All the cool kids are doing it…

Knitting and crocheting are typically synonymous with grandma, boredom, rainy days and rocking chairs. Not so much anymore. These days more and more younger crowds are picking up needles and hooks to create DIY (do it yourself) masterpieces. Why the sudden interest in knitting and crocheting?
Let me tell you why: It’s because knitwear is so [...]

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Guest Post: Get Hooked on the Knitting Social Network

This post is from Kate Cummings, founder of the Knitting Network.
There’s no denying social networking has become a part of many people’s day to day life.
Whether you are tweeting on Twitter, writing on your friend’s Facebook wall, or tagging pictures from your latest night out, social networking is there to brighten up [...]

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Interesting Art: The Arts Begging

A new exhibit opens this week at the Portland (Ore.) Art Museum called La volupte du goût: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour that includes this work:
Information from the museum says that, in the painting, “the bearded figure of Destiny leans across the globe to stay the hand of one of the [...]

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Knit (or Knot) Some Love

What better day to announce our partnership with Knots-of-Love than Valentine’s Day! Through this partnership, we’re offering exclusive Knots-of-Love starter kits for knitters or knotters to create a chemotherapy cap for a cancer patient.
The Knots-of-Love starter kits include everything you need to make a chemotherapy cap including two forest palm knitting needles, two exotic wood [...]

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