Projects that call for the use of multiple crafty talents are always a lot of fun, so this free bag pattern from Just Crafty Enough is really intriguing. It’s a simple evening bag knit to fit a purse frame, which … Read More ...
Day 10 Winner
This is another time the random number generator is making me smile. One of the commenters on this post said she was getting the roundup e-mail from Craft Gossip and when she clicked on the link it said the giveaway … Read More ...
Drool-Worthy Color Cards from Halcyon Yarn
I guess I’ve got Maine on the brain today (wouldn’t it be lovely to be sitting on a deck chair somewhere in Maine, knitting and looking out at the ocean, right about now?) because I’ve been meaning to share this … Read More ...
Pam Allen Honored as One to Watch in Maine
Each year MaineBiz names a handful of “women to watch” in various categories, including women-owned businesses. For 2012, the woman to watch who owns her business is Pam Allen, owner of Quince & Co. yarns.
The awards presentation is … Read More ...
Day 8 and 9 Winners
I hope everyone was busy watching the Olympics, knitting or doing something else fun over the weekend! I got a little knitting done on something I’ll share with you on Tuesday, and spent way too much time out in the … Read More ...
Video Tutorial: Continental Knitting
A few weeks ago I shared with you a video from Berroco all about forming the knit stitch in the English style of knitting.
They’ve just released a video on knitting in the continental style, too, so I wanted … Read More ...
Day 7 Winner
I’m so excited by who won the giveaway for the 101 Stitches box. It’s number 46, Karey.
This is exciting to me because she talks about wanting to learn the star stitch. I just recently became obsessed with star stitch, … Read More ...
Help Fund Local Yarn on Indiegogo
I’m kind of obsessed with crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. It’s so fun to see what people are creating and to be able to support projects that sound interesting. It’s great for creators, too, because they can get funding … Read More ...
Got My New Jordana Paige Bag!
Remember when I kept telling you about Jordana Paige’s Purses for Preeclampsia campaign? She was selling her flawed bags for $50 each with all of the proceeds going to the Preeclampsia Foundation.
The promotion did not go completely smoothly, but … Read More ...
Free Knitting Patterns: Tank Top Edition
One of the winners of yesterday’s giveaway mentioned that she loves to knit herself a new lace tank top every summer. That sounds like a marvelous thing, and reminds me of the knit tank top languishing in my T-shirt drawer … Read More ...
Day 6 Winners
Sometimes the random number machine cracks me up. There were two winners for the Dolce Handknits book, which means, of course, that I needed two numbers. Look at the numbers I ended up with: 53 and 52. It doesn’t seem … Read More ...
Dishcloth Knitting Pattern – Nautical Anchor
Another week of summer, another adorable dishcloth pattern from Lily. This week’s theme was Stitches Ahoy!, and the knit pattern (available as a PDF) is a basic square with an anchor worked as … Read More ...
Design Your Way to New Zealand!
Vogue Knitting is celebrating its 30th anniversary in lots of big ways, but one of the biggest was just announced. The magazine is teaming up with Zealana, a luxury New Zealand yarn company, on a design contest, the grand prize … Read More ...
Look What She Made: Giant Cabled Rug
Donatella from the Inspiration and Realisation blog (she’s Italian, so that’s not a misspelling!) shared a link with me showing off her excellent gigantic cabled rug.
I love this post because she explains all the things that went wrong … Read More ...
Day 5 Winner
I’m so excited how many of you went and checked out Ann Weaver’s books! I love to help you all find knitters who are out there doing interesting things.
The winner of the Weaver books is number 63, sfmsrpout, who … Read More ...