Getting to Know Baby Soft Yarn

Baby Soft yarn and the Short and Sweet Child’s Cardigan in progress. Baby Soft comes in 26 colors (solids and prints) geared toward tiny humans. The yarn is soft and easy to care for, which covers the two primary concerns when making for babies and kids. At a CYC #3 / DK weight, Baby Soft…

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Losing Mom; Knitting Through Grief

Just after Christmas, my 91-year old mother collapsed and disappeared into the fog of dementia, suddenly unreachable despite her body being still alive, and still here. And I began a long, slow submersion into grief that seemed, at times, to be dragging me down into the darkness where my mother had gone. Because she was…

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Yarn Giveaway! The Audie Baby Afghan Kit in Jeans®

We’re celebrating the re-stock of Jeans® Yarn this month by giving away enough yarn to make the Audie Baby Afghan (shown above). The yarn pack includes 5 skeins of Jeans®. One ball each in Faded, Stonewash, Classic, Brand New, and Top Stitch. You can download the pattern for this afghan from LionBrand.com Jeans® is a…

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