Welcome to Week 17 of our Clean & Crafty Free Pattern series! The name of our pattern this week perfectly describes this pretty little project – check out the Simple Eyelet Washcloth.
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Mother’s Day in the US is coming up quick! If you are at a loss at what you should do to celebrate the mom in your life, we have a few suggestions.
Read more »Many knitters become frustrated when it comes to color selection. There are many reasons for this, but often the sheer volume of colors to choose from is the culprit. Add in the important task of choosing which yarn to use, and many knitters can become frozen in fear. It’s not hard to become quickly overwhelmed! Of course, we try to make it easy by pairing well-designed patterns with the most appropriate yarn – in a beautiful (at least in our opinion) color combination. But what if you don’t fall in love at first site? What if you like the pattern but don’t know how to choose new colors… How do you take the designer’s pick as inspiration for your own color choices? Let us give you some inspiration for playing with color.
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Welcome to Week 16 of our Clean & Crafty Free Pattern series! Our pattern this week is perfect for those who need a quick and easy project to practice your lace skills – check out the Honeycomb Dishcloth.
Read more »As the rain goes so does my pattern queue. It’s been a long wet season in the Pacific Northwest and I have added many projects to my list, especially as my skills grow. A “problem” many of us can relate to, I’m sure, no matter what the weather.
Welcome to the Knit Picks Classroom, where you can polish up your crafting education from the comfort of your own couch! Each month we will focus on a specific skill. This month you’ll learn how to knit cables.
Read more »Here at Knit Picks, we’re starting a series of helpful new video knitting tutorials specifically intended to provide immediate gratification of your knitting instructional needs with direct, no frills tutorials called KP Quicks.
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We’re all book lovers here so with our 40% off book sale going on, I rounded up the staff to talk about some of their favorite titles.
First of all, a big favorite with everyone here is the gorgeous Big Book of Knitted Mittens by Jorid Linvik.
This book is chock full of so many gorgeous mittens! With beautiful images and clear instructions, it’s hard not to want to knit them all. While we all have our personal favorites (mine happens to be the rockstar ones …
Does your birthday fall under the sign of the bull? Well the fourth in our year long Zodiac Dishcloth series is perfect for you! Check out the cute Taurus Dishcloth by Beth Major.
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