There is still time to stitch up this easy toddler sweater before the Big Day. An easy rolled collar, cuffs and hem, plus a little one-color intarsia will be a snap. Add a few French knots and an embroidered star … Read More ...
Free Friendship Shawl from Caron
This gorgeous shawl is knit out of Caron’s Simply Soft (which is indeed, very, very soft, and it comes in green as well as 35 other solids, heathers, and variagateds). Simply Soft is a dream to knit with, it’s one … Read More ...
New Giveaway Ivy League Vest….
Yay! Don’t you just love free stuff? I do. It rocks!
This time it’s by Eunny Jang from Knitting Daily. What is it? What is it?
Well, patience, my pets. It’s the DVD: Introduction to Fair Isle: The Ivy League … Read More ...
25 Best Places to Find Free Knitting Patterns Online
Finally, a Master List!
Few online communities are as welcoming and open to beginners as those devoted to the ancient craft of knitting. In order to promote an appreciation and love of the utilitarian art, they provide thousands of … Read More ...
Free Gift From KnitPicks To You
Boxer Press Audio and KnitPicks.com Entertain Craftsters with Free Holiday Audio
The knitting up of an elaborate stocking brings an amorous ghost to West Hill along with a most unusual proposal, an intrepid thief, and more than a few second … Read More ...
Yay Snow!!
So N. Michigan woke up to over a foot of snow this morning. Yay!! I love it, really I do.
But that’s beside the point. Winter weather calls for Ultra-Cool sweaters and I found one just for the occasion. Not … Read More ...
Again, Say It With Me…. Awwwwww
He’s free, adorable and his name is Too-Too. Work with me here, plus he’s green. Who doesn’t love green?
The yarn is Naturally Caron Country, and for the price of the pattern, you could make a whole flock of them.… Read More ...
Bent Metal and Knitting..
No, it’s not a new rock band, or a trendy cafe in New York. What it is, is two terms you’d never put together, unless… you’re Dream Weaver Yarns and are introducing new stitch markers. These are cool!
They can … Read More ...
Is Your Stitch and Bitch Group Listed?
Go here: http://stitchnbitch.org/Find-a-Group/index.html to see if your group is listed. Just for fun I clicked on Michigan to see if any were close to me. Nope, guess I’ll have to start my own!… Read More ...
Knit Edgings and Trims Giveaway
Congrats to Billie K, she won this book!
Next up………..… Read More ...
Do You Think I Can Get It Done….
For The Christmas Party…. Next weekend?
Not likely. Oh, I’ll get it started, and work on it religiously, until someone shines another shiny object (read…. project I must start) in front of my face, then it will be abandoned. I … Read More ...
Free Candy Cane Twist Hat From PolarKnit!
Knit this up quickly and easily. Think pink and purple for a little girl, or 
orange and black for your favorite hunter. This yarn is quick to knit, warm, super fleecy and soooo comfortable!
Get your free pattern here: http://www.polarknit.com/itoolkit.asp?pg=CHRISTMAS_09MDP316531… Read More ...
Growing A Better Knitter Part 2
Double Knitting! Have you tried it? Success? Fail? Or other?
One of my favorite blogs, Fugue State Knits has listed 3 of Twist Collective’s YouTube videos to help you learn this fascinating technique. Me? Yes I’ve tried it, but that … Read More ...
Growing A Better Knitter….
So one of my daughters decided she wanted this, from Nashua Handknits, City Streets Pattern Book from the Autumn 2008, Winter 2009 collection, but, and here’s the kicker, she wanted a cardigan, not a pullover.
How hard can it … Read More ...
Santa, Please Send More Yarn!
This Yarn Dot is just one of the adorable designs in Dream Weaver’s “Stocking Stuffers and Notions For Under $10.00” sale. Bookmarks, stitch markers, key rings, knitters soaps and lotions, needle cozies, and shawl pins. Lions and Tigers and Bears, … Read More ...