We Walk 4Water
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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
Name: Maxine Chan Location: Vancouver, B.C. Title:...
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How a creative community attracts savvy shoppers and diners
A creative community bands together to offer uniqu...
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Vietnamese Iced Coffee
If you’re anything like me, no blissful, hot...
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
I’ll admit it, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s T...
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
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Stash buster: 5 tiny hat ornaments for your Christmas tree
You know when you have a really good idea for a craft? I mean, a really, really good idea? Something you think is so brilliant you don’t tell anyone because you know that, someday, someone will want you to reveal it to the world? I have those all the time. Then I Google them and realize that approximately [...]
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Fall knitting: 5 toasty blankets to make
Fall is in full force around here. We raked up six bags of leaves last weekend (we don’t even have a tree in our yard!) and are heading to and from work in the dark now. Looks like it’s time to settle in for quiet nights and plenty of cosy knitting. Remember the scene in [...]
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Dying to dye more yarn
A couple of weeks ago, Austen and I zipped across town after work for a yarn dyeing class at The Workroom. I’d been hoarding some naked fingering weight and a bunch of dye pots at home, waiting till I was ready to face them. And a live tutorial sounded like just the thing to get [...]
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It’s called Idiot Cord for a reason
Well, I did it. The Grey Ghost (better known as the Neck-Down Wrap Cardigan) is finally done. I wove in the last of the ends on the train home from knit night last week, and this sweater is a beaut. It hugs in all the right places and camouflages any sins (hello, muffin top caused [...]
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How to frog a half-done sweater in 3 minutes
I was so excited when Austen asked me to join the Classic Raglan KAL last week. But one thought kept nagging me as I pondered what colour and what type of yarn to pick for my new sweater. What about my Old Port? This poor old girl was consigned to the Island of Misfit Knits about [...]
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February Quick Knit: Mad Hatter’s Tea Cosy
February is just the right time for a huge pot of tea and, oh, about a million episodes of your favourite TV show, isn’t it? (Nerd alert: I’m working through the seventh of nine seasons of “The X-Files.”) I drink a lot of tea, often when I’m knitting. So for Christmas, I asked for and [...]
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In the magazine: Crest of the Wave Scarf
Hi friends, Most of you will have received your November issue by now, so I don’t think I’m ruining any surprises by talking about the knitting pattern that you’ll find on page 149. Isn’t it lovely? This lace scarf was designed by Toronto knitting teacher, writer and technical editor Kate Atherley. The simple pattern is [...]
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5 tips for using a ball winder and swift
I recently got back from a terrific visit to my parents’ house. Besides the usual treats (lots of hugs, steamed crab dinners and fresh country air), I received a couple of early Christmas presents. True, they were gifts to myself, but I was just as excited to open them as I am on Christmas morning. [...]
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Why Jazz Is Not a Good Metaphor for Knitting
Jazz is all about improvisation. You’re given the main musical cues – the tempo, the chord changes, the melodic line – then you spend a nice 5 to 10 minutes noodling around, playing with the theme. You add a few accents here, riff off the chord changes there, and you have a song. It may [...]
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Thursday Thanks and Links
Thank you all so much for all your excellent pattern suggestions for using up my yarn stash. I can’t believe how many fun ideas you posted. Now I have a buffet of options to choose from. I took a few minutes to look up some of the links you suggested and thought I’d share them [...]
