A mission to bring together the US and USSR today continues to knit countries together through yarn, with Peace Fleece As I get older, I find myself thinking a lot more about the people behind the products I buy and use. The people who work in the fields and the factories. The people who work…
4 balls of yarn. 34 rows of stitches. That’s all you’ll need to knit a pair of children’s slippers fast! Children’s slippers are a highly sought-after knitting project for charity. Homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and service organizations on the Pine Ridge Reservation all love receiving slippers. But you may have heard that slippers are…
Experts from knitting charities weigh in on how to care for knitted hats before donating them to charity A reader named Wendy asked: “I would like to know, what is the next process before giving hats to charity, especially hospitals? In what manner of washing and bagging do these hats have to go through before…
Did the end of last year leave you feeling a little burned out, knitting-wise? Check out my strategy for getting back into the knitting swing of things! I wonder if this happened to you… In the waning weeks of last year, you were working super-hard on a variety of knitting goals. They might have been…
Learn how to knit Sways with the Wind – my new pattern to knit a bamboo stitch scarf!
From one local knitting group that knits at work, learn a few steps you can take to get started knitting with a group locally! On Instagram and Facebook one day, I shared a photo of myself knitting a baby hat at my daughter’s swim practice. Yes, I really do knit just about anywhere… and I…
