Our winner is inspired4eternity.
If you love knitting for your kitchen, you’re going to like this week’s giveaway. I have a copy of 25+ Potholders to Knit this week, which is a really fun book, which has a great variety … Read More ...
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Our winner is inspired4eternity.
If you love knitting for your kitchen, you’re going to like this week’s giveaway. I have a copy of 25+ Potholders to Knit this week, which is a really fun book, which has a great variety … Read More ...
I had a different book review on my calendar for this week, but the girl insisted I knit her something from Rachel Borello’s Ten Adorable Teddy Bears to Knit this week so I figured since I was using the book … Read More ...
Any craft that has been around as long as knitting has is sure to have a lot of lore, fun facts and trivia attached to it. Carol J. Sulcoski gathered a bunch of those facts, stories and tidbits into her … Read More ...
Annie’s has just launched a new collection of summer-inspired knit and crochet projects called Summer Love. The collection was envisioned by lead designer Lena Skvagerson, who draws from more than 25 years in the European knit and crochet design … Read More ...
I really thought I had done a giveaway of Amy Herzog’s Knit Wear Love before, but here it is in my pile of books, so here it is for you.
Knit, Wear Love does have sweater … Read More ...
For those of us who are heading into summer, 60 Quick Cotton Knits is a super-tempting book. The book is another of those “60 Quick” books that all use Cascade yarns, in this case Ultra Pima, a cotton yarn that … Read More ...
The arm knitting craze really first started with a viral video made by Amanda Bassetti, the blogger behind Simply Maggie. Since learning to arm knit so she could make projects she’d actually finish because they took less time than … Read More ...
When I think about knitting for the home, I usually think about things like blankets and pillows, but I also love knit washcloths, dishcloths and other items that I can use every day.
Potholders are a great thing to knit … Read More ...
Congratulations to Lee!
This is a book that I really want to need so I can keep it and knit all these adorable projects for myself. But I know I would never actually make them, not having a baby anymore, … Read More ...
I’m teaching some classes at the “summer camp” at my daughter’s school this year that will include a couple of general fiber arts courses for different age groups and a class just focused on learning to knit.
So I have … Read More ...
I know I’m not the only knitter who prefers a seamless project. Sure, there are great reasons to sometimes have seams in projects for structure, but a lot of the time projects are just fine worked in one piece without … Read More ...
Congratulations to Kim!
If you’re a fan of knitting-related travel or just knitting-related armchair travel, you’re going to want to read Clara Parkes’ latest book Knitlandia. It’s a collection of essays all about different knitting events, people and places … Read More ...
Knitters have a lot of events at which we are able to get together, learn new things, discover new yarns and buy a lot of stuff. As a teacher and yarn lover, Clara Parkes has been to a lot of … Read More ...
Patrice is the winner!
I’m a big fan of color knitting — I’ve written a book on it! — and I love books that help encourage knitters not the be afraid of using colors in their projects.
Erika Knight’s … Read More ...
I have never knit a sweater for my husband. When we first got together — almost 20 years ago! — he didn’t really ever wear sweaters, and while he does now, he tends toward lightweight, fine-gauge garments that would be … Read More ...