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I got an email this morning from a shop that said “Summer’s slowly drawing to a close, there’s a tinge of Autumn in the air….”

If that were only true. We had a frost advisory last night. We had 37 degrees…

Spend Saturday, September 12, with designer & author Véronik Avery: Beyond the Pattern Workshop plus Book Signing and Trunk Show. - 8/27/2009…

more…http://www.colorful-stitches.com/news_classes/article.php?Article=article41

I recently aquired some of this yarn. It’s recycled, handspun silk sari yarn, gorgeous stuff. Currently I’m knitting a bag, and I’ll let you know how that goes. It’s fun to knit with, and knits up quickly (the size 13…

Another gorgeous pattern from the Walker Treasury Project. English Mesh Lace!

Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Cream
Needles: 5mm (US
Gauge: 12 stitches/4?
Pattern: English Mesh Lace
Stitch Count Repeat:  Multiple of 6 sts
Book: Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 193

Wouldn’t this be pretty on socks? In…

Innovative to traditional, 17 designs in this book. Available from Interweave Press ($24.95). This is the 6th book in the STYLE series and features classic and innovative use of traditional color techniques by top designers.

Fair Isle, intarsia and slip stitch,…

Kelley Petkun of Knit Picks is putting together a team, Knitters for Knockers, for Sept. 20’s Walk for the Cure here in Portland. She’s got details here.

Have you ever gone to one? A Knitting Retreat? Personally, I never have, being of the farm-girl variety, it would be awfully difficult to get away, but I hear they’re great!

Here’s one I just saw listed in the Charleston Daily…

The nights are cooler, the mornings are filled with heavy dew and the leaves are turning and starting to fall. Yes, Autumn is on the horizon.

Pretty close to when Autumn ends, hat and scarf season arrive, and the folks at…

There’s cute, and then there’s just flat out CUTE! And these are just that. Easy to make too, and FREE!

Go here:  http://members.home.nl/tdpj/Patronen/Bootees/Saartjes%20bootees.pdf

Sarah White, the knitting editor of knitting.about.com has a wonderful article on recycling yarn from a handknit sweater. She shows you how to dismantle the sweater and repurpose the yarn so you can use it again! Thrift shops never looked…

Sign up for a one year digital subscription to Creative Knitting, and get access to 2 years of back issues! Basically, that’s a 3 for 1 deal. Pretty good!

Go here for the deets: https://digital.creativeknittingmagazine.com/?mode=print_order_form&source=KDDN

Girl’s knitted dress pattern, free from Classic Elite, is knit in Cotton-Bam-Boo. Perfect barefoot in the grass, summer dress for your little girl!

Best of all, the pattern is free – here: http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/pdf/CBBGirlsDress.pdf

Morehouse Farms has the cutest collection. Everything for back to school, in critter form. Backpacks, mittens, hats and scarves, you have to see this one! Their pics are copyrighted so I can’t post it here, but trust me, it’s soooo…

Can’t feature a cool sweater for the guys and not include one for the gals now can we?

This is one of the prettiest designs I’ve seen in a long time. A perfect medley of self striping yarns with a pattern…

It’s coming. Fall is in the air in the morning and later on in the evening. Up here summer is fleeting especially this one, and with it’s demise brings the hectic autumn “nesting” schedules. Put meat in the freezer, start…

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