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5 Small Yarn Producers You Should Support and Keep on Your List

As you know, the cancelations of knitting events has hit teachers and event organizers hard, but it has also impacted vendors and our local yarn ...

Knit for a Cause: 6 Ways Knitters Can Give

As you know, our lives have changed quite drastically recently, and the best and most effective thing we can do to play our part in ...

Live Video Class – Easy Does It: Ease and Sweater Construction

I’m so excited to announce my very first live video class! I will be offering two sessions. Attend live and be able to participate in ...

Joined 10+ KALs? Become a KAL Hall of Famer!

Ladies and gentlemen, if you’ve been here since the very beginning, you know that we’ve now reached our 11th knit-along (KAL). That means it’s time ...

4 Yarn Types for Your Spring Knitting

Have you noticed all of the lovely trees in bloom? The pretty, yellow daffodils? The weather has warmed up and I’m excited! I usually start ...

Palm Canyon Video KAL (Knit-Along)

IT’S OUR 11th VIDEO KAL!!! I am so excited to start another KAL on my Ravelry group. It’s spring time, so I wanted to create a ...

How to Support Our Fiber Community

Hi all. It’s been a rough couple of weeks, and we have a ways to go before we see the other end of this. With ...

5 Benefits of Knitting with Others

While many knitters enjoy the solitude of knitting on your own, an international online survey found that knitting in a group had a significant impact on ...

Selfish Knitting: 5 Projects to Treat Yourself with This January

How many projects have you knit this past year? How many of them were gifts and how many were for yourself? Many of us spend ...

Volition Grand Prize Winners!

Another video KAL comes to an end (don’t worry the Spring KAL will go on sale soon enough)!! Over 900 people joined in on the ...

7 Last Minute Gift Items to Knit

Have you got your gifts ready for the holiday season? As a knitter, I enjoy sending my love by knitting gifts for my loved ones. ...

Volition Grand Prize Packages!

We are rounding the final corner and we are a little under a week away from awarding the FIVE final grand prize packages for the ...

7 Gift Ideas for Knitters This Holiday Season

Need holiday gift ideas for knitters who seems to already have everything? No worries, there are always more cute knitting accessories and tools out there. ...

Thanks to You, This Blog is a Nominee for The Crafties! Help Vote Us Into the Finals

I am so happy to share some amazing news: this blog has been nominated for the LoveCrafts 2019 Noteworthy Knitting Blog Award by LoveCrafts.com, a platform ...

5 of the Best Drinks to Sip While Knitting—yarn + drinks

What do you usually do while knitting? In winter, I like to prepare some drinks with me to set up my mood while knitting. A ...

2019 Rhinebeck Meet-Up!!

I can’t believe it’s almost time for Rhinebeck (the New York Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, New York) again! In honor of our TENTH ...

Score A Perfect Ten with Our 10th KAL Club!

Can you believe that it’s already our 10th KAL? We are getting closer to casting on for the Volition KAL and already we have over ...

6 Benefits That Children Experience from Knitting

Have you taught a child how to knit? Maybe you taught your own children/nieces/nephews, your friends’ children, at a school, a daycare, or maybe you ...

Volition: Build Your Own Sweater Adventure KAL (Knit-Along)

IT’S OUR 10th VIDEO KAL!!! I am so excited to start another KAL on my Ravelry group. For our 10th, I’m doing something brand new. Not ...

Hudson Valley Cardi KAL – And the Winners Are . . .

Another video KAL comes to an end (don’t worry Volition: Build Your Own Sweater Adventure goes on sale Sept 16)!! Over 500 people joined in ...

5 Patterns to Usher in the Fall

I can’t believe we are almost finished with our 9th knit along, the Hudson Valley Cardi KAL! I am floored that over 540 knitters have ...

Hudson Valley Cardi KAL GRAND PRIZES!!

We are rounding the final corner and we are a little over a week away from awarding the three final grand prize packages for the ...

Hudson Valley Cardi Video KAL – Off to a GREAT Start

Two 1/2 weeks ago, clue #1 for the Hudson Valley Cardi Video KAL hit the in box of 372 knitters. We’ve only just begun and ...

5 Charities Using Knitting to Make A Change

Our community never ceases to amaze me! If you follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, you’ll see I love to share positive stories of ...

Have You Joined Us for 9 KALs? Celebrate with Our Latest Achievement Badge

We are getting closer to casting on for the Hudson Valley Cardi KAL. It’s our 9th KAL and already we have over 300 knitters signed ...

Hudson Valley Cardigan Knit-Along (KAL)

Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knit-Along! It’s time for the summer knit-along!!! I am so excited to start another KAL on my Ravelry group. There will be tons ...

5 Best Lessons Learned from the Roselle Tee KAL

Wow, it has been so amazing to see all of the progress on our eighth KAL (knit-along), the Roselle Tee! I am so excited to ...

Roselle Tee KAL Prizes . . . and the Winners Are –

Another video KAL comes to an end (but this time I’m not sooo sad because the Hudson Valley Cardi will go on sale June 10)!! ...

Roselle Tee KAL Prizes!!

We are rounding the final corner and we are just a week away from awarding the four final grand prize packages for the Roselle Tee ...

7 Historical Photos of People Knitting

In the era of social media, photos are all pretty much digital. But for some of us, we may remember photos B.S.(Before Social Media). Don’t ...