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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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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…
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Let’s translate some of the most common knitting lingo
When I’m teaching people to knit, or helping them knit their first sweater at one of my workshops, there’s one thing that comes up time and time again. It’s that knitting patterns are like a different language. And yes, I can understand that view, which is why I’ll be writing another post all about how…