Embellish It! Making a Tassel

Embellish It! Making a Tassel

Tassels can be used to add a little bit of fun flair to projects like afghans and shawls or added as accents to purses or even keychains. They’re simple and quick to make and don’t require large amounts of any special yarn or fancy tools. Tassels on the corners of shawls like the Standard Triangle…

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Give A Sh*t: Knitting Through Cancer Treatment at Dana-Farber

In one form or another, many of us have felt the emotional turbulence that is the effect of cancer. Ourselves, a family member, spouse, friend. . . we hear and feel the stories of diagnosis and treatment and waiting and hoping. If you are here reading this then you probably also know and appreciate the…

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Yarncrafting Costumes: Designing an Arctic Fox Headpiece

My knitted costuming adventures continue, this time with a ferociously cute flair! Foxes are dear to my heart, and snow white arctic foxes are so adorable! So with a “frozen forest” themed costume party on the horizon, I decided to knit an arctic fox head to wear as my headpiece. Inspiration Examining photos and drawings…

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