Craft Gossip

logoPick Up Sticks is starting a Knit Along and a Fundraiser.  The Heart Truth is a division of the Heart and Stroke Foundation that raises awareness about women’s heart disease. 
Here are the deets:

We Wear Red Knit Along
Sweater:  February Ladies Sweater
Yarn: …

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village2Picture an idyllic village in the rolling hills of England. Picture small old world houses and buildings nestled in with each other.  Now picture all of this knitted!

A group of knitters in Mersham, England has done just this. Nearly every…

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knitideasI love Facebook. Such a fun little time waster, and this morning, I ran across the Facebook equivalent for knitters.

KnitIdeas.com. Great site.  Share your ideas, swap yarn, and show off your knitting creations……. Here: http://www.knitideas.com/

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Knit with Debbie Stoller in Tuscany this summer!
Come along on a week long adventure in fiber, food, and fun!
Join her this summer for an unforgettable knitting adventure in the beautiful Tuscan region of Italy.

You’ll be visiting an angora farm, meeting the…

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I ran across KnitNet around the middle of last year. It’s an online knitting magazine, published 6 times a year for a very modest price. You get 5 or 6 patterns in each issue (this current issue has socks, scarves and sweaters),…

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Well it’s a sign of the times when even television shows are getting extreme makeovers and “Needle Arts Studio with Shay Pendray” is the next contestant. They will be receiving a new name, new theme and a new set.

The 30…

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Machine Knitters are often forgotten about so if you are feeling a little lonely in your hobby then check out these online machine knitting groups.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KMaholics/

This group originated in Belgium (March 2006) and started with a handful of French-speaking knitters.
It quickly…

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Suzanne from trinity shawls sent me this e-mail about her charity project to knit prayer shawls.

——–Suzanne Said—–

When visiting my Grandmother’s home at a very early age, I remember seeing what seemed like a huge statue of our Lady with a lighted candle…

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Today I received an email from Suzanne M Harker of Trinity Shawls in response to a post on The Shawl Ministry.

Suzanne wrote:

“Many people use our traditional knitting as a means to quiet their minds, of nourishing their inner being, for releasing…

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If you have ever wanted to learn new techniques but couldn’t find a class at your LYS, and you are comfortable taking classes on line, maybe the Needlecraft University is for you. Students with no experience as well as those with…

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Sometimes you find the most interesting thing when you search the internet on certain words. I found the following information and article at Beliefnet. This article talks about knitting and prayer.

People of different faiths are discovering that crafts like knitting…

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According to the Bank that Blue Moon used to receive cash and credit card payment for the Rockin’ Sock Club 2007.

I can’t believe that a bank actually thought a sock yarn club is a scam, because, after all, no one buys…

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Have you read any good non-knitting knitting books lately? Two fiction knitting books that I love that have nothing to do with creating a project, but are about knitting are by Debbie Macomber, “The Shop on Blossom Street” and “A Good…

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Just in case you find knitting a little boring on your own, the Internet has opened up a whole new world of knitting groups and get togethers.

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Yahoo groups Has over 2000 results for knitting groups. Of course as with all yahoo…

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