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On de-stashing
Any hobby, generally, starts out the same for me. First, I pick up a few minimal supplies because I’m learning something new. Then, once I decide I love this new hobby, I start buying ALL THE THINGS. So, as you can imagine, as a knitter I bought a LOT of yarn in the beginning. I like to think of myself as a minimalist wannabe with hoarding tendencies. I love the idea of having less things – both because it’s less clutter and it’s more eco friendly – but I have these bad habits of keeping things far longer than I need to. I’ve dreamed, often, of having “zero stash,” meaning…
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Learning to quilt (properly)
Sure, I’ve made blankets before. None that I’ve ever properly quilted, though. This is lots of fun, however! Knitting will always have my heart, but I can really get on board with adorable quilts!
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Handspun
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Mama got her craft room back.
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Currently knitting
I cast on tonight for a Solaris cardigan. I haven’t finished any knitting in ages, and I really should try to finish a thing or two, but I’m feeling the need for someone new. Something fairly mindless that I can pick up and knit at random without having to consult too many notes. Something without charts to keep track of. Something easy.
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Fresh berries from our yard
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Peter Rabbit’s sweater
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Spinning
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Broken Rib Dishcloth
This isn’t really anything innovative or special, and I’m sure someone else in the massive knitting world has done the same pattern. But this is a great way for a beginner to learn the basic knit and purl stitches and come out with a dishcloth in the end (it’s what I use to teach new knitters). Please, for the love of yarn, don’t start off with a scarf as your first knitting project. You’ll get tired of it before you’re done and throw it in a bag in the back of your closet to find 5 years later. Small projects are your friend when you’re just learning! Start: Cast…
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Winter Snowflake Clips (easy peasy)
I’m in love with the clothespins to hold photos that I print from Instagram – I have a whole line of them hanging up at my desk at work: A photo posted by @pardonthegarden on Oct 10, 2014 at 7:45am PDT I wanted some for the holiday season for the fridge at home, and these are stupid easy. The glitter tape means there’s no mess of trying to paint the clothespins with glue and then dusting with glitter (which IS the herpes of the craft world, in case you’re not aware. That ish gets everywhere and it’s a nightmare). Supplies: Clothespins – I used both large and small Glitter tape…
Candice DeWitt
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