The lowdown on dye lots

Since I’m an indie dyer, I like to think I have some inside information on dye lots. There are a couple of trains of thought in regards to dye lots and matching up yarn. You can use the dye lot number to match up different skeins of the same color for…

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The 3 levels of knitting and pet fur

Every knitter who has a furry pet struggles with pet hair in their knitting. When I was first starting out it really REALLY bothered me that there was all this cat hair in my knitting. I vacuumed, I swept, I washed the throws on the couches, but there was still…

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A HAND-y Tip for measuring your knitting

This post is going to be all about the lazy knitter, which I am. A teacher once told me that the tip of your index finger, from the last knuckle to the end, is approximately one inch. I measured my own and sure enough, it was one inch. This was…

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FREE! KNITmuch Magazine Issue 2 Now Available!

Here it is!…the eagerly anticipated Issue 2 of KNITmuch Magazine! In this issue you’ll find 9 knitting projects, 14 knitting tutorials, 5 stitches to spice up your knitting like how to use twisted stitches, wrapped stitches, and how to make the eyelash stitch. You’ll also find that practicing patterns in…

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3 tips to untangle yarn SNAFU

Tips for Tangles Imagine this, you go to your LYS and there’s the perfect skein of yarn. I’m not talking beautiful color nice feel, I’m talking the holy grail of fricken yarns! There’s a soft angelic glow about it and choirs of children sing for effect. In a cloud of…

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