Category: Knitting
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Best Yarn for Amigurumi
In a chaotic world like ours, we need a hobby to give us a break from reality. Amigurumi provides that with meticulous knitting and beautiful results. Of course, it takes time and effort to learn, but it’s one of the people’s favorite handmade crafts. To practice Amigurumi properly, you should have suitable materials. In this…
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How to Get Started Knitting
Want to find out how to get started knitting? Ironically, it can be overwhelming to jump into such a popular creative medium when there’s an abundance of information out there. I’m going to try to break it down as simply as possible so you can get started knitting easily. (Remember, knitting should be enjoyable, not…
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Spotlight: 10 Cozy Fall (Free) Knitting Patterns
Knitting is a strange thing. I taught myself to knit maybe 5-6 years ago with round looms and made some atrocious hats. This gave me the nerve to try my hand at using needles, and I made a bunch of semi-okay hats. Hats are my favorite things to knit, but I’ve only knit 1 baby hat…
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Knitting For Beginners: A Perfect First Project
Today we’re going to delve into knitting for beginners. Kids being the beginners- but maybe you are, too! Basic knitting is really easy to pick up, and you just need to figure out the casting on (getting the yarn on the needle), the basic knit stitch, and binding off (ending the project). Basic Knitting Project…
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Yarn Bombing
Do you know about yarn bombing? I’m personally a huge fan. It started out as sort of graffiti lite, with small (or sometimes big and involved) knitted pieces surreptitiously attached to items in public spaces. Sometimes it’s anonymous and sometimes a calling card is left on the scene. Yarn bombers have traditionally taken on fake…