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Maakin for the MRI: Enter for the Grand Prize Drawing
The Maakin for the MRI Knit along started today and here’s where you enter for the grand prize drawing worth $160!
Productive Fair Isle Swatching
A common practice for swatching on Shetland is to knit a hat. It allows knitters to test out patterns and colors, and confirm their gauge. In the end, the knitter will have a hat that will surely fit someone, and their time and yarn will be put to productive use.
Product Review: Manos Del Uruguay Alma
Anne reviews Manos Del Uruguay Alma and is highly pleased with its color and quality. Alma is a superwash merino suitable for luxurious knitting.
Designers: Gauge is important! (Yes, even for shawls.)
Yes, I bear some of the responsibility for not remembering to check gauge before hand and for not contacting the designer when I saw that information was missing. But for the designer to not even include it really, really annoys me. It reflects a lack of respect for her own designs as well as for the time and resources of those who will knit her patterns.
Breed-specific Yarn is a Boon to Fiber Artists: Knowledge is Power
In the last episode of the podcast, I talked about
Anne Frost
knitter & podcaster
The host of the I Thought I Knew How Podcast and Online International Fiber Festival.