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Spring Events

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’ve received a comment or two about additional events upcoming in the knitting/fiber world. I thought it was time to update the calendar, LOL.
Fran Rickenbach wrote: Please add Knitters Connection to your list of knitting events. Columbus Ohio 6 - 10 June 2007.
For more information: check out Knitters Connection website. [...]

Mar

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Awsome Harlot

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The more I read this woman’s blog, the more I love her. She is the most awe inspiring person I have never met. She is the Yarn Harlot. To read her blog is to understand.
She can bring together people from all walks of life with a common passion to a crazy city like [...]

Mar

28

Cute Items for Knitters

March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I found this website called 4Knitters.com advertising in Knitter’s Magazine . I surfed over to see what they had that was new and different.
Whoa, big mistake - I wanted to drop some bucks here!
Isn’t this just the cutest thing? The bracelet has all kinds of [...]

Mar

27

Joining Yarn

March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Do you hate to join a new color or new ball of yarn and tie a knot in your project? Jean Greenhowe Designs offers you an alternative. Joining yarn with this method involves piercing the yarn with a darning needle and pulling the new ball through the old ball stitches at the [...]

Mar

26

Leftovers

March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

What to do with leftover sock yarn? Knitters around the world often wonder what to do with those bits and pieces. Some save the yarn in little baggies with the ball band and hope to find it when they need to mend the socks. Others pool all the yarns and make hats, blankets [...]

Mar

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The Harlot is on Tour

March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Harlot is coming, the Harlot is coming - to a city near you I hope!
Stephanie Pearl McPhee is promoting her new book “The Yarn Harlot’s Guide to the Land of Knitting“. Her list of tour cities is impressive with the kick off in NYC.
I saw in the list that she will be near [...]

Mar

21

Thinking beyond the Pattern

March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

If a pattern specifies a particular yarn, then that’s the yarn you have to use, right? Of course not!
This article written [...]

Mar

20

Knitting Camp

March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Have you ever gone away to camp as a child? How about as an adult? There are many get away weekends devoted to crafts, but this one is a special camp! This is the camp started by Elizabeth Zimmerman!
In 1974, Elizabeth [...]

Mar

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Knitting at a Basball Game?

March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Stitchnpitch is the brain child of The National NeedleArts Association and was created two years ago. It is now a stable at Big League ballparks. It started in Seattle — folks who knit, crochet, embroider, cross-stitch and needlepoint meet to enjoy a ballgame and their favorite hobby. It has since popped up [...]

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Zimmerman Exhibition

March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Last October, the University of WI Madison held an exhibit dedicated to the influence of Elizabeth Zimmerman and Schoolhouse Press on the Knitting world. Much has been written about this knitting icon and how she revolutionized the way of creating garments using the percentage system she created. This system, which emphasizes seamless construction [...]

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