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Happy New Year! Here are some fresh flowers and yarns for this fresh new year to brighten up your screen during this chilly month!
To get the January 2019 calendar background of your choosing (smart phones, tablets, or desktop computers), simply click the applicable device icon below. Enjoy!
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Like a fresh summer breeze, our newest sock lab will take you right back to summer. Inspired by bright ice cream flavors, these two new colors come to you on our supple Stroll yarn.
The bright pops of speckles and gorgeous hand-painted hues …
If you are looking for perfect baby shower gifts to make, a soft cotton cloth is always welcome. Whether for cleaning delicate skin or using as all around snuggle piece, these towels are super useful as well as being fun to make! We’ve shown you several this year; the newest is the very cute Star Baby Cloth.
At the turn of the solar calender, Knit Picks is taking a look back at a long and exciting year. To start us off, Knit Picks leaders Alison and Jennifer take a retrospective on where the year has taken us. After that, each of us looks ahead to set our own crafty resolutions for the new year.
Read more »“May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.” – Irish Blessing
Playing with front post and back post crochet always has fascinating results – it creates a fun texture that is perfect for dishcloths. An example I hadn’t run across before is this week’s newest member of the Scrub-A-Dub club – check out the free Crochet Celtic Weave Dishcloth pattern
It’s time again for our annual Luxury Yarn Sale! Now through the beginning of the New Year (specifically through the end of Wednesday, January 2nd), our most exquisite and opulent yarns are on sale, from silk and alpaca to cashmere and beyond. You’re not likely to find a better opportunity to give into your most indulgent cravings for fabulous fiber. All of the yarns included in the sale are at least 20% off, and you can find select colors at 30% or even 40% off!
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We’ve arrived at the last installment of our 12 Weeks of Gifting series. This week’s free pattern, the Birdseye Kitchen Set, will come in handy for your post-holiday cleanup. Knit in Dishie yarns, the Birdseye set is a fun and easy knit. The textured body is accented by bands of color and includes instructions for both a hand towel …
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” – Edith Sitwell
It’s no secret that we love a good listicle. When the opportunity presents itself to write about our favorite things, we jump on it. Traditions …
Read more »Cables are not a usual option for dishcloths, mainly because usually only one side looks good while the wrong side is just not attractive. But the newest member of our Scrub-A-Dub club looks great on both sides – check out the free Nordic Dishcloth pattern.
With the Holidays in full swing, knitting deadlines near and the new year in sight, the Knit Picks crew has decided to take a brief meditative pause from the furious click of our needles for a little look ahead. While the second half of Winter offers non-knitters little more than unfestive darkness and cold, we knitters can look forward to the longest stretch of the year for personal knitting time.
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