A Mingled Yarn

This is a collection of patterns used for the introduction to felting class. it includes a trivet, a small bowl, and a small tote bag. If you need to do a felting test, the trivet is an excellent and practical solution. The bowl is an excellent precursor to a felted hat and can actually be [...]

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Lacy Knot Scarf Pattern This is a truly lovely stitch pattern. It’s one of the few stitch patterns that looks good with variegated yarns and in both moderately “fluffy” fibers like mohair and smooth yarns. Although it initially looks complicated, you will quickly get into the rhythm. I’ll try to get a swatch picture up [...]

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If you’re looking for a classy, easy beaded-knitting project, try this one! Leave off the beads and you have the foundations for a wonderfully easy fingerless glove pattern. Try substituting some thing novelty yarn in place of the beads for a bit of change — or use the beads and a thin-strand novelty yarn together. [...]

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I LOVE making top-down hats for so many reasons. First, you can just grab a skein of anything you like and just start. The size and length is determined as you progress. And if you don’t like your choices for stitch pattern or a row or the finishing, you can simply pull back to where [...]

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It seems as the years pass the Holidays require increasing longer time to prepare for and recover from. Adding to this year’s brouhaha was the death of a washing machine (and despite what my husband suggests was not due to all that felting I did last year!). Installing the new washing machine ended up requiring [...]

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This is a terrific project to introduce cables — practical and easy. There are 3 different cable patterns you can choose from ranging from the easy Wheatear Cable to the slightly more difficult ‘Braided’ cable and finally the larger ‘OXO’ Cable. The instructions for cabling are very clear and both the stitch pattern and a [...]

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