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People are ripping knitting patterns out of library magazines and stealing magazines. Why not just make a copy on the copy machine they have in the library for a few cents? One library has them locked up behind a counter. Mmmmm…..Ripped straight from…
Check out this book that a friend of mine gave me this weekend. Amazon will let you look “inside” the book to see some of the projects. The book is by Fiona Goble.’Twas the Knits Before Christmaswww.amazon.comKnitting enthusiasts will get into the Chri…
Oh my gosh!!! These are so ugly.Fear and Loathing at Christmastimewww.yourknittinglife.comAah, ’tis the season to don the much-maligned Christmas sweater We love them, we hate them. We love to hate them. Granted, for the most part, these aren’t hand…
I love variations on a theme. Here I’ve changed scale from lace-weight and size 10 seed beads to worsted-weight and size 7 beads. Fingering and size 8 beads next. These are samples for my riešinės (wrist warmers) class.
A woolen Christmas tree. “Knitted 1200 green squares.”Woollen Christmas tree is perfect for the knit-ivitywww.thesun.co.ukTHREE knitting circles take nine months to stitch a tree which will be unpicked after Christmas and made into blankets for charities
I love this saying by the author Jane Kirkpatrick, “Stories are the sparks that light our ancestor’s lives, the embers we blow on to illuminate our own.” It’s my creative theme for 2012.
A book about the region that is now divided between Russia’s Kaliningrad district, Lithuania Minor, and Poland. You definitely can see the German influences in the knitting from this part of Lithuania. It’s got a completely different feeling from the p…
I don’t know if this is a joke or what but this is interesting. 🙂 Kinda makes sense though. Why not just wear earmuffs?Knitted Ear Caps Are the Obvious Solution to My Cold Weather Woesgizmodo.comI don’t throw the term genius around a lot, but whoever…
Here’s a wonderful version of the Hallelujah Chorus from Quinhagak AK (see Arctic Lace): you have to watch it! Thanks to Deborah Robson for sending the link!Hallelujah Chorus -Quinhagak, Alaskawww.youtube.comHallelujah Chorus -Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurvia…