Craft Gossip

I picked up the newest copy of Vogue Knitting yesterday. Now, normally this isn’t something I would do (vogue +northern redneck just aren’t two concepts you’d normally find together) , but the cover caught my eye. Mittens!! And with our last post being…

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Free Pattern Friday is here again!

Everyone loves small projects. Socks, washcloths, and of course, mittens and gloves. Tis the time of year, up here in the Northern Hemisphere, to start thinking along those lines. MIttens and gloves make great gifts, everyone…

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Have you ever run across jewelry that was just sooo pretty you had have it? Even if you really never wear a lot of necklaces, this Stitch Marker Necklace is a must for you or all the knitters on your gift list…

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Or Knit-A-Longs

I’ve taken part in a few of these, they’re fun. The problem I have is time. With working and farming I don’t have a scheduled amount of time to knit (funny how hobbies are like that!).

But, I want to…

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I am a pattern collector. I’ve downloaded every free pattern on the internet at least 3 times. I’ve classified them, filed them, drooled over them, and promised all of them that they’d be next. All of them. Yeah, you heard…

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I took a few picturess of the hoodie I’m working on desperately trying to finish right now. (really need to mess with the settings on this camera so I can get good indoor pictures).
I started to knit this in one piece,…

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THE sweater!I’m coming down to the wire on my granddaughter’s sweater, a hoodie, with a simple to do yet looks more complicated cable.

This is a picture of The Casual Hooded Pullover from The Complete Knitting Collection, House of White Birches.

Does anyone know how…

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Alert! Alert! Mark your calendars, hitch up the horses, and head on out for the Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival the 26th - 28th of September. Up here in beautiful Northern Michigan we are all joining again on the…

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Entrelac eh? Hey, being Northern Michigan gal gives me the right to do the Canook thing once in awhile.

Anyway, I ran across this really cool blog, called Men Who Knit. These guys have got it going on! On their blog…

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OK. I need some encouragement here. Sock knitting is all the rage, has been for quite awhile. Not one to be left behind, I went to the LYS and found some really cool sock yarn ( I won’t divulge the brand name…

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One of my favorite times to knit is all the time (please don’t knit and drive, I see this ending badly. Scuba diving while knitting isn’t dangerous per se, but it sure does mess with your gauge!). But how about while…

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I’m Terrye, your new knitting editor.

What I want to do with this blog is provide you with new and interesting “stuff” (which is a technical term). We’ll do book reviews, Knit-a-Longs, and virtually drool over new yarns and toys. I’ll…

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For your reading enjoyment, an excerpt from Joel Derfner’s latest book:

Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Alive


“On Knitting”

The two Englishmen were staring at the half-finished glove in my hands,
aghast. “What is that?” the short one asked.
“I know…

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It saddens me to say this but Vicki, our famous Knitty Gritty knitting editor has had to leave us due to other work commitments. Which means even though we have been touched by her presence (awwww) we do need to…

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