Thanks to everyone who shared about their favorite dolls and toys last week! The winner of Just Like Me Knits is commenter 24, Sue, who said
… Read More ...My favorite doll was Barbie. I still have it and all of the clothes
Patterns, projects and techniques
Thanks to everyone who shared about their favorite dolls and toys last week! The winner of Just Like Me Knits is commenter 24, Sue, who said
… Read More ...My favorite doll was Barbie. I still have it and all of the clothes
I have told you before about my love for dishcloths (a while back I shared some of my favorite patterns) and here’s another really cute one.
Dolly Creates made a washcloth/dishcloth adorned with little hearts. It’s mostly stockinette … Read More ...
Sometimes on this site I share free patterns that are free for a limited time and then people will come back years later wondering why the link doesn’t work. With that in mind I think I’m going to start putting … Read More ...
I know, I know, I’ve been talking about fall knitting all week (and wanting to do some fall knitting, given that as I write this at almost 3 p.m. local time it is a blissful 73 degrees outside!) but there … Read More ...
The German yarn company Schachenmayr is celebrating the release of its new yarn line in North America with a very cool design contest.
The line is called My Mountain, so the contest is about your personal design mountain, something … Read More ...
Since I have fall knits on the brain this week I thought I’d share another one that would be a beautiful transition piece, though this one will take a bit longer to knit so you’d better get started now!
The … Read More ...
I guess it has something to do with this unusually cool summer (as I write this from Northwest Arkansas it’s been raining all day and is 75 degrees, when the average temp this time of year is 89 and it’s … Read More ...
Mutonia is a sort of travelers’ camp, sort of arists’ colony in Italy that has been relatively peacefully existing for 23 years. From what I’ve read there’s basically one person who wants rid of them, and community is in danger … Read More ...
I’m not proud to admit it, but I’m not a really regular reader of the Berroco blog, even though I love Berroco yarn and I think Norah Gaughan is a genius and I’m so inspired by what they do.
That … Read More ...
The Fibre Company has a great collection of yarns, and to celebrate its Savannah DK yarn, the company is hosting a design contest.
Would-be designers are asked to use the yarn to knit a “summer sweater,” by which … Read More ...
I absolutely love this post from Gwen Bortner at Two Sides of the Same Stitch about the top five yarn label lies. Go read it, right now, I’ll wait for you.
These are things that I already know after … Read More ...
There are so many fun programs for knitters, crafters, kids and just about anyone else who loves getting samples or curated collections of fun stuff these days. You can get a box of just about anything delivered to your home … Read More ...
The fall issue of Vogue Knitting will be hitting newsstands soon, but you can check out all the goodies you’ll be wanting to cast on soon in the magazine’s preview.
There’s a lot of good stuff that will have … Read More ...
This is not a new pattern, but it caught my eye in Lion Brand’s newsletter over the weekend and I know that I have to knit it right away.
The child’s playtime top is worked in two identical pieces with … Read More ...
I do love a gigantic display of yarn craft, and there’s a great one on display right now in Derry, Ireland, in celebration of Craft Month.
The 50 foot by 20 foot City of Culture quilt is made up of … Read More ...