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6 reasons NOT to learn to knit with super bulky yarn
Over the last few years, there seems to be a new kind of received wisdom amongst beginner knitters – that the best way to learn to knit is with super bulky yarn, and great big 10mm+ needles. The reasoning goes like this: it’s less fiddly, it’s faster, and it’s less frustrating. It’s easier to see…
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It’s time to embrace the mistakes in our knitting
Whenever I teach a beginners knitting class – and I teach a lot of them – I always start off by saying a few things. And one of those things is this: You will make mistakes. All the time. Even after years of knitting. And it’s the truth. I still, even now, after 30 years…
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5 last minute Christmas gifts for the knitter in your life
As I write this, it’s just over two weeks to Christmas, which is a tad on the alarming side. Especially as I haven’t actually started doing any Christmas gift shopping yet. So if you’re in the same boat – or, more to the point, you think your loved ones may be in the same boat…
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What on earth is sport weight yarn, and what the heck should I knit with it?
In the last few years, there’s one type of yarn that’s been popping up more and more, and which, I’ll admit, baffled the crap out of me at first. And that, as you may expect, is a sport weight. But from my initial position of bafflement and “well, that just seems a bit pointless” I…
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How to get started knitting with colour
It’s a tale I’ve told many a time; long, long ago, when I was considerably more uptight and concerned with getting things “wrong” than I am now, I was terrified of just about everything. In knitting terms, this equated mostly to being terrified of knitting with colour. And no, I don’t just mean that I…