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Feb
22
In this post of 2/19 [tag]Marnie Maclean [/tag]writes about gauge. Not important you say? Well, would you build a house that needs to be 20 blocks wide, but not determine the width of the block? Do you buy shoes without trying them on first? If you don’t knit a gauge swatch, you have no idea how your yarn …
Feb
20
I spent this past weekend [tag]googling[/tag] for [tag]yarn shops[/tag] on the internet. Do you know how many shops have a presence on the web? The result of this search was 1,280,000 hits – almost 1.3 million pages that mentioned “yarn shop†somewhere on a page or in their meta tags.
YIKES I don’t have time to visit that many websites!…
Feb
19
The Winter 2007 Happily Handmade giveaway will begin accepting entries on February 12th. You can only enter the giveaway through the fabulous Independent Artist sponsors. This [tag]giveaway[/tag] is sponsored by a group of [tag]independent artists[/tag] who are promoting their shops with this giveaway.
2/12–3/31: Winter 2007 Giveaway entry period
4/2: Winter 2007 Winners announced!
History of the Giveaway
-Quoted from …
Feb
18
I honestly do not know where this dimension chart originated. If it’s YOURS, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due! It is not my original work, but I’ll take a chance and share it with all of you because it was simply emailed to me some time ago. At any rate, it’s been helpful …
Feb
15
Today I was disappointed with my local yarn stores. It may have just been a bad day for the clerks also, as we had 6 inches of snow drop last night, but I was ready to spend money and they didn’t help.
I wanted a certain pattern for a sweater I saw online at the Brown Sheep Company. I …
Feb
14
I wrote earlier in the week about podcasts and how you can listen to them on your PC or mobile device (Ipod, Zune, Zen or other) and keep up with events and issues surrounding the knitting community while you knit.
Today, I will tell you how you can keep up with all the blogs you like to read and how …
Feb
13
According to the Bank that Blue Moon used to receive cash and credit card payment for the Rockin’ Sock Club 2007.
I can’t believe that a bank actually thought a sock yarn club is a scam, because, after all, no one buys THAT much sock yarn. Yeah, right – what rock have they lived under?
Blue Moon’s bank refunded …
Feb
12
There are many places on the net to get [tag]free knitting patterns[/tag]. Some contain pictures of the items, most are text only sites and you can just print the pattern. I am focused on socks currently (could be the cold Michigan winter that has my toes frozen) and have looked at hundreds of patterns.
In my surfing the ‘net, I …
Feb
11
[tag]Podcasting[/tag] is not an old internet capability, but relatively new. In 2003 regular podcasts started showing up on well-known Web sites and software support for podcasting spread throughout the internet. Wikipedia describes podcast as a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. The …
Feb
10
Continuing on from the post of a few days ago, I came across this blog entry. It’s a challenge from [tag]Wendy Johnson[/tag]. Wendy is a lifelong knitter and creator of one of the most popular [tag]knitting blogs [/tag]online. She has been quoted or featured in many major knitting magazines, and has created designs and taught classes for [tag]Knit Happens[/tag], …
Feb
9
Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting is the name of the current exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, NY. The exhibit runs January 25 – June17, 2007. List of artists in this exhibit can be found here – artists.
This exhibit showcases work by [tag]international artists[/tag] using [tag]fiber[/tag] in unexpected and [tag]unorthodox[/tag] ways. The …
Feb
3
Bath cookies look good enough to eat but they are made from salt and fragrant oils.
What you will need:
2 cups of Sea salt or rock salt
1/2 cup Baking soda
1/2 cup Cornstarch
2 tbs of Almond oil
1 tsp Vitamin E oil
1-2 eggs
6 drops Essential oil
Makes 10-12 cookies depending on size.
for full instructions …
Feb
3
If you have 5 minutes than you can make your own earrings with these easy earrings.
These simple but effective earrings are literally called 5 minute earrings. But don’t limit yourself to 5 minutes unless you have to as you will soon see that jewelry making can be therapeutic and addictive.
Try some of these simple easy earrings for …