<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Craft Granny blog</title><description>Practical tools for makers: journals and planners that help you design, track and finish your projects.</description><link>https://craftgranny.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>How to Plan Colorwork Before You Cast On</title><link>https://craftgranny.com/blog/plan-colorwork-before-you-cast-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://craftgranny.com/blog/plan-colorwork-before-you-cast-on/</guid><description>A few minutes of planning on paper can save hours of frogging.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Charts &amp; Design</category></item><item><title>Why Knitting Charts Look Stretched (and How 4:5 Fixes It)</title><link>https://craftgranny.com/blog/why-knitting-charts-look-stretched-4-5-ratio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://craftgranny.com/blog/why-knitting-charts-look-stretched-4-5-ratio/</guid><description>If your motif looks taller in knitting than on paper, the grid is the reason.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Charts &amp; Design</category></item><item><title>Knitting Socks: What to Write Down for an Even Better Next Pair</title><link>https://craftgranny.com/blog/knitting-socks-what-to-write-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://craftgranny.com/blog/knitting-socks-what-to-write-down/</guid><description>The best pair of socks is usually the second one, because you wrote down what worked.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Projects</category></item><item><title>How to Keep a Knitting Journal (and What to Write in It)</title><link>https://craftgranny.com/blog/how-to-keep-a-knitting-journal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://craftgranny.com/blog/how-to-keep-a-knitting-journal/</guid><description>A knitting journal does not need to be pretty or perfect. It just needs to hold what you will want to remember.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Journaling</category></item><item><title>Knitting Holiday Gifts Without the December Panic</title><link>https://craftgranny.com/blog/knitting-holiday-gifts-without-december-panic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://craftgranny.com/blog/knitting-holiday-gifts-without-december-panic/</guid><description>Handmade gifts are lovely until it is December 20th. Here is how to plan so you actually enjoy them.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seasonal</category></item><item><title>Cozy Autumn Knitting: How to Plan Your Fall Projects</title><link>https://craftgranny.com/blog/cozy-autumn-knitting-plan-your-fall-projects/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://craftgranny.com/blog/cozy-autumn-knitting-plan-your-fall-projects/</guid><description>Autumn is the best time to cast on and the easiest time to start too many things. Here is a simple way to keep it cozy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seasonal</category></item></channel></rss>