I’m not sure what got it on their radar, but this morning the Today Show featured a story about yarn bombing. Reporter Janna Wolfe talked to Magda Sayeg, considered the mother of yarn bombing, and participated in the first … Read More ...
Knitting Sales for the Season
If you’re still looking for a good deal on knitting patterns, Vogue Knitting has extended its sale I told you about the other day until Sept. 9 (that’s Sunday). All individual patterns at their pattern store are going for $2.99.… Read More ...
Support a Crafty Charity’s Bid for a Grant
The knitting and crochet charity Knots of Love, which makes hats for cancer patients, is in the running for grant money up to $250,000 from Chase Bank’s Community Giving program, and they need your help. Nearly 30,000 charities are … Read More ...
Vogue Knitting Patterns Now $2.99
If you’re looking for some new fall (or spring, if you live in that part of the world) knitting projects, take a look at the pattern store at Vogue Knitting. They’re running a sale now through Thursday (Sept. 6) … Read More ...
Time for The Red Scarf Project Again
I’ve been a follower of the Red Scarf Project for years. This program, a part of Foster Care to Success, sends care packages that include red scarves to college students who have been in the foster care system on … Read More ...
Crafty Crafty Editor Says Goodbye
Lauren O’Farrell, probably better known by her monicker Deadly Knitshade, has worked fro the British craft website Crafty Crafty since 2007, but as all good things must end, she’s announced that she will no longer be a part of that … Read More ...
Lucinda Guy, Nicky Epstein to Host Classes at Lion Brand
Attention, New York knitters! The Lion Brand Yarn Studio is preparing to host master classes by two awesome knitters — Lucinda Guy and Nicky Epstein — in November and tickets are becoming available soon for these great events.
Guy, a … Read More ...
Knit for a Cause: the Calendar of Hope
The 2013 Calendar of Hope is out! This is a monthly calendar that includes 14 brand-new patterns you can use to knit for charity (or gifts, or for yourself, I’m sure).
The calendar cost $18 and all of the proceeds, … Read More ...
Love Rowan? Become an Ambassador
I was just at a blogging conference over the weekend and we were talking about that the next big thing in company to consumer interactions is going to be blog ambassadors. What that means is that people who write blogs … Read More ...
Confused about Knitting Needle Options?
There are so many different kinds of knitting needles out there, from circulars, straights and DPNs of different lengths to those made of wood, bamboo, metal, plastic and other materials. How do you know which needle type is right for … Read More ...
Lion Brand Yarns 20 Percent Off This Week
Lion Brand Yarn is getting ready for the fall knitting season with a sale. All yarns are 20 percent off now through Aug. 31 when purchased through their website.
There’s no discount code, but the sale price will be … Read More ...
Show Off Your Team Spirit for a Chance to Win
Red Heart has a new yarn, Team Spirit, that is a 100 percent acrylic, two-color, self-striping yarn in a bunch of basic team color combos (where I live it’s all burgundy and white for the Hogs and purple and … Read More ...
Fellow Knitter Needs Our Help
It’s funny how small the knitting community can seem sometimes. We all interact in different ways online and it feels like we know each other even though we’ve never met.
So I feel like typing here “my friend and fellow … Read More ...
Stretching for Stitchers
It’s really kind of problematic that knitting is my job, because I have a whole lot of repetitive strain issues. My body puts up a big fight when I knit for too long, with everything from sore wrists to numbness … Read More ...
The Shipping News
This is what I was up to last night: packing up a dozen items from the Olympic giveaway to finally leave my house! These are on the way out the door as soon as I’m done writing this, and they … Read More ...