If you’re starting to feel a chill in the air where you live (I’ve got veggies roasting for my first pot of soup of the season as I write this!) and you want to knit up a quick scarf to … Read More ...
Free Pattern: Love and Kisses Cushion
Blogger RosMadeMe had a chance to play with some free Debbie Bliss yarn, and she stitched the skeins into a pillow that would be a great Christmas gift or something to show someone you care any time of year.
The … Read More ...
Share Your Favorite Galler Yarns Project for a Chance to Win
I have to admit I hadn’t heard of Galler Yarns until they invited me to be part of a blog tour promoting a new yarn, their lovely Inca-Eco organic cotton. But I really enjoyed working with it and have … Read More ...
Like Annie’s on Facebook for a Free Pattern
You probably have heard about Annie’s and seen their catalogs bursting with all sorts of goodies for knitters, crocheters and other crafters. The company has just started a new Facebook page, and if you give it a like between … Read More ...
A Chance to Win Some Beautiful Yarn
This is not a giveaway of mine, please go check out the Will Save Nine website for information on how to enter this contest.
There are so many great independent yarn dyers out there that it’s impossible to know all … Read More ...
Win a $150 Prize Package from Red Heart
Tip Junkie is giving away a prize package from Red Heart worth $150, which I expect some of you will want to check out. Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest recently stopped by Tip Junkie to share a scarf pattern and tutorial… Read More ...
The Quick Story of Pearl Yarn
Vogue Knitting is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its resurrection this year, and as part of the happy event New Zealand yarn company Zealana produced a limited edition fine weight yarn spun with pearls (some kind of fancy spinning technology … Read More ...
Sheep(ish) Makes the Move to Bernat
I don’t know how much you know — or care to know! — about the business side of the yarn world, but last year the yarn company Caron was acquired by Spinrite, the company behind Patons, Bernat and Lily (which … 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 things … Read More ...
Birthday Surprises from Cotton Clouds
Irene of Cotton Clouds Mail Order Yarns is celebrating her birthday this week and buyers will get the surprises. Now on her website there’s a range of gift packages available to choose from, ranging from a $50 value package going … Read More ...
Free Pattern: Sporty Striped Peds
I love the Purl Bee and want to knit or craft just about everything I see on there. That’s certainly true of the latest knitting pattern to be posted on the site: Sporty Striped Peds.
These simple shorite socks … Read More ...
Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton on Sale
Summer is the time for knitting with cotton, if you ask me, and Lion Brand has a limited time sale on its Kitchen Cotton yarn happening right now.
At 15 percent off a ball of this beauty costs just over … Read More ...
A New KAL from The Knitters Brewing Company.
The Knitter’s Brewing Company has been doing KALs for a long time, I’ve participated in a few of them myself, for socks. This one is for this really pretty shawl. The Cardioid Shawl
Here’s the description: Cascading hearts set the … Read More ...
Calorimetry and Sifa and a FREE Pattern!
So, I got myself a couple of skeins of Sifa Silver yarn. Very nice yarn. Soft yarn. Easy to work with yarn. Yummy yarn! Composition is 95% cotton (chain plied, so it stretches) and 5% silver. Yup! Real silver!… Read More ...
Free Pattern – 4 Seasons Cowl
Four seasons cowl. Fingering weight yarn, light and easy enough for a beginner stitches and one skein of yarn and you’ve got a winner! I love the blue variations, very pretty!
FREE pattern from the Dairy Godmother blog, HERE
Looking … Read More ...