At Gift Giving Time, Don’t Forget The Pet!

For most people, pets are part of the family.  They have their own individual personalities that the family has come to know and love, and in return, their pet loves them back just as much (if not more). Pets can’t tell you what they want for the holidays, so it helps to have some ideas…

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Kitchen-Safe Dyeing, Part 3: Grape Juice

Sister and brother duo, Elizabeth and Robby Miracle, first created this dyeing series for a Lion Brand newsletter several years ago. Although that newsletter is no longer around, we loved the idea of making kitchen-safe dyes so much, that we’ve updated it and reprinted the series here.  Creating your own dyes can be a fun…

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Cracking the (Pattern) Code, Part 9: Special Phrases and Terms

Technical editor and yarncrafting expert Kj Hay joins us for a series on understanding the different elements of patterns. Click here to read her earlier blog posts. Special Phrases There are some deceptively brief phrases used in prose instructions that have a powerful, agreed upon meaning. At first, you should approach patterns with such phrasing cautiously as they assume…

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