Fall is here and the maker community is buzzing with excitement. This is OUR time. It’s time for the festivals, the KALS, and the yarn crawls. I am coming to you to talk about the Knit Collage Fall Knit along. It happens every year around this time. The votes are in and here are the […]
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Going through hard times is how I wound up in love with knitting. No matter how hard things got, I kept my heaZomied down and I knit. I could cry and my yarn didn’t have any questions. I could NOT want to talk to anyone and that was absolutely ok while knitting. You see for
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Habits, we all have them. A habit is defined as a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. Are you thinking “where are you going with this GG?” Stick with me…I need to explain. A while back I wrote a blog post about things I have learned. Clearly
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Making a hat should be simple right? Ha! Can we talk about this hat I just finished and the lessons learned along the way? Can we? Ok let’s start with the details. Madelinetosh recently introduced a new base Wool + Cotton AND one of the color ways is GLO of course. Along with this new
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Socks…this is not my first pair. If I look at my Ravelry feed, I made my first pair in July of 2012. They were toe up, with a heel flap and I used Red Heart Aran Weight yarn. Since then I have made other socks but in my head I was convinced I wasn’t a
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I’m a Knit Star! LOL do you all remember my dance? LOL! Knit Stars is in it’s 6th season and is introducing 12 new stars this year. What you may not know is the master classes are only available twice a year; now and in the fall. If you shop now, you will get $30
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It’s new Gaye, it’s not hard and this is what I had to tell myself when it came to knitting sweaters. I can’t even make you guys understand the importance of self talk. I was truly convinced I couldn’t knit a sweater. If I was to count, I have made 26 sweaters and that includes
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Orange? Does this come in orange is my first question for everything I purchase. I kid you not, EVERY THING! LOL I’m a loyal fan! I have used Clinton Hill Cashmere before but every time I was in Becky’s presence (the owner) she would kindly offer me a skein AND I would ask my infamous
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Progress is defined as forward or onward movement toward a destination. I am currently working on a free pattern; the Bright Side Sweater by Espace Tricot. I am using the recommended yarn Finull by Rauma. This yarn is a first for me. I think the term folks use is toothy. It’s not extremely scratchy but
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I wrote this for a magazine last year. When they attempted to edit my words, I backed out. I wasn’t sure when I would share it, but now seems right.
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