Everything You Need to Know About Knitting with Linen Yarn
Linen yarn is a popular material for knitting summer tops and wraps. This post explores some of its unique characteristics.
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Should You Get a Yarn Advent Calendar? A Festive Review
For years now, I’ve watched people on social media gleefully opening up little packages of yarn each day during Advent. I had never ordered a …
How to Choose the Best Yarn for Blankets
Handmade blankets are a wonderful way to stay cozy during the winter and can be a lot of fun to make, too. Before you get …
Yarn Review – Knit Picks Stroll
This is the first in a series of blog posts reviewing some of the yarns I’ve used in my designs over the years. I’ve been …
Why I Sometimes Choose Acrylic Yarn
Most of the time, I like to knit with natural fibers. There’s a whole host of reasons for that, which we can get into later, …
My Desert Island Yarns, or, the Five Yarns I’d Use Forever
Earlier this month, Karie Westermann posed an interesting question on Twitter: what are your desert island yarns? What five yarns would you choose if that …