Author: jackibadger
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6 stash busting gift knits to make this Christmas
Gift knitting seasons is upon us once again! Yep, if you’re a knitter, the temptation can be to knit Christmas gifts for everyone you know. After all, why wouldn’t you want to share your magic gift of turning sticks and string into wearable things? So, before you get started on this years’ Christmas gift knitting…
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7 steps to make sure your hand knit sweater fits
Knitting a sweater is a big old investment of time, as well as money. Even for an experienced knitter, you’re looking at many, many hours of knitting time to produce a garment that’s big enough to fit an adult human. Or even an human child. Knitting is very much a slow game. So if you’re…
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What is gauge, and why is it important in knitting?
Whenever I teach a beginners or next steps knitting class (which is pretty darn often), I start off with a simple question: do you know what gauge is? Very often, the answer is “no”. But gauge is one of the most important things to get your head around when you’re learning to knit – especially…
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The Woolly Badger August pattern relay sale
I realised two things as I sat and drank my cup of tea this morning; the first is that knitting isn’t huge on people’s agendas in August, despite it being a great time to get a jump start on all those autumn knitting projects that you want to make. And the second is that I’ve…
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All your questions about silk yarn answered
In previous summers, I’ve been all about the cotton yarn, whether that’s a pure cotton like the lovely Krea Deluxe Organic Cotton, a cotton-and-plant mix like Kelbourne Woolens Mojave or a cotton-and-wool mix like BC Garn BioBalance. But this year I’m going in a different direction with my summer knitting, and I’m going for silk…