In a series of letters this week, we will explore what makes us be better stitchers while being productive and gaining enjoyment from our hobby! While stitching, we love to discover new tools and accessories that might help us in our craft. However, we often forget or pay too little attention to our main […]
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Olga KNIT-IOMS Letter 3: Your Seating Arrangement
In a series of letters this week, we will explore what makes us be better stitchers while being productive and gaining enjoyment from our hobby! At home, you will want to find the best seating arrangement for your stitching so you can work on it as long and as comfortably as possible. It might be […]
Olga KNIT-IOMS Letter 2: Light Your Way
In a series of letters this week, we will explore what makes us be better stitchers while being productive and gaining enjoyment from our hobby! Access to natural light should be your first priority when finding your craft sanctuary. This shouldn’t be direct sunlight. Rather, it should be a soft light where you will be […]
Olga KNIT-IOMS Letter 1: Find Your Crafting Space
In a series of letters this week, we will explore what makes us be better stitchers while being productive and gaining enjoyment from our hobby! When considering the right place in your home to create a sanctuary for your craft, think of it as a meditation space. In this space, you quiet your mind by […]
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Tool Tuesday: Shawl Pins
A whole wonderful new selections of notions has landed in space recently, and we’ll be highlighting some of the these newest pieces over the next few weeks. This week I’m most excited about these shawl pins from Nirvana. Carved in a smooth spiral in either bone or ebony, these pins make an elegant addition to […]
Ask the “Expert”: The Knit Cast On (Your New Favorite Cast On)
The knit cast on, aka lace cast on: Let me list its virtues. It’s as easy as the long-tail cast on. Maybe easier. Speaking of the long-tail cast on, you know that if you don’t leave a long enough tail, you run out of yarn before you’ve finished casting on. No such worries with the […]
Tools Tuesday: Love + Leche
Summer is a time for on the go knitting and travel. We’ve been putting together some great projects for the summer movie season, like our Wonder Woman KAL, and debating the best yarns for road trip projects. To help with these busy summer months this week’s Tools Tuesday features our Love + Leche lotion bars. […]
Tools Tuesday: Barruntando Yarn Bowls
This week we’re all about these incredibly cute new yarn bowls from Barruntando. Based in Avilés, Spain, a city with a rich ceramics tradition and practice, Barruntando Cerámica is the joint venture of several women from different areas of Spain who share a common interest in pottery. Working together, the women of Barrutando share a […]
Tool Tuesday: Pom-Pom Makers!
A pom-pom is a wonderful thing- whether you need to finish a hat, need a fun decoration, or want a fast and easy fiber project with the kids, pom-poms are the way to go. We’re always on the lookout for fun new tools to make pom-poms, and this week we’re featuring two of our newest […]