Splitting Yarns

Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter’s life. You’re toodling blithely through a normal day when suddenly WHAM! A memento of forgotten love hits you right between the eyes. I was wriggling around under the work table trying to retrieve an errant ball…

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Yarn Bomb Spotted in Brooklyn

Over the weekend I spotted this yarn bomb under a Brooklyn highway as I was walking back home. As soon as I saw it I had to take a picture – not only because it was made out of yarn but I instantly recognized the person behind this mysterious yarn art. This cute, cartoon style belongs…

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An Introduction to Intarsia

This column by Barbara Breiter, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting & Crocheting, originally appeared in The Weekly Stitch newsletter. Intarsia is a simple technique that allows you to knit with multiple colors across a row without carrying the yarn along the back of the work (as you would in stranded knitting). Instead, a…

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