Knitted Acts of Kindness: Junie Moon Shares Her Knitted Washcloth Pattern

Junie Moon was kind enough to let me share this story with you. I stumbled on it doing a Flickr search for knitted washcloths. June loves to knit for a good cause and we are pleased to support her work. You can see all of June’s projects via her blog and Flickr site.
My husband has [...]

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Around the Yarniverse: Links of Interest to Knitting & Crocheting Fanatics

I’m still struggling with knitting 101, so while I work out my issues, here’s a great collection of fun posts from the last week or so.
Fancy Tiger: The World’s Longest Crochet Scarf: At the Denver Art Museum’s monthly Untitled event, the Fancy Tiger (a Denver boutique that specializes in independently designed/made apparel, accessories and craft [...]

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First Projects Shared: Wild Wrist Warmers

Kelbel (Ravelry member) was kind enough to share her first project story. I love this one!

My first project was a pair of wrist warmers in this wild yarn I’ve never been able to find again. It was Skacel, and probably acrylic/wool mix. There’s these extra long, soft fuzzies hanging off of the main bulky strand, [...]

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First Projects Shared: Cotton Washcloth

Tinkertots, a member of the “Soggy Stitches” group (for Eugenians and those who want to be) on Ravelry responded to my first story request with this great example of a first project. And, it turns out, she’s my neighbor! Small world.
My first project was a cotton washcloth on bamboo needles. My mother and grandmother were [...]

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Correcting Mistakes for Beginner Knitters

Seems to me that most new knitters probably make the same mistakes, so I went in search of help for all of us:
Knit Simple magazine has an easy to follow knitting 101 series and one of the posts is about correcting mistakes. After looking at the illustrations, I think I might be doing this:

And maybe [...]

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This Knitting Thing is Harder Than it Looks

Beth at The Knit Shop was a terrific teacher. When I sat and concentrated on what I was doing and had her there to fix my oopses, things went great!
The first day, I worked on a basketweave scarf sort of like this one. Knit 5, purl 5, knit 5, purl 5, etc. etc. It was [...]

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Premier Issue: Twist Collective Online Now

Thanks to Stephania at Moirae Knitting, I found out about Twist Collective. Most of it is above this newbies head, but someday when I can actually knit like a grown up, I would like to make this or this.

In the meantime, for those of you who are not new to art of knitting, check it [...]

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Proud Sponsors of Crochet on Ravelry

For the next three months, we’re sponsoring the Crochet on Ravelry Finished Object of the Month contest. If you’re on Ravelry, you can check it out here. If you’re not – uh, you should be – but here’s the skinny:
How it Works:
When a member finishes a crochet piece, of any sort/type/pattern/difficulty/etc, they(#) post it in [...]

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