Posts Tagged With: yarn
Y is for…
YARNS! Types of Yarn Fibers (taken from http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/types-of-yarn-fibers.html ) By Pam Allen, Tracy Barr, and Shannon Okey All types of yarn for knitting or crocheting are made from natural or synthetic fibers. Different types of yarn fibers have specific qualities — some good, some not so good. Often, manufacturers blend different types of yarn fiber to [...]
Tiles, Painting, Cooking and Cleaning
Phew! I know its been a little since I posted just a regular post, but things have been busy and I’ve just been keeping up with the A-Z Blogging Challenge. I wanted to catch you all up on happenings here today. On the knitting front, I’ve been trying to learn how to do socks Toe-Up [...]
Look What I Found!
A wonderful way to join two yarn ends together!I found this video on http://lllin526.wordpress.com (Crafty Lady). I always struggle with changing/adding yarns together and end up with a knot that is a bit on the bulky side. This method of attaching yarns is brilliant and I cannot wait to try it. Look What I Found!.
A yarn by any other name…
is still a puzzle. Let us harken back to the days of yesteryear. A young cubbyhole, we’ll call her Jeanie, learned to crochet. She was hooked, pun intended. She made lap blankets, pressies for her new nephew, placemats, toys and granny squares. Finally, picking out some colors she liked she went to Bradlees. (Some of you [...]
Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn | greenUPGRADER
This was so wierd and cool and fascinating that I just had to post it here. This has to be the king of recycling ideas. Not sure how durable it would be though. Still pretty neat. Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn | greenUPGRADER.
The Llamas are coming, the Llamas are coming!
This hat is for my sister, who picked it out. I like it a lot, but it turned out to be more of a learning curve than I expected. You can find the pattern here: http://personal.smartt.com/~brianp/llamaHat.html . I loved the colors of it, the yarn was lovely to work with. It’s from Knit Picks. It’s 100% [...]
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