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A Sale and a Giveaway from Red Heart

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red heart with woolRed Heart is now having its fall sale, which will get you a good deal on a range of yarns at their shop. They are also offering 20 percent off all downloadable ebooks through Sept. 24.

In addition, the company is launching a new yarn called With Wool. This blend of 80 percent acrylic and 20 percent wool is soft and machine washable. It comes in 14 solid colors. You can get a chance to try out the yarn for free by checking out Red Heart’s Facebook page. Scroll down to the post on With Wool and like it by 3 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, and two randomly selected likers will get five skeins to try.

[Photo by Red Heart.]

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  1. i looked at the with wool and they have some really pretty colors which i would expect from red heart. i have used red heart since i was 13yrs old and still using it at 63yrs. love it

  2. I attempted to like their page to be told that the link doesn’t work. I do like Red Heart yarns with I use with my Kumihino for jewelry.

  3. Grandma taught me how to crochet by making a rug way back when I was a teenager. She had lots of Red Heart yarns.

  5. I like Red Heart yarn and have used it for years. I don’t understand why the FB page is lined through up above.

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Practice Colorwork on a Cute Knit Bunny

Sometimes I feel like knitters get intimidated to try new things because they think they need to start with a big project. Your first time working in the round doesn’t need to be a sock, and your first colorwork doesn’t need to be a sweater, for example. You can find little projects that use the skills you want to learn to build your confidence before you move on to something that requires more time commitment.

This adorable knit bunny, for example.

The colorwork bunny from Knit Picks was designed by Amy Munson and is a kind of bowling pin shaped bunny complete with a knit hat, contrasting inner ears and a little stranded colorwork on its body. Note that the ears are attached the the hat not the bunny, but you could stitch them to the bunny if you’d rather.

It’s worked from the bottom up and also has a tiny pompom tail you can’t see in the picture but it’s a really cute touch. There are a variety of little fair isle patterns to choose from to make the best bunny for you.

The bunny comes out about 8 inches tall (or just over 20 cm) and use several colors to complete the colorwork, depending on the design you choose.

You can purchase the pattern by itself from Knit Picks, or make a kit that includes sport weight yarn in all the colors you need for your creation. There are gray and brown options for the main body of the bunny, but of course if you’re using your own yarn you can make it whatever color you like.

Once you’ve tried colorwork (maybe also working in the round and shaping if those are skills you haven’t used before) in a little project like this you’ll be ready to take on something bigger in no time.

Check out the pattern on Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]