For the love of aran yarns
Our next hand dyed yarn update is all about aran; and having been knitting with it a lot recently as a result, it's reminded me how wonderful aran yarns are to work with! They're a joy to dye, they're lovely to twist up because they're full of bounce and very forgiving, they're lovely to work with because they knit or crochet up so quickly but without being too bulky, and they're lovely to wear because they don't feel heavy yet they are so warm and cosy. Langdale Superwash Aran We've always had one long-standing aran yarn, which you'll have known...
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Hair grips, yarn, and crochet: a couple of useful tips!
Did you know that hair grips make great crochet stitch holders/stitch markers?? Obviously they can come off, but I've been stuffing my project in my project bag with hair grips marking stitches and holding the live stitch, and it's been fine. They're also brilliant for keeping your yarn from unwinding! What great #crochethacks or #knittinghacks do you have?
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Bram Stoker's Dracula: vampires, a gothic romance, a shawl, and flowers.
This has turned into a rather long, rambling back story/context. If you want to scroll down for actual information, please go ahead. Growing up I had a voracious appetite for reading. I can remember getting special permission to be able to withdraw more than ten library books per week because ten just wasn’t enough. And I don’t mean short stories either, I’m talking about full-sized books. I seem to have read an awful lot of American teen horror because they often featured cheerleaders and prom nights which were pretty alien to me in reality. I’d have loved Buffy - I’m...
The Innocent hat debate: should charity knitting/crochet be better valued?
Every year this debate comes up on Facebook/twitter etc: the Innocent hats... This year's latest debate that I read was prompted by the sharing of Joy aka The Knitting Goddess' blog post HERE. I think Joy makes a number of good points in her post, and I've seen so many people agree, as well as some people seemingly getting very offended by it - it is not an attack on the knitters who generously give their time to knit these hats; what it does do however is question whether we would be better using our time to knit other, perhaps...
Knitting should never involve being judgemental. Also, a Ravelry-use tutorial.
As many of you know, photographing yarn colour combinations is one of my long-standing and favourite things to do; I love sharing them with you all. And it's very rare for us to be doing the trendy thing, or latest thing, BUT don't you think the #whatthefade KAL is the PERFECT thing for us to get on board with??! Well we do, and so we will have another range of #wtfkal kits in tonight's update. Hooray! Most of them are one-offs, so they are pretty special. These ones have been picked out by Laura, with Claire and I (Victoria) oohing...