How Will You Decorate Your Home for the Holidays?

Now that the Thanksgiving and Autumn decor has been taken down and placed in storage, it’s time to gear up for more holiday celebrating and decorating, and we’ve got some great ideas to help get you started! Take a look at the patterns below to see how you can incorporate yarn crafting into your home…

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Half Medallion Bag Crochet-Along: Adding Handles, Seaming, and Finishing the Bag

How exciting to be nearing the finish on this project! I’m thrilled with the finished bags I’ve seen so far, and very happy people are succeeding with this project. Today I’d like to discuss making the flap for the handle, attaching the handle to the bag, and then joining the front and back with a…

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How to Get Over Your Fear of Knitting Lace

This is a guest post from Amy Kaspar, Chicago Knitting Examiner for Examiner.com. Getting over your fear of knitting lace. Are you a newer knitter, ready to break up with the standard knit-and-purl for a yarn over or two?  Do you have a lace pattern you want to try, but you are afraid to do…

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