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All you ever wanted to know about spinning cotton, I promise!

Cotton spinning made easy. With a few adjustments made to your wheel, you can spin cotton just like the pros. Become a “cotton spinner extraordinaire”. 120 minutes long, and 10…

Another swatch from the Walker Treasury Project. This would be pretty in almost any combinations of colors.

Go here:  http://thewalkertreasury.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/two-color-fabric-stitch/

Extra! Extra! Read All About It. Free Elephants… And they just love flowers! See how they gather all around in a circle to smell the flowers?

These are just about the cutest elephants I’ve ever seen! Here they are playing Ring…

Seriously, who looks like this? I’ll tell you who, this model from Rowan’s Magazine #46. And this gorgeous shawl she’s sporting.

Magazine 46 offers forty-eight knit and crocheted designs, garments and accessories, for women and men. Also available are eight designs…

Get ready for fall and get a jumpstart on those Christmas gifts.

Pack a lunch and join other knitters, crafters and suppliers for the Surrey Museum’s annual Pic-Knit event on Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Shop at the Fibre…

I scream, you scream, we all scream for TANK TOPS!!! YAY tank tops!

Especially in the summer, and especially if they’re just dressy enough to pull off a night on the town.

Berroco’s Tarte is just that. Pair it with jeans, layer…

Now I’ll be the first to admit that the last thing I need is another hobby, and I have no intention of taking up weaving towels, but these are just cool!

6 month plans and 12 month plans. They’re so pretty…

Knitting for Charity has instructions on how to lengthen knitted garments, just in case, you know, you’re like “vertically challenged” like I am!

But, a word of warning, it requires scissors, so take a deep breath….

http://www.knittingforcharity.org/easy_instructions_for_lengthening_knitted_garments.html

This is just pretty. Plus it’s green, and we all know how I love green! Imagine this with beads, oh yeah, I smell a shawl in the making!

Sarah, from knitting.about.com brings us this pretty stitch swatch.

http://knitting.about.com/od/knittingstitchesuz/g/vine-lace.htm

New patterns have been added to Knitty’s lineup for Summer. Go here to see it all! http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer09/index.php   

So is there anyone out there who hasn’t heard of the Sock Summit?? Is there anyone besides me who isn’t going?

Why aren’t I going? I’m a professed addicted sock knitter. Well, for one thing, I’m also a farmer. I also…

Totally cool book! Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn by Carol J Sulcoski goes into detail about the differences between hand dyed vs machine dyed yarns, different fibers, and blends. Oooooh, the blends!

And the patterns!  Gorgeous patterns, not just for handpaints,…

Another entry into the Walker Treasury Project. I’m thinking….. socks!

See this pattern, and more, here: http://thewalkertreasury.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/double-rose-leaf/

Ok, so if I show you some free Christmas themed patterns are you gonna throw stuff at me? If so, that’s ok, I can handle it, just make it stuff like Candy Canes and Chocolate, k?

So here goes, free Christmas…

This is one brave lady! Cutting steeks for me requires a sewing machine, lots and lots of thread, and usually some alcohol (not to mention chocolate!) Dawn Brocco shows us how she sews steeks (by hand! – gasp!) in this…

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