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- Afghan Crochet Patterns: Watching It All Come Together By: Charles Cox
Article about using Afghan Crochet patterns. No matter what your skill level, you'll eventually want to try your luck at an Afghan - read this before you do!
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- Crochet for Beginners By: Charles Cox
Article desribes successful approaches to crochet as taken by beginners. If you're new to crocheting, read this article today!
Tags: crochet, crocheting, crochet patterns, beginners, yarn, cros
- Discover Why Knitting is a Great and Timeless Hobby That You Can Benefit From. By: Rose Mary
Knitting is a great hobby and many people are enjoying it. Knitting has many benefits. It is a splendid stress reliever and there are plenty of items to knit. The craft is very portable and can be carried anywhere to do. The materials required are few and the items created last for a very long time. Many people are using this interesting craft to enhance their lives. Find out more from this article.
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- How to Dye Your Own Yarn By: Emma Snow
Dying your own yarn is not difficult and can be fun! There are a lot of methods for dying, but the one I like best uses unsweetened drink mixes, such as Kool-Aid or Flavor-Aid and a microwave.
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- Easy-As-Pie Knitting Gift Ideas! By: Alice Seidel
Quess what? It's almost October. Witches and goblins aside, you just know what's coming. And fast! Christmas! Hanukkah! Holidays, the New Year! Festivities, parties, shopping, wrapping, baking, decorating, lots and LOTS to do! Well-l-l, if you know how to knit, your problems are over! Your gift problems, anyway.
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- Carding For Color And Texture By: Jackie Kent
Supplies: Drum carder or hand carders
Dyed wool
Dyed silk noils
Angelina
Luxury fibers like cashmere, angora, and alpaca
And, if you are like me, a color wheel.
I need a color wheel when I am working with color blending to avoid making mud. Joseph Itten identifies seven color contrasts. The contrasts I use when dyeing are hue, light and dark (as opposed to saturation), and warm and cool. I avoid complements unless the color areas are large. For instance, complements w...
Tags: knitting, Rowan, wool, silk, yarn, dye, handpaint, hand dyed, weavin
- Sheep To Shawl By: Michelle Winters
Wool Preparation Instructions
Select a fleece with a staple (fiber) length of at least two inches. Shorter fleeces can be spun without difficulty, but if you intend on using your handspun yarn for warp in weaving, the longer staple fibers will result in a stronger yarn.
Lay your fleece out on a table, cut side up. If the fleece is bundled, try to unroll it to maintain the wool as it came off the back of the sheep. Look over the surface of the fleece and remove any short...
Tags: knitting, Rowan, wool, silk, yarn, dye, handpaint, hand dyed, weavin
- Designing Handwoven Fabric By: Kimberly Thane
There are several elements which go into designing fabric which are easy to determine. First, the proper fiber content of the yarn for the project being considered. For instance, you wouldn’t necessarily choose a fine silk yarn for a washcloth or rug, or a scratchy synthetic yarn for a delicate blouse fabric.
Secondly, the appropriate sett for the size yarn used or the desired effect wanted in the fabric. Too close and the fabric will be hard, too open and it will be gauzy...
Tags: knitting, Rowan, wool, silk, yarn, dye, handpaint, hand dyed, weavin
- Easy-As-Pie Knitting Gift Idea #5! By: Alice Seidel
Time certainly does fly! Even though we can’t see time, or touch it, we know it has wings! Here it is almost Christmas, and Hanukkah is a mere week and a half away! Oh – what to knit in a hurry!
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- A Knitting Afghan Sampler 101 By: Alice Seidel
To be knitting. That, is one of the things which I cherish most. And it has such a long history, too. Most knitters begin with simpler pieces, such as a scarf, or one-color vest. Usually, they keep to a few well-liked patterns, or stitch types, and seldom venture very far from these.
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- A Knitting Afghan Sampler 102 By: Alice Seidel
In my last article, I touched upon various ways of readying yourself to begin an afghan project. Once you have selected a pattern -- you can then select your yarn and needles. Needles, of course, come in many different sizes, from very small (size 0 or 1) up to very large (size 18 or 19). Needles also vary in type as well.
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- An Afghan Sampler 103 By: Alice Seidel
If I could give you all there is to know about yarns, and which ones to use for all your knitting projects, it would take up a year's worth of newsletters! What I will do, is to concentrate on the good stuff..... that is, the information you will need to begin any afghan adventure.
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- What is a Knitting Kit - and What is in One? By: B Hopkins
Learn what is in a knitting kit and what each knitting kit item is used for.
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- Knitting Nirvana By: Alice Seidel
Knitting. It's such fun! If ever there was a hobby that just keeps getting better, it has to be knitting! Even if you're "just looking", knitting is so enticing; what with the plethora of luscious yarns, accessories, and patterns which are readily available to all of us.
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- What Is Crocheting In Plain English? By: Amy Wells
While crocheting has not been around as long as the ancient craft of knitting, like many crafts, it has undergone a resurgence in popularity. Today, crochet has a new look, as new fabrics, hooks, and yarns have become widely available.
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- Blocking Basics for Knitters By: Alice Seidel
Learning to knit is such fun! Rather than knowing just the basic stitches and needle and yarn information, you want your knitting to look its very best. For this you also need to know how to block your finished projects. Usually, blocking is mentioned in a sentence or two, if at all, in finishing instructions.
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- Knit Speak - A Knitter's English By: Alice Seidel
Are you a KIP - er? That UFO in your stash, what's that all about? And that pattern instruction, was it WYIF or WYIB? Huh? If you knit, then you have probably run into all sorts of abbreviations, especially from knitting patterns.
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- Yarn Blues..........When Worsted Just Isn't Enough By: Alice Seidel
One of the best things about buying yarn for knitting is the absolute profusion of varieties and colors currently available. Walk into any yarn shop and the array of all things woven can be quite overwhelming. Yet, some specialty yarns appear too delicate to knit with, and the question arises, just what should I knit?
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- What's The Difference Between DMC and Anchor Yarns By: John Wigham
There are many different types of cross-stitching and embroidery yarns, and a multitude of companies that produce them. What is the difference between them and their yarns? Let's look closely at two of these major companies, both producing high quality yarns, doing a comparison study between them at the end...
Tags: cross stitching, DMC, Anchor, embroidery, yarn, thread, sewing, cro
- Choosing the Right Material for Knitting By: Adrian Monterosso
Picking the right material for knitting a garment is as important as any step in the knitting process and you really need to know what I am about to show you here;
Tags: Learn to knit, how to knit, how to yarn, learn to yarn, yarn
- Knitting: How to Cast On By: Adrian Monterosso
Knitting Instructions on How to Cast On in a step by step format to assist you.
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- Knitting Your Way To Happiness By: Alice Seidel
Life just comes at us, doesn't it, in a million different ways. Every waking minute of our day, it seems as if there is always something waiting for us. Some of it imminent; most of it pertinent; a little of it of no consequence. Yes, life can be so complicated. Yet, it is in the midst of our daily frenzy that we can find the best solace.
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- How To Choose Your Knitting Yarn By: Erica J Miles
This article offers tips and info to help you to choose the correct knitting yarn for your patterns.
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