Tag: knitting
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Twelve Tips for Stitching When Your Hands Hurt
I have a genetic connective tissue disorder. It’s not going to get better. It will probably get worse. I’m not going to stop what brings me joy, but I do have to listen to my body’s pain and adapt. Machine knitting allows me to do a lot on bad days,…
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The Inaugural Oklahoma Yarn Crawl Part Two: The Central and Western Shops
The 2024 Oklahoma Yarn Crawl recently wrapped, and my gosh was it FUN! If you haven’t checked out Part One of my recap, read it first here. Twelve fiber businesses from across Oklahoma got together to put on the state’s first yarn crawl. Yarn shops, dye works, a working farm,…
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Squish It! – Jody Long Delish Yarn Review
Hello everyone! It’s been a while! Christmas Covid is the gift that keeps on giving, and recovery has been rough. It’s Fiber Christmas In July time already! I’ve been through a slew of tests with more to come, but I’m finally able to break through the covid brain fog enough…
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Machine Knitting Techniques: Texture and 3D Effects
If you have a little bit of Christmas Cash and you feel like investing in yourself for the New Year, pick up the newly-released Texture and 3D Effects Machine Knitting Techniques book. Amber Hards teaches texture and playfulness in her essential addition to the series. “[Hards] encourages you to explore…
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CONE Yarn Review: Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport
It’s fall, y’all! …well, it is autumn according to the calendar. Sweater weather hasn’t fully arrived yet in Northeast Oklahoma, but I am here for you with a seasonally appropriate review of Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport 100% wool yarn ON CONES! Before we get into my knitting experience, here…
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Choosing Colors
In my last post I showcased a project where I used NINE colors to push my creative boundaries. I ended that post feeling more confident, but when I went to choose colors for my next colorwork project, I found myself even more color-shy than before! Since I’m still not convinced…
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Finding Cone Yarn
Knitting machines can use a range of yarn from all kinds of put-ups like we saw in my last post, but the easiest and best put-up for machine knitting is cone yarn. Cones don’t need extra preparation before use, have more yardage in general, and often feature unique textures or…
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Your YARN is the Problem — Part One: Hand Knitting Yarn Prep
You might have encountered one of these problems before: the yarn stopped flowing through the tension unit and the tension wire bent all the way towards the carriage and needle bed, the carriage jammed, an entire row knitted at a much tighter tension than you wanted, the yarn broke. If you…
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Yarn Plating and the SilverReed LK150
Plating takes yarns that might not be suitable on their own for your machine and makes working with them possible.
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Spring Seminar Coming Soon! April 1, 2023
That’s right! It’s nearly time for our next seminar! Hand and machine knitters, you won’t want to miss this! We’re learning how to design a custom fit knitted sweater! Attendees will learn measurement tips and tricks to accommodate various body type needs and draw a body block schematic based off…
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