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Be Kind Rewind
noreply@blogger.com (Carissa),
Presenting Be Kind Rewind - a striking shawl with vintage appeal! This design perfectly pairs a full 100g skein of fingering weight yarn with five 20g mini skeins, for instance Ewe2Yarn 's Mellow along with one of her Mellow SWIRL mini sets. You could also use two full skeins if you want all your s…

GIVEAWAY! Win a 3-Skein Kit for the "Oh Gnome You Didn't" MKAL!
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Who's up for another gnome mystery knitalong ? And who's up for winning a kit from Black Sheep Dyeworks to make it?! 🎁🎁 Sarah Schira of Imagined Landscapes is at it again, giving us the opportunity to add Gnellie to our gnome families. This was my first MKAL gnome, Gnatalie! I made it with Rowan De…

Above The Fold
noreply@blogger.com (Carissa),
My latest knitting design, Above The Fold , is now live! This shawl uses two matching gradients to create an optical illusion of one larger gradient that has been folded over in the middle. The pattern is written to make the most of any gradient yarn, regardless of its yardage. Choose two 50g gradi…

Who Doesn't Want a Gigantic Cushion? A Free KAL Pattern from Rowan
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Maybe I didn't read the pattern or maybe I stuck my fingers in my ears and yelled la-la-la at centimeter measurements... 🙉but I swear I didn't know this Rowan KAL cushion was going to be SO BIG! I also swear I'm not naked in this pic :-) Yes, the time had come for a new free Rowan KAL pattern by Ma…

The Knowth Shawl: Making & Marking Time
Karie Westermann,
I have just released the Knowth shawl as a single pattern on Ravelry, and wanted to take a moment to write about my thoughts behind it. The pattern was originally designed for Carol Feller’s Echoes of Heather & Stone collection, a book inspired by ancient Ireland. I read about early Irish history …

Stage Whisper
noreply@blogger.com (Carissa),
Introducing my latest design: the Stage Whisper shawl! This lacy little shawl was a collaboration with the lovely gents at Leading Men Fiber Arts using their Diva merino/silk blend. Just as a stage whisper is intended to be heard, this light and airy shawl will speak volumes. Its curved bands of la…

How to Smooth Out Kinked Yarns and When to Do It
Andi,
In addition to picking up half-finished projects, this year’s OAL is counting projects in need of a do-over as eligible WIPs. Taking apart a failed knitting project and reworking it into something you love is so satisfying, but dealing with the ramen-noodle-yarn phase is the not-so-fun first step. …

Crochet Pattern: Baby Belle Blanket
Kunbi,
Hey lovelies, It’s been a minute since I posted on the blog but there’s been so much going on behind the scenes – most notably the launch (finally!) of my online shop. Baby blankets are my absolute faves to crochet. I designed the baby belle blanket while I was pregnant with my second baby, which...

How to Find Where You’re at on an Old WIP
Andi,
Picking up an old work-in-progress sometimes has its challenges if you didn’t leave detailed notes somewhere easy to find! My projects using other designers’ patterns tend to be extremely long term projects that get put on hold for months at a time, so I’ve got a lot of practice trying to work out …

Outfit Along 2019 Begins + Resources
Andi,
The Outfit Along officially begins today! If you haven’t shared your own Outfit Along plans in the OAL thread in the Untangling Knots group or under the hashtag #outfitalong2019, now is a good time to let us know what you’re working on. My own plans for my outfit include a knitting WIP that’s a col…

The Outfit Along 2019
Andi,
Knit a piece. Sew a piece. Make an outfit. June 1st-July 31st. Get ready for the Outfit Along: WIP Cleanout! The Outfit Along is an annual craft-along thats pairs a sew-along with a knit-along to create a custom outfit, but this year we’re shaking things up and focusing on works-in-progress. The go…

How to Use A Photo Editing Software to Change A Knitting Design!
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Sometimes a pattern has everything. Well... maybe everything except one little thing. "Can I change it?" "Sure you can change it." "But what will it look like?!"' "I don't know... but what if you knit it and it's A TERRIBLE IDEA!" That was the oh-so-deep conversation I had with myself about Millsto…

April Hat
Alana Dakos,
I know I had said that I was going to be knitting up a second Thunderstorm Toque next… but then I saw this hat pattern… and well… I simply fell in love with those tiny textured flower stitches! This is the April Hat designed by Kelbourne Woolens. I wanted to gift a handknit hat to a friend that I …

Knit Stars!
Susan B. Anderson (noreply@blogger.com),
Hi, Knitters, I hope you are all having a good spring season so far. It's been going well around here and we are all plugging along. I am popping in here today to let you know about a couple of fun things that are happening right now. First, I have some exciting news about a teaching opportunity co…

The Thunderstorm is Over
Alana Dakos,
My beautiful Thunderstorm Toque is now complete and I couldn’t love it more! The fun textural changes of the stitches really kept things fun and interesting on the needles. AND THAT COLORWAY. :o As you can see… I like this color so much I have 3 skeins of it in the Super Silky fingering weight in …

A Thunderstorm is Brewing...
Alana Dakos,
I’ve got a pretty new hat on the needles that I just cannot get enough of. This is the Thunderstorm Toque in Emma’s Yarn Simply Spectacular DK in the “Nailed It” colorway. The texture on this is just purely addicting. I have to go now… I have more knitting to do. Pattern found HERE . Yarn found HER…

Alice Bunny
Hand Knitted Things (noreply@blogger.com),
Alice Bunny is a sweet little rabbit knitted flat on straight needles with double knitting yarn. She has a cute dress and matching shawl. The pattern is available from Ravelry and aimed at advanced beginners or intermediate knitters. To knit this bunny you'll need the following knitting skills: cas…

It Happened Again.
Alana Dakos,
As a vendor at Stitches West this past February I was excited to wear my favorite knitted pieces while working at my booth space. One that I chose was my Twigs and Willows Cardigan from my book Botanical Knits. I have always really really liked this particular sweater and when it was no longer need…

Perforation & Misdirection
noreply@blogger.com (Carissa),
Say hello to two more new patterns premiering at DFW Fiber Fest this weekend - Perforation ... ...and Misdirection ! I worked with Amanda of Lone Star Arts on both these designs, using her DFWFF show exclusive colorway along with a coordinating solid. A mixture of simple stitches and unusual constr…

A Short and Sweet MKAL: Gnatalie the Gnome in Rowan Denim Revive
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Meet Gnatalie, the adorable result of the mystery " Gnome MKAL " by Sarah Schira of Imagined Landscapes ! I only knew 3 things about the project before I started. First, that she was a girl gnome. Second, that she had a BRAND NEW BEARD compared to the rest of her family... 😁 ... and third that she …