This is a sad knitting story that thankfully has a happy ending. A Women’s Institute group in Devon spent a year knitting a sweet little village — complete with buildings, people, gardens and farm animals — that they hoped would … Read More ...
Knitting Videos from Purl Soho
Lots of people learn better when they have videos to watch rather than trying to translate words and still pictures into actions they make with their own hands. Crochet finally took for me when I hit YouTube and watched over … Read More ...
Knitting Club Banned from Library for Being Too Loud
This sort of sounds like a story that would come from The Onion, but it’s true, far as I can tell: the Knit and Natter group in Cramlington, Northumberland, has been banned from meeting in the city’s new library because … Read More ...
Pattern Sales Benefit Artist Community in Italy
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 ...
Lies Your Yarn Ball Band is Telling You
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 ...
Join the Swatch Club
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 ...
Get a Sneak Peek at VK’s Fall Issue
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 ...
Giant Knit and Crocheted Blanket on Display in Derry, Ireland
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 ...
Help a Really Cool Yarn Company Make More Yarn
It always amazes me the innovation that is still happening in knitting. From different ways to cast on and bind off to new techniques and new materials to knit with, this is definitely a good time to be a knitter.… Read More ...
Knitty First Fall Surprises are Here
It has been a really weird year weather-wise in most of the United States, and maybe other places, too. Here in Arkansas we had snow in May, a pretty mild June and now we’re getting a lot more rain than … Read More ...
Check out the New Harry Potter Knits Magazine
I haven’t seen it in person yet, but I’m kind of in love with The Unofficial Harry Potter Knits
, a special issue from Interweave. It’s out now in a digital version and will be available for shipping (sorry, this … Read More ...
Portland Bridge Yarn Bombed for its Birthday
In celebration of the 100th birthday of the Broadway Bridge in Portland, Ore., some 150 volunteers knit up four giant blankets that are now decorating the bridge in vivid colors.
The installation was put up just in time for the … Read More ...
Join a Summer Sweater Knitalong
I do love a good knitalong, though I have to admit that usually I’m really excited about them at the beginning and then end up either not finishing the project or never posting that I did finish the project. So … Read More ...
Juniper Moon Farm Starts Digital Downloads
These days we knitters all love instant access to patterns, and Juniper Moon Farm has announced it’s starting to digitize its collection and celebrating with a giveaway.
Eight of the company’s individual patterns are now for sale for instant download, … Read More ...
Knit Baby Booties in an Hour with Stefanie Japel
Craftsy has started three new You Tube series, including one for knitters all about one hour projects (really). The first one is a pair of super simple but really cute booties from Stefanie Japel.
The video component is two minutes … Read More ...