Patterns, projects and techniques
The Daily Knitter is one of my favorite web sites. Well, technically I have about 158 favorites. In their newsletter this morning, they’ve outlined all of the new features on their site and OMG, it’s awesome!
New Forums, free patterns, … Read More ...
For generations knitters & crocheters have shared their time, energy and skills in helping others. During wartime, women on the homefront made a significant contribution to the war effort by knitting for the troops. Today, making items for people less … Read More ...
Yeah, I know, that is so NOT the way to title a post, but I was so excited when I saw it, that I just lost it. Temporarily, you know, just for a minute? Because to admit that you’ve lost … Read More ...
Imagine a company that takes leftover strands from a viable industry and creates YARN!!!
The company is Darn Good Yarn and I recently acquired a sample of this luscious “left over” stuff. What is the original product? Hand spun fibers … Read More ...
What an exciting time to be a knitter! An explosion of publishing and creativity has produced new magazines, designers, and resources, and invigorated the old ones. Ravelry has connected more than 500,000 knitters across the globe, letting them … Read More ...
And prolific? My gosh! Her designs and knitting are gorgeous!
Check her out here: 
http://annasflyingneedles.com:80/2009/09/08/blogging-again.aspx… Read More ...
I recently aquired some of this yarn. It’s recycled, handspun silk sari yarn, gorgeous stuff. Currently I’m knitting a bag, and I’ll let you know how that goes. It’s fun to knit with, and knits up quickly (the size 13 … Read More ...
Sign up for a one year digital subscription to Creative Knitting, and get access to 2 years of back issues! Basically, that’s a 3 for 1 deal. Pretty good!
Go here for the deets: https://digital.creativeknittingmagazine.com/?mode=print_order_form&source=KDDN… Read More ...
Lunchbags, hair ties, bookmarks, you name it, and Lion Brand can hook you up.
Like this free lunchbag pattern. Shhh, don’t tell anyone that it’s crocheted, not knitted, but what the heck!
Sign up for Lion Brand’s newsletter and … Read More ...
This is such a cool magazine! I don’t know if it’s new or not, but it’s new to me, and there are really cute patterns in it, and there’s a blog, and there’s submission guidelines, and archives.
I do love … Read More ...
From Knitty:
Holiday Headstart projects are little things that you can start knitting now for gifting later in the year. No big afghans that you can’t even imagine having on your lap as you work in the heat of summer. … Read More ...
The Smart Knitter’s Hotsheet is a brand new, monthly newsletter that includes great tips, ideas, patterns, features of awesome knitters, Q&A, and much, much more! It also includes membership to an online area that has interactive forums, questions and answers … Read More ...
You’ve heard about it, no doubt, the incredibly small, detailed sweaters, socks and other accessories that are sweeping these interwebs these days.
An example is this scuba themed sweater from Bugknits.
While I’ve never been inspired to create something like … Read More ...
This site contains some different examples of knitted art, in the form of the traditional sweaters, bags and home dec items. Interesting applications of color, texture, lace and cables are the cornerstone of this company. Browse these designs here: http://www.chrisbylsmadesigns.com/patterns.html… Read More ...
From the Yarn Traveler, here is: http://www.knitmap.com/ Find your local yarn store. How cool is this? You have to check it out. 
For version 1.1 I’m going to suggest an upgrade to which they can create a yarn store where … Read More ...
