This sweet festive rose from Ambah O’Brien is pretty any time of year, but wouldn’t it be lovely to gift as a brooch pinned to a knit scarf or cowl? Or used as a decoration on a gift bag or … Read More ...
40 Portable Knit Projects
Love small-skein projects? Look no further than this creative collection of 40+ portable knitting projects! We all have them, those leftover yarn skeins from a long-finished project, that impulse buy because the sale price on the yarn was too good … Read More ...
Book Review – Stitch a Garden – 11 Easy-to-Knit Decor Projects with Floral Projects
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Stitch a Garden: 11 Easy-to-Knit Decor Projects with Floral Accents (knitting, DIY, yarn, easy, flowers, cactus, pincushion, hanging garden, coasters, table runner)
Celebrate the Season in the Southern Hemisphere
For those who live in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re just getting into the cold part of the year, but in other parts of the world it’s slowly warming up.
The flowers of the Pohutukawa tree begin to bloom in December … Read More ...
The Bojagi Shawl is a Great Knit Gift Option
Bojagi is the Korean word for a square fabric wrapper, often used these days to wrap gifts. A typical fold in the fabric makes the tie look like a flower, and that is the inspiration for the lace motif that … Read More ...
Book Review: Loopy Mango Knitting
Loopy Mango 
has been know for years as a maker of really big yarn and the patterns to match. Owner Oejong Kim has just had published a book of patterns using the company’s yarn that it purports can all be … Read More ...
A Sweet Tunic that Helps a Good Cause
I may be a little old for flower eyelets, I’ll admit it. But I still think the Gyre Tunic from Annie Lupton is adorable, and my daughter is almost big enough that she could wear it.
It’s a sweet little … Read More ...
A Colorful Shawl to Knit for Spring
Things are turning green where I live and I couldn’t be happier about it. I want to see color everywhere, from spring flowers to my knitting needles.
The Vibrance Shawl pattern from AbbyeKnits is a great choice for knitting up … Read More ...
Knit a Yoke Full of Summer Flowers
I’ve lately been looking at a lot of sweaters with simple bodies and colorful yokes because I have some creamy white yarn I want to use in a sweater project but I don’t want to own a white sweater, if … Read More ...
A Dozen Knitting Patterns for Gift Ideas
It’s definitely time to start thinking about gift knitting if you haven’t already! I’m planning to share a few simple projects with you soon, but in the meantime, here’s a quick little collection of a dozen knittinng projects that would … Read More ...
How to Knit a Flower
Knit flowers are a fun and easy addition to any knit project, and can even be used as accessories outside the knitting world, such as on a hat, headband or hair tie.
Vickie Howell has a great tutorial for how … Read More ...
The March Mayhem Winner is an Awesome Sweater
Now that April is here we had the end of the NCAA basketball tournament and the end of March Mayhem, the knitting-related bracket that crowns a champion knitting pattern from the previous year.
The winner is Humulus by Isabell … Read More ...
Get Inspired by Amazing Colorwork Creations
Dot is the winner.
This week I want to get you excited about color knitting. The giveaway this week is Colorwork Creations: Knit Woodland Inspired 
Hats, Mittens and Glove
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True to the title, this book includes more than two-dozen … Read More ...
Friday Fun: Hospice Yarn Bombing, Mr. Rogers’ Sweaters and More
It seems like I have a bunch of little things to talk about that have piled up from my vacation last week, so let’s do a bit of a lightning round, shall we?
The First Fall Knitty is out, which … Read More ...
Book Review – Create Mindfully with Projects from Sereknity
Mindful knitting and crochet are buzzwords for a reason. A lot of us create with yarn in order to relax, to make things from the heart to share with family and friends (and to use ourselves) and to give ourselves … Read More ...