I am a big fan of tea, but I have to admit that I do not own a tea cozy. I have an electric tea kettle and brew my cuppas one at a time. But I love the look of … Read More ...
Have Any Patterns for the Pattern-a-Day Calendar?
I’m sure you’ve seen those knitting (and crochet, and other craft) pattern-a-day calendars
at your local bookstore or yarn shop. As you can imagine, it takes a lot of patterns (365, maybe? actually, it’s more like 100, as some patterns … Read More ...
Knitting News: New Jersey Knitter Wants Help with Yarn Bombing
A yarn bombing is not usually something you announce before the fact in the local newspaper, but Bridgeton, N.J., knitter Carol Moore says she wants help beautifying her city’s downtown with yarn.
She participated in a yarn bombing for International … Read More ...
Knititng Daily to Offer 13 Free Patterns Today
It’s Friday the 13th, but Knitting Daily is taking some of the scary out of the day by posting links to one free pattern every hour starting at 6 a.m. (that’s U.S. Mountain time) until 13 patterns have been posted.… Read More ...
Phat Fiber Boxes on Sale This Sunday!
Do you know about Phat Fiber? This is one of the coolest ideas for knitting-related business ever. What it is is a sampler box that includes all sorts of cool yarn, fiber and other yarncraft-related goodies.
You get … Read More ...
Vogue Knitting Teams with Debbie Macomber to Knit for Charity
Vogue Knitting LIVE has announced a partnership with Debbie Macomber and World Vision’s Knit for Kids to encourage more knitters to knit for charity, particularly at the upcoming VK LIVE event in Chicago this October.
Macomber — the bestselling … Read More ...
Checking out the New Knitscene
Remember yesterday I told you about the Craft Magazines site at Zinio and the fact that Interweave publications were on sale? In the interest of testing out the service I snagged a copy of the fresh-to-the-newsstand fall issue of Knitscene… Read More ...
A Quick Chance to Win Free Yarn
If you’re a member of the Craftsy community, I just noticed they’re doing a giveaway of mystery yarn boxes worth more than $50 once an hour for six hours today.
The first two have been given away as I type … Read More ...
The Meaning of Knitting
You don’t see stories about knitting in the New York Times all that often, and this isn’t a news article, but an op-ed contributor wrote a really nice piece for the paper about what knitting means and what it does … Read More ...
Get Digital Downloads of Craft Magazines
Sometimes I can really see the appeal of digital magazines. I have let a lot of my subscriptions lapse because I don’t have time for all the magazines I used to get, but I need to get knitting magazines (hello, … Read More ...
It’s Christmas in July at Red Heart
If you’re a fan of Red Heart Yarns, you’re going to want to check out their current sale. Celebrating Christmas in July, from now through July 23, you can received 15 percent off your order of $30 or more.… Read More ...
Learning about Silk with Knitting Daily
Did you know that Interweave has a YouTube channel? You can currently see more than 800 clips from Knitting Daily and Quilting Arts TV, as well as previews of shows, publications and workshops.
One recently posted video from Knitting … Read More ...
Would You Photocopy Your Swatches?
A funny thing has been happening in the knitting world of Facebook today.
It all started with WEBS, the fabulous yarn store, publishing a tip on its blog about photocopying swatches onto graph paper. The idea is that you … Read More ...
Check out the Knit Simple Preview
I had read that Vickie Howell is doing another knitalong based on a project of hers in the new Knit Simple, so I went to JoAnn this morning to buy a copy, only to return home to an email saying … Read More ...
Add to My Knit List: Lion Brand Bonbons
Lion Brand Yarn has some really great products, and I’ve been a fan of theirs for a long time. But their new product, Bonbons, really caught my eye.
These mini-skein packs offer eight different colors of yarn in either … Read More ...