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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 … Read More ...
Do you live in [tag]Manhattan[/tag] or are you visiting soon? Check this out to find off the beaten path stores.
“[tag]SusanSez NYC Knitting Crawl Walkabout[/tag] will get you to the most unique [tag]knitting shops[/tag], … Read More ...
Now I ask you, who would imagine that square needles would be the next greatest thing in [tag]knitting[/tag]? I’m old school and still use my [tag]Susan Bates[/tag] and [tag]Berna[/tag]t needles that are 30 years old. Though I will admit I … Read More ...
What are web rings or netrings you ask? A web ring is a social network. The ring is a way of linking web sites that have a similar theme, like [tag]knitting[/tag], [tag]crafts[/tag], [tag]textiles[/tag], – any topic that you can imagine … Read More ...
Are you interested in trying a new yarn, but afraid to spend the money to experiment? Check out this [tag]forum[/tag] for information. There are posts about all types of yarns and help from those who have used them. … Read More ...
In this post of 2/19 [tag]Marnie Maclean [/tag]writes about gauge. Not important you say? Well, would you build a house that needs to be 20 blocks wide, but not determine the width of the block? Do you buy … Read More ...
I spent this past weekend [tag]googling[/tag] for [tag]yarn shops[/tag] on the internet. Do you know how many shops have a presence on the web? The result of this search was 1,280,000 hits – almost 1.3 million pages that mentioned “yarn … Read More ...
The Winter 2007 Happily Handmade giveaway will begin accepting entries on February 12th. You can only enter the giveaway through the fabulous Independent Artist sponsors. This [tag]giveaway[/tag] is sponsored by a group of [tag]independent artists[/tag] who are promoting their shops … Read More ...
Today I was disappointed with my local yarn stores. It may have just been a bad day for the clerks also, as we had 6 inches of snow drop last night, but I was ready to spend money and they … Read More ...
I wrote earlier in the week about podcasts and how you can listen to them on your PC or mobile device (Ipod, Zune, Zen or other) and keep up with events and issues surrounding the knitting community while you knit.… Read More ...
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 … Read More ...
There are many places on the net to get [tag]free knitting patterns[/tag]. Some contain pictures of the items, most are text only sites and you can just print the pattern. I am focused on socks currently (could be the cold … Read More ...
[tag]Podcasting[/tag] is not an old internet capability, but relatively new. In 2003 regular podcasts started showing up on well-known Web sites and software support for podcasting spread throughout the internet. Wikipedia describes podcast as a media file that is distributed … Read More ...
Continuing on from the post of a few days ago, I came across this blog entry. It’s a challenge from [tag]Wendy Johnson[/tag]. Wendy is a lifelong knitter and creator of one of the most popular [tag]knitting blogs [/tag]online. She has … Read More ...
Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting is the name of the current exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, NY. The exhibit runs January 25 – June17, 2007. List of artists in this exhibit can be … Read More ...