Every now and then the desire to dye wool yarn hits me. So far I have not invested in professional dyes. I use food coloring and/or unsweetened drink mix (ie: Kool-Aid). This time I used 5 packets of Kool-Aid pink lemonade and 2 packets of cherry flavor. I dyed a hank of Knit Picks Bare...
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When I’m working on a cable insertion I can, at times, lose my place in the cable. Having five young children and homeschooling, etc, I often have to work on my knitting in spurts of just a few minutes. If I’m working on a complex cable pattern, then I use a chart keeper and...
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*This post taken from my old blog. Original writing July 2008. Sometimes during those first few rounds or rows of knitting on a new project it can be confusing which yarn is the working yarn and which yarn is the tail yarn. I find it helpful to use one of the plastic bread bag...
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*This post taken from my old blog. Original writing July 2008. You know that really ugly tie you wish your main man didn’t have? Well here’s an excellent way to put it to good use while ensuring that he will not be wearing it ever again. OK, seriously, you can use any tie. Even a...
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*This post taken from my old blog. Original writing August 2008. I thought I would share with you how I tackle the dreaded frogging. Frogging of course is when you realize that something in your project has gone so horribly wrong that the only thing you can do to fix it is to rip it...
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