Lace Knitting Around the World by Donna Druchunas Originally published in Black Purl Magazine, Spring 2007. Lace knitting has become my obsession. It’s surprising in a way, because just a few years ago, I thought I would never be able to learn how to knit lace. I tried several times, and failed repeatedly. The first […]
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Welcome to 2007 at Knitting for Change — the year of women’s health. This year, I’ll be posting every other month instead of every month, because I’m very busy with writing books and I’ll be traveling a lot to teach knitting workshops and to do research for three different future books. For our first topic […]
It’s too hot to knit a big project or think about serious topics in July (then again, since it is so hot, you might want to check out Al Gore’s flick or book, An Inconvenient Truth, if you haven’t done so already). But in the dog days of summer, none of us want heavy, wool sweaters […]
Whether you call them comfort shawls or prayer shawls, there’s no doubt that receiving a hand knit shawl brings love into the life of someone in need. These resources include patterns as well as information on joining or starting your own shawl knitting group. To find a group in your area, try a local Google […]
The Snuggles Project was founded in 1996 to do something to help comfort all of the unfortunate animals who end up in shelters. Many times these are kittens and puppies born because pet owners are not responsible and don’t spay and neuter their pets. Other times, families move, lose jobs, or find themselves in other unfortunate situations […]
Back in 2004 while researching the book Arctic Lace Knitting we kept a small day to day blog of what we were doing each day. Take a look back in time in the behind the scenes post that we just put up on this blog. The blog was moved from our personal website to this […]