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THIS BLOG POST HAS BEEN UPDATED JANUARY 15, 2012 TO PROVIDE UPDATED TAGS. PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DONATED MITTS TO TWO LOCATIONS IN THE PORTLAND OREGON AREA. AS OF THIS DATE WE HAVE A RAVELRY MEMBER ORGANIZING DONATIONS TO THE APPLETON WI AREA. WE HAVE ALSO HAD REQUESTS FOR MORE MITTS IN THE PORTLAND AREA.  SO PLEASE CONSIDER DONATIONS. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE…

If you ❤ yarn, then you should definitely celebrate I Love Yarn Day on October 14, 2011 sponsored by Craft Yarn Council of America! Check it out here.

And don't forget, what a girl wants, what a girl needles!

Have you ever been stumped by all those crazy knitting abbreviations? Well, because knitting has developed around the world, there are so many different techniques that are similar and so many terms that really describe the same or very similar things. Therefore you will find that knitting abbreviations will vary. Hopefully the designer will be kind enough to give a list of the abbreviations s/he uses. If not, hopefully these will help.

Knitting, Machine Knitting and Crocheting…

My sweet DH sent me a link this morning. Please check it out here. His comment to me was, "This is what happens when knitters hoard..."

My comment back was, "We don't hoard! Just think of us as the Honor Guard. But doesn't this mean we need to protect more fiber? Off to save some more fiber."

So please do your fair share today and…

This blog will be a WIP. As new blogs are posted with tips, tricks, book reviews and anything else we want to learn about, links to new tips and tricks will be added. Wendy suggested this blog listing everything in one spot. She is the one who made me realize how much I miss blogging. So this one is for you Wendy.

Please note that in earlier posts these tips may be at the end of the blog in the knitting tip…

Okay, this is going to be short and sweet. I haven't blogged in a very long time. I do have things to blog about but just haven't gotten back into the blogging mode after being swamped at work. So I need to organize myself and start blogging again.

I thought what better way to get back into blogging than to ask everyone what knitting or spinning hints they would like to know about. I got this idea from Wendy when she mentioned tonight that she was going to check out one of my old…

My dear sweet husband is constantly reminding me I shouldn’t leave knitting needles in bed. Even if I get up for just a second to go to the bathroom, he gets upset if I leave needles on the bed. I mean how can knitting be hazardous to our health? He tells me I’m going to have a really difficult time explaining to the police how I didn’t murder him. How am I going to explain all the…