14 Frugal Ways to Save Money & Have Fun with Oddball Patterns
They don’t fit neatly into any one category, but these remnant-busting oddball patterns will bring you lots of fun in a frugal way
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Here’s How You Can Help Warm the Homeless and Working Poor All Over the World
With the return of Emily’s Hats for Hope Initiative, knitters can once again begin to work hard at helping those in need stay warm during the coldest months In December 2011, Emily Kubin of New Jersey wanted to reach out and help the homeless and working poor in her community of Morristown. She began knitting…
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13 Fabulous Free Patterns That Will Help You Perfect Circular Knitting
Free patterns to help you knit in the round using 1 or 2 circular needles “I’ve had trouble in the past with DPN’s and Magic Loop while trying to knit baby hats.” “The problem I have in knitting is with making socks and trying to use the 3 or 4 needles in the round.” “I…
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8 Fun, Free Patterns for Hand Warmers Using Scrap Yarn
Using leftover yarn saves serious $$; these knitting patterns for fingerless mitts, mittens and cuffs will also keep your hands warm An odd season falls between March to April. In some parts of the United States, it’s still quite cold. In other parts (like my southern midwestern state of Oklahoma), the weather is a bit…
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Learn about the Magical Art of Magic Loop Knitting
Circular knitting gets magical with these tutorials for Magic Loop Knitting Let’s talk, briefly, about one of the more frustrating things about knitting in the round: dealing with wayward needles. For instance, when you knit in the round with DPNs, it’s easy to drop a needle or–worse–lose a needle. When you knit with circular needles…
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11 Wonderful Ways to Swaddle Baby in Snuggly Warmth
Baby buntings, cocoons, sleep sacks: whatever they’re called, these sleep sack knitting patterns will keep babies warm A short while ago, my younger daughter was a baby. (Okay, it was in 2006. Why does it still feel like yesterday?) When she was but a wee babe, I discovered that she absolutely loved to be swaddled….
