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Feb

27

Want to experiment cheaply?

February 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Are you interested in trying a new yarn, but afraid to spend the money to experiment? Check out this forum for information. There are posts about all types of yarns and help from those who have used them. Their experiences with major yarn brands will save you money!

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Feb

22

It’s all about Gauge

February 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

In this post of 2/19 Marnie Maclean writes about gauge. Not important you say? Well, would you build a house that needs to be 20 blocks wide, but not determine the width of the block? Do you buy shoes without trying them on first? If you don’t knit a gauge swatch, [...]

Feb

20

Googling Yarn Shops

February 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I spent this past weekend googling for yarn shops on the internet. Do you know how many shops have a presence on the web? The result of this search was 1,280,000 hits – almost 1.3 million pages that mentioned “yarn shop” somewhere on a page or in their meta tags.
YIKES [...]

Feb

19

Supporting Independent Artists

February 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Winter 2007 Happily Handmade giveaway will begin accepting entries on February 12th. You can only enter the giveaway through the fabulous Independent Artist sponsors. This giveaway is sponsored by a group of independent artists who are promoting their shops with this giveaway.
2/12–3/31: Winter 2007 Giveaway entry period
4/2: Winter 2007 Winners announced!

History of the [...]

Feb

15

Local Yarn Stores and Customer Service

February 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Today I was disappointed with my local yarn stores. It may have just been a bad day for the clerks also, as we had 6 inches of snow drop last night, but I was ready to spend money and they didn’t help.
I wanted a certain pattern for a sweater I saw online [...]

Feb

14

Keeping up with the Knitting Bloggers

February 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I wrote earlier in the week about podcasts and how you can listen to them on your PC or mobile device (Ipod, Zune, Zen or other) and keep up with events and issues surrounding the knitting community while you knit.
Today, I will tell you how you can keep up with all the blogs you like [...]

Feb

13

Socks are a Scam!! says Blue Moon Bank

February 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

According to the Bank that Blue Moon used to receive cash and credit card payment for the Rockin’ Sock Club 2007.
I can’t believe that a bank actually thought a sock yarn club is a scam, because, after all, no one buys THAT much sock yarn. Yeah, right - what rock have they lived under?
Blue [...]

Feb

12

Free Knitting Pattern Ring

February 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There are many places on the net to get free knitting patterns. Some contain pictures of the items, most are text only sites and you can just print the pattern. I am focused on socks currently (could be the cold Michigan winter that has my toes frozen) and have looked at hundreds of [...]

Feb

11

Knitting Podcasts

February 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Podcasting is not an old internet capability, but relatively new. In 2003 regular podcasts started showing up on well-known Web sites and software support for podcasting spread throughout the internet. Wikipedia describes podcast as a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on [...]

Feb

10

Knitting from your Stash

February 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Continuing on from the post of a few days ago, I came across this blog entry. It’s a challenge from Wendy Johnson. Wendy is a lifelong knitter and creator of one of the most popular knitting blogs online. She has been quoted or featured in many major knitting magazines, and has [...]

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