A Contest – Lets go to Mochimochi Land!

UPDATE 6/21 – Wow, you all love your Mochimochi!  Contest is now
closed, we’ll choose a winner on 6/22!

I think it’s obvious to everyone who has seen my desk that I love
knitted toys.  Well, one of my all time favorite toy designers is
releaseing her first book on June 29th!

Knitting
Mochimochi!

Anna & her fabulous publisher sent us copies to give
away!  As much as Angela & I would love to keep them for ourselves,
we want to spread the word on Knitting Mochimochi.  So to be entered to win, leave a comment on this post and we’ll draw two names next week for a free copy!  Good Luck!

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Spring Cleaning, Oregon Style

I love to volunteer and I love to be outside, and those two things
coincide a lot in Oregon. Every year we pick a volunteer activity for
Earth Day, and we also did the SOLV Spring Beach Cleanup this year!

I
wasn’t ever really a big fan of the beach, growing up along the Jersey
Shore. There was sand and water, and that was kind of boring I
guess.(not to mention me + sun = OW) But then I moved to Oregon and was
entranced by the treacherous, rocky, geologically amazing coastline. I
also loved the fact that, for the most part, there wasn’t anybody out
there. It was so peaceful, or as much as a violent ocean against a
volcanic coast can be! I felt like I needed to give something back, so
this March I volunteered for my first Beach Cleanup. Each year,
thousands of volunteers comb the Oregon coast for industrial and
household waste that washes up on shore. We chose a fairly small stretch
of beach at Ona Beach State Park and went to work.

 

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These are a few of my favorite things… for spring!

If you live anywhere near the northwestern United States, you know
that spring has come later than normal this year.  Fortunately, over the
past couple of weeks, the sun has decided to shine a little bit and the
flowers have (hesitantly) started to bloom.  In honor of these little
breaks from the dreary gray skies, I have decided to share a few spring
pattern ideas with you that will brighten up any day – sunny or not!

The Rachel’s Bag pattern by Cassidy Clark
definitely tops my list of fun, fashionable must-haves this spring. 
The bag is fashionable, practical, and adds a certain flair to any
outfit.  In other words, it’s the perfect accessory!

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Demystifying Lace, Class 5 – Stitches!

Sorry for the delay for this class! We had some technical difficulties – ah, gotta love technology 🙂

And now for some more info about the stitches. Here are some snapshots
that will help closely illustrate some of the concepts I cover in the
video – directional decreasing, yarnovers, and nupps vs. bobbles.

Click to see the the videos and read more!

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Interview with Kim Guzman

Kim
Guzman
is an amazing knit & crochet designer – she’s been
featured in magazines such as Crochet World,
Interweave Crochet and Creative
Knitting
and in many booklets – including her new one Learn to Do Tunisian Lace Stitches.  She also
won 3 awards at the Crochet Awards! So really it’s not a surprise that
two of her designs are our top selling crochet patterns (that would be Solaris Lace Crochet Shawl and Dreams Lace Crochet Shawl)  We are so thrilled to
have her part of of IDP!

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