Yay for New Neons! (In Hometown USA)

I love that our basic yarn lines such as Homespun,Vanna’s Choice and Hometown USA come in such a wide variety of colors; sometimes it’s hard to select colors for a new project! Before the weather finally warmed up, I knew I wanted to work on a fun, color-pop project as I awaited spring’s arrival, so I…

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How to Determine if there is an Mistake in the Pattern, Part 2

This column by Barbara Breiter, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting & Crocheting, originally appeared in The Weekly Stitch newsletter.  Last week I went over how to read an afghan pattern. Today we’re going to look at a sweater example. Inez Cardigan This pattern has a series of increases to shape the collar and decreases for the…

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Most Popular Patterns from March!

With spring finally here, we’re ready to start fun and colorful patterns like this Geometric Afghan made with Heartland, which was one of our most popular patterns in March. Today, we’re featuring some of the top patterns from last month, and by the looks of it, it seems that many of you might be working…

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