holiday

This series of posts has been exploring some knitting fun with Universal Yarn Uptown DK yarn, a soft, anti-pilling acrylic yarn that is perfect for fun projects like the one I have planned for you today. My last two posts have been dedicated to embellishing ideas for the Double Braid Cable Wreath, and…

Universal Yarn Uptown DK yarn is a soft, anti-pilling acrylic yarn that will hold up well for many craft projects. Earlier this week, I gave the pattern for the Double Braid Cable Wreath, and in my last post, we talked about various options for adding embellishments to it. In this post, I developed a…

This series of posts has been dedicated to Universal Yarn Uptown DK and using it to make a wreath to welcome visitors at your door. In my last post, I shared the instructions for an attractive knitted wreath base using Root, a beautiful, retro Christmas green. While it’s pretty enough on its own, there…

This series of posts is devoted to Universal Yarn Uptown DK Anti Pilling Acrylic yarn. Uptown DK is a soft, acrylic yarn that has anti-pilling qualities. In this post, I’m covering a styrofoam wreath form (about 12” [30cm] in diameter) with a double braid cable wrap to make a Christmas wreath…

I’m not a yarn snob. A yarn snob is defined as someone who will not knit with inexpensive yarn, and worse, someone who looks down on people who do. Perhaps it’s the humanitarian nature of the Aquarian in me, but I firmly believe that every yarn has a place and…