How to Make Your Own Easy, No-Mess Easter Basket Grass

Making Easter basket grass yourself is a great idea; it’s a simple, fun activity you can do with kids, and helps get everyone into the holiday spirit with egg-hunt anticipation. Making your own out of yarn secured inside the basket also means you’ll have a lush, great-looking basket and no more plastic grass all over…

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Michelle Edwards Shares Tips to Help You Get The Most Out of Your Project

In a recent essay in our newsletter, The Weekly Stitch,  Michelle Edwards, author of A Knitter’s Home Companion, discusses project sustainability. Michelle writes, “Sustainability is about working a project from the first to last stitch, sewing it up, and weaving in loose ends. Blocking it, if needed.” Her essay discusses the importance of managing your…

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3 Tips for Yarn Substitution

Do you ever seen an amazing pattern and think, “Wow, I love that, but I wish it were made in a different yarn”? Substituting a different yarn is an easy way to make a pattern truly unique. There are a few things to keep in mind when selecting a different yarn. Let’s use the Inishturk…

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