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Malkala turns old sweaters into kids' legwarmers. Rosebrass makes stuffed animals out of old sweaters. We started the Knitting Green Challenge to celebrate the release of Ann Budd's new book Knitting Green , and as always, I was blown away by you Knitting Daily members—there are so many...
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A note from Kathleen: I have an embarrassingly vast collection of rubber stamps, scrapbook paper, and papercrafting supplies. I make cards, little books, bookmarks, calendars, folded paper creations—I absolutely love papercrafting! I have a craft group, too, called Women Who Run with Glue Guns...
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A note from Kathleen: I'm eagerly awaiting the new season of Knitting Daily TV . KDTV is so inspiring and entertaining; there's information on everything "yarny" you can imagine. I was so excited to see an Artfelt® segment this season—Artfelt is an innovative felting technique...
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The venerable Elizabeth Zimmermann rediscovered and named the I-cord (the I-cord, called a "stay lace," was mentioned in Victorian needlework manuals). The "I" stands for "idiot" because Ms. Zimmermann thought the technique was so simple anyone could do it (even an idiot...
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Needle-Felted Lovelies Now that fall is here, I've been thinking a lot about felting projects because I like to make felted items for holiday gifts. In the past I've made felted slippers, bags, beads for necklaces, and coasters. The coasters are a favorite because I just knit yardage in stockinette...
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Lots of us want to fill our project baskets with easy knit patterns, especially in the summertime. Occasionally, though, easy knitted patterns can sacrifice style: there's sometimes a lot of room between "easy" and "attractive." Not so in this new, free Ebook, Easy Knits From...
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My first thought upon completing my first wet-felting project: "I am not ever going to arm-wrestle with Carol Huber Cypher. If she does felting projects all day long, that woman must have serious upper-arm strength." My second thought upon completing my first wet-felting project: "That...
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A lot of you seemed intrigued by the idea of using needlefelting techniques to breathe new life into old wardrobe favorites! It's really easy, the tools are cheap (very!), and best of all, needlefelting, unlike, wet felting, can be done on almost any type of fabric. (Wet felting relies on the scales...
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Mar 6, 2009
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I made a vow with myself several years back: I Will Not Get Into Needle Felting. I figured I had enough "hobbies" (let's just be honest and call them "obsessions," shall we?) and I didn't want any more reasons to spend money that might detract from my knitting stash expansion...
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Plimoth Plantation Travel with Shay to the Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and see beautiful pieces of historical embroidery. Also, learn how Plimoth Plantation cares for these small pieces of history. Plimoth Plantation, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate, is a living History museum...
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Hugs and Kisses Baby Afghan Kathleen Sams from Coats and Clark is back, this time with a Hugs and Kisses Baby Afghan pattern. This pattern is available at www.coatsandclark.com . Coats & Clark Consumer Services PO Box 12229 Greenville, SC 29612-1479 (800) 648-1479 www.coatsandclark.com Cross Stitch...
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Cell Phone Case Shay needle points a cell phone case using silk thread and pretty fabric from inspiration. Mid-felted Purse Cindy Taylor displays felted bags with silk taffeta ribbon yarn and needle felting and embroidered embellishments. She also shows us the newest ebony needles from Lantern Moon....
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ou know, it's really fun to give yarn money to knitters. You are all so excited about the possibility of winning, and when the winners finally are announced, you are so delightful and celebrate right along with them. I get the feeling that if we were able to arrange a Knitting Daily field trip to...
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Alternating Twists from Cables & Arans I am a stitch geek. I'm fascinated by the different ways that the humble knit stitch and the unassuming purl stitch get together and make a gadzillion different glorious combinations. My stitch dictionaries are stained with the love born of long and constant...
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Oct 1, 2007
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The INSIDE of the Ms. Poppins' Bag Knitted stitches have a lovely drape, which is one reason we love them so! That drape is created by having lots of small holes between the yarn fibers—in general, the bigger the holes, the more drape something has. Think of the difference in drape between a felted...