can buy the right thing the first time.
• Tool guides for the sundries: yarn winders, swifts, yarn needles and needle cases.
• Project guides for sweaters, scarves and chunky blankets, with links to designers’ own free patterns.

How we write our guides

Every guide starts from research into what knitters are actually asking and what the best existing sources say. We check facts such as yarn weights, gauges and needle sizes against standards like the Craft Yarn Council’s yarn weight system and against makers’ own product pages. We do not invent prices, ratings or test results, and we do not claim to have tested products we have not tested. When a pattern belongs to a designer, we link to the designer’s page instead of copying it.

If you spot something that is out of date or wrong, please tell us on the contact page. We read every correction and fix what needs fixing.

How the site is funded

Some of our buying guides link to products at Amazon, and the site earns a small commission on qualifying purchases made through those links. That never changes what we recommend, and it costs you nothing extra. The affiliate disclosure page explains this in full.

Contact

Questions, corrections and partnership enquiries: hello@knittingandsundries.com, or use the contact page.