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Tips for Knitting the Nurmilintu Lace Shawl by Heidi Alander
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Tips for Knitting the Nurmilintu Lace Shawl by Heidi Alander
My New Year's Knitting Goals
My New Year's Knitting Goals
Every year, my husband and I set goals for our family—budget, health, travel, business, and so on. This year, I decided to make knitting and crochet goals, too. Check out...
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10 Tips to Improve Your Knitting and Crochet
10 Tips to Improve Your Knitting and Crochet
Learn some of Kelley's top tips for improving your knitting and crochet. She'll help you be a better knitter by sharing some of her expertise about learning skills, unique approaches...
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Project Tutorial: How To Create Owl Fingerless Gloves- Free Pattern
Project Tutorial: How To Create Owl Fingerless Gloves- Free Pattern
Knit up a pair of toasty owl fingerless mittens and never choose between cute and smart again!
On By Kathleen Cubley / 11 comments
Project Tutorial: Cristaria Free Shrug Knitting Pattern
Project Tutorial: Cristaria Free Shrug Knitting Pattern
Give this breezy lace shrug a spin with a free knitting project tutorial from Alpaca Direct.
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A treasured combination - Queensland Llama Lace Yarn and Jennifer Wood
Have I ever said how much I love Ravelry? A place for us knitters to go to to share our trials and tribulations with each pattern as we experience our choice...
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When the frost is on the pumpkin, it might be Socktober!
Shorter days. Cooler nights. Nothing is as comforting as hand knit socks! Here in Northern Idaho we're enjoying cool nights and warm days and as the leaves turn to red...
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