My knitted costuming adventures continue! This time on a cosmic scale… I’m very drawn to the moon – for its symbolism and beauty, and as a visual marker of the passage of time. When the theme of “cosmic carnival” was announced for a costume party, I jumped on the opportunity to create a moon-related costume.…

Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter’s life. Welcome, good people, to the Franklin Habit Home for Neglected Knitting Projects. You’re in luck. It’s Adoption Week, during which time we waive all fees, background checks, and paperwork. It will be my pleasure to…

Toss aside your winter knits — it’s Spring! We certainly got the ball rolling with the release of Shawl in a Ball, an airy acrylic yarn with soft cotton slub. Available in 8 dreamy colors, the first batch of patterns proved that one ball indeed makes a full shawl. There’s so much more this yarn…

You know how comforting and relaxing yarn crafting can be — now, share it with others! April is Stress Awareness Month, so we’re using our knit and crochet talents to spread the word and offer relief. In keeping with the theme “When life gives you lemons…” we’ve teamed up with the Craft Yarn Council for…

Get the free pattern for the Hippity Hop Blankie here.

Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter’s life. I left you, last month, on the brink of taking your seat in the classroom. If all has gone well, you are equipped with the correct needles, notions, and yarns. If the teacher has asked…

With her latest yarncrafting adventure, Gali Beeri designs a super sweet headpiece! My costuming adventures continue! For the costume party theme of Candyland Fantasy, I chose the character Princess Lolly as my inspiration. I toyed with different ideas for a lollipop crown. In the end I decided to knit a giant spiral lollipop – candy…

The idea was clear; simple geometry leads to spectacular results. When our design team set out to create new patterns for 2016, they chose a fitting theme: “The Shape of Things to Come.” Squares, triangles, circles and polygons come together to create an endless array of new garments and accessories. They made their debut at the…

We’ve said it before — we like how you use our yarn! This year saw an abundance of patterns from our blogger friends. They took our yarn, their imaginations, and created patterns we can’t wait to try and make again and again. With the year coming to an end, we rounded up the top blogger…

In this guest post by Gali Beeri, she reveals a knitted costume perfect for the theme, “wicked witches” … Just because Halloween is behind us doesn’t mean my costuming adventures have ended! I like to find opportunities for costuming year-round. The last costume party’s theme was wicked witches. Choosing the project was the easy part…