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Binding Off Blocking Buttons and Buttonholes Cables Casting On Chart Reading Color Isle Decrease Downloads and Wallpapers Dyeing FAQ Felting Fiber Information - Alpaca Fiber Information - Cott... Read More »

Lace Lifeline

Options needles are great for lace knitting, and not just because of their pointy tips. Some lace knitters thread a “lifeline” through their stitches every few rows (or every pattern repeat) so tha... Read More »

Tagged: lifeline, lace

Fiber information – Modal ® Beech Wood Natural Fiber

Modal® is a fine, smooth fiber made from beech trees. An Austrian company, Lenzing, creates Modal® by turning beech wood into pulp, extracting the fiber, and then reconstituting the fiber so that i... Read More »

Tagged: modal®, information, fiber

Fiber Information - Wool

Wool — the most versatile of fibers. It is the little black dress of the knitting yarn world. Whatever the occasion, be it formal or completely casual, there is always a type of wool to complement... Read More »

Kool-Aid® Dyeing Tutorial

Use our natural yarns to dye with Kool-Aid®! Kool-Aid® makes experimenting with dyeing easy and fun. No harsh smells or strong acid, and brighter colors than you would ever imagine! Click here for... Read More »

Tagged: kool-aid®, kool, yarn, dyeing, kool-aid

Pockets

To learn more about using a variety of different pockets (afterthought, slant, and horizontal) in your knitted garments, check out our pocket tutorial. Read More »

Tagged: slant, flap, pocket, afterthought, horizontal

Zippers

To learn more about how to install a zipper in your finished knitted garment, check out our zipper tutorial. Read More »

Tagged: zipper, zipped, zip

Buttons and Buttonholes

To learn more about how to make and place buttonholes in your knitted garments, check out the buttons and buttonholes tutorial. Read More »

Tagged: hole, button, buttons, buttonholes

Downloads and Wallpapers

We have had requests from some of our customers for a wallpaper/background image of our latest yarn visuals. Below you will find links to images that are suitable to use as computer desktop backgro... Read More »

Fiber Information - Silk

Silk Historically, silk was often used for rich tapestries and royal garments. During the Renaissance, the processing of silk was incredibly secretive and many countries were competing to find bett... Read More »