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Book Review of Designer Knits

Calling all knitters who love cables and texture, this book is for you! Today Katelyn will take a look inside Designer Knits by Sarah Hatton and Marin Storey. Be sure to grab your copy of the book today and get started on your next designer knit pattern. *This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on […]

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A Chat with Sincerely, Pam on the Yarn Thing Podcast

Pam, the woman behind Sincerely, Pam, is an amazing designer that I have wanted to chat with for some time. Today I get to meet with her and you all get to join us LIVE. While at CGOA this year I was able to meet Pam in person and know you will all love her […]

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Announcing the 2018 Crochet-along with Marly Bird and Red Heart

We are back with another Crochet-along this year with Red Heart as our sponsor. I can’t wait to get started with all of you and see what beautiful colors you put together for this project. Over the next four weeks we will work on a shawl with some interesting construction and color placement. There is […]

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Week 4 of the August Summer Games

We are finishing off the last week of August. Let’s finish off the month with another fun game! This will be the last in our August Summer Games series. I hope that you have been having a lot of fun playing along. There have been quite a lot of you entering to win and I […]

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Free Crochet Pattern Faux Cable Square

The Free Crochet Pattern Faux Cable Square is a fairly simple pattern that utilizes strategically placed ch-1 spaces to make it easy to add slip stitches to the surface of the square and create faux cables. I learned this technique from Robyn Chachula ( aka CrochetByFaye.com ) and have been playing around with it a lot […]

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A NEW Look for Yarn Crush Subscription Boxes

Have you thought about trying a knit or crochet related subscription box but just wasn’t sure if it was right for you? Marly and I have been doing a LIVE unboxing each month over on her YouTube channel. One our first ones was with a great company called Yarn Crush. They have made some changes […]

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Work on a mini loom with eWood Story on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird

This week on the Yarn Thing Podcast Marly will be chatting with the owner of eWood Story. The newest item in their line is the Mini Loom, which is perfect for weaving on the go, and it comes with weaving tools and tags to personalize your tiny works of art. Watch live, or listen later, […]

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Red Heart Scrubby Patterns for the Holidays

This is our 4th month of Red Heart Scrubby patterns. We have seen many new patterns over the past four months and we are ending the with holiday patterns. These new scrubby patterns are great to make for the holidays when you need just a little something extra to add to your gift or just […]

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Get Ready for Back to School with FREE Patterns

Back to school time is hear, actually if you are like me your kids might already have had their first day. It isn’t too late to make them something special for school this year. Let’s be honest the weather isn’t quite ready for us to break out the sweaters. If we start now on these […]

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Summer Isn’t Over Yet, Summer Knit and Crochet Books

Summer is making its way to an end but that doesn’t mean that we can’t finish out with a bang. Summer projects are not only great to wear during the summer but also to work on during the summer. They are usually small projects and easy to take with you. Today we have something a […]

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