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Are you a visual learner? If so, you have so come to the right place!

Berroco has, in their tutorial library, this video, How To Sew On A Buttonband. Go here to learn how:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJeZnk9CQg

And here for more of Berocco’s tutorials:…

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Sometimes you run across something that makes you say, “Wait! What?”

Well this morning this was it. A knitted frog, complete with, um, er, uh, innards, ready to be disected!

Go here to read the story…..http://news.cnet.com:80/8301-17938_105-10274267-1.html

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header_1I learned something new today! Thanks to Alice of TheKnitStitch.com

All yarn is not equal (that part I did know).
 
Besides being many different colors and styles, yarn comes in different weights, and makes a huge difference in what we knit. (Yup,…

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Knitting Daily has published an ebook, with 7 baby patterns in it. And the best part… it’s free! You do have to create an account, but on their site, it’s totally worth it!

Go here for the patterns: http://www.knittingdaily.com/7-Free-Baby-Knitting-Patterns/

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Phildar yarns have a special place in my heart. Yeah, they’re good yarns, but what makes them any better than any other top line brand? Because it was the first “real” yarn I ever knitted with. The shop in town…

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I really like this design, the pink, not so much, but the design is nice.

Now that I have a sock pattern that I love and have memorized I can start to knit socks with patterns in them. The current pair,…

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alpacaI’d go with Black Hollyhock, but I already have a cat with that name, so it’s all you!

Go here, to KnitIdeas.com to their blog and help them Name Their Alpaca!! There’s a 25$$ Gift Certificate in it for you if…

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laceThis is the Cogwheel pattern from the 3rd treasury.

Would make really pretty socks, no?

Go here for the details: http://thewalkertreasury.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/wide-weave-lace-eyelet-version/

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flippantbigI’m not a big fan of flip flops. Why? Because I don’t like stuff between my toes, so I’m not sure that this would be a solution to that little dilemma, however, they are cute!

Here’s the free pattern, enjoy!: http://www.siviaharding.com/patterns/flippant/

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slide_1814_24366_largeYes, it’s knitted (or it appears to be anyway). And here’s the “rest of the story”….  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/21/bruno-in-berlin-dons-pink_n_218640.html

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main_logoThis is such a cool magazine! I don’t know if it’s new or not, but it’s new to me, and there are really cute patterns in it, and there’s a blog, and there’s submission guidelines, and archives.

I do love me…

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315,000 stitches ! This is what you will get with almost 5 miles of yarn. Although there’s not a full picture of the dress (and I’d LOVE to see it), you can read the rest of the article in the Pantagraph, here:

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ellie3This free pattern, courtesy of Nikki Vandercar, is available on her blog: What To Knit When You’re Expecting.

With it’s fitted waist it’s very elegant, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to pull it off, but it sure looks good…

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isDon’t forget to get in on our latest giveaway. Knit To Be Square, book by Vivian Hoxbro, at the end of next week, I’ll send emails from all of my comments and the first to respond with their address gets…

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Spin-Off is planning to publish a wall calendar for 2010, photography is happening today, and a beautiful supported spindle with handspun natural brown cotton on it is one of the photo props in the photograph for July.

You can’t order it…

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