Join me for 40 minutes of relaxed mending and afternoon tea. Today I reknit the top of my daughter’s hat that “exploded” at school. I […]
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Free Knit Pattern: Cozy Matcha Mittens
These small cozy mittens were made just for me. I wanted something warm and soft for long winter walks. And this clearance/discontinued yarn was just […]
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Knit Head Wrap | Practice Lace Stitches in this easy fast knitting project
Special thanks to Ravelry member dc2go for requesting this pattern be next to update! I love this pattern for teaching begging lace knitting, making a […]
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Free Knitting Pattern: Cherry Chirp!
For the next addition of the Pattern Archive Restoration project, I present the Cherry Chirp Knitting Pattern! First published in February of 2008 and has […]
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Knit Tea Cozy Free Pattern
For the next addition of the Pattern Archive Restoration project, I present the Knit Tea Cozy. It’s not just for tea pots, it can also work for nice big 13″ circumference tea mugs. Knitted way back in 2008… I still find this little cozy immensely useful, cheerful, and cozy! Made for a Tea-for-One tea set, it fits well on a large mug or any other small pot.
Visit the original pattern post for the complete free pattern.
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Free Beginner Knitting Pattern: Lucy’s Pinktastic Scarf
This scarf is a great for a beginner wanting to try knitting with two colors at the same time. For the more advanced knitter, it’s a simple garter stitch pattern so it’s perfect for knitting while enjoying a movie or waiting for kids to get done with sports. And only 4 ends to weave in on its entire stripy lengeth.
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Free Pattern: Elda’s Knit Pin Cushion
A common problem when working from the stash, is having only a small amount of each type of fiber left. How can you successfully combine […]
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Stitching School: The Knit Stitch!
It really made me happy all the nice comment you gave me on the Cable Cast On How To, so I decided to follow up […]
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Whip that WIP Challenge 1.0 Finished!
The Whip this WIP Challenge was a success because I’m now finished with my scarf that has been on the needles for far too long!
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Monday Weekly Roundup
I love Mondays, it’s the one day a week that I let myself fully indulge in cruising around the internet and checking out all my […]
book review
Review: The Ohio Knitting Mills Knitting Book
When I first sat down to review this week’s book, The Ohio Knitting Mills Knitting Book: Celebrating Four Decades of American Sweater Style, I approached it […]
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My dog ate my knitting
Bob is an awesome dog. We go running and camping together. He plays in the yard while I garden. And tonight he even helped me […]
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Free CL Pattern: Knit Convertible Mittens
You may have seen this earlier in the month, but just in case you didn’t: Check out my newest Craft Leftovers pattern over on Craftzine! […]
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Book Review: The Alchemy of Color Knitting
I’ve always emphasized color theory as a great tool for using up leftovers. I was so excited to see this book on Amazon and even […]
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Tips for Learning to Knit When You Already Crochet
I’ve been teaching beginning knitting for a couple of years now (crazy to think). One thing that I’ve found is that if a student already crochets, they take more readily to the continental style of knitting. If you are completely new to yarn craft, throwing the yarn is the way to go.
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Getting my Entralac Toes Wet: Garterlac Dishcloth
I was cleaning out my studio yesterday and a print out of this quick dishcloth pattern fell out from between two knitting magazines. Perfect! The Garterlac Dishcloth by Criminy Jickets on ravelry here and on his blog here.
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March CLM Preview!
Yes yes yes! It’s just about here! The March issue of clm will be in the shop and shipping out to subscribers in one week […]
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Card.Paper.Ribbon::DecoArt Paint Giveaway!
One of the main projects in Diane’s and my new ebook Card.Paper.Ribbon. is taking wadded-up wrapping paper and fusing it to cloth, and then sewing […]
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Card.Paper.Ribbon. Craft Leftovers’ First Ebook!
I am so excited that this great book has made its way into crafterdom! It’s chock full of great projects and techniques for using up […]
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Picking the Right Hook and Needles
{Note: I’m totally sick today, so I’m taking the day off. Today’s post was originally published as a guest post for Craftzine in September. Enjoy!} […]