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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
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Madeleines for Mother's Day
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On the newsstand: Heart Motif Mitts
One of my resolutions for 2013 is to spend a bit more blog space on talking about the crafts that we’ve got in the magazine, and I’m excited to begin with our February issue. In addition to our supercute Valentine’s Day crafts, this month we’ve also got a pattern for these knitted Heart Motif Mitts [...]
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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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On the road again: travel knitting
Tomorrow I’m heading out on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New Zealand. I’m pretty excited: food, wine, wool (and possum yarn!), hobbits… …but before the fun begins, I’ve got a couple of L-O-N-G flights ahead of me. And so begins the great travel-knitting problem. Here’s what I’ve got lined up so far: I’ll be taking the [...]
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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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The comeback craft: String art
Remember string art? It’s one of those ’70s-era handicrafts that fell out of fashion, along with macramé and rug hooking. All three are making a comeback, though – I’m sure of it. I’ve seen a lot of awesome applications of string art recently (and check out the logo in the May 2012 issue of Wired [...]
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Colour therapy
Well. It was quite a weekend here in Toronto. And as if the current events weren’t enough, the weather was cold, grey and very wet. Harrumph! I sought solace – and yarn for sweater #6 – at The Purple Purl. Good company, a tasty treat and a boatload of colourful yarn go a long way [...]
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Colour obsession: Spring green
There’s something exciting about the riot of yellowy greens that’s popping up on the trees in the neighbourhood. Photo by garden beth, Flickr There’s so much potential in that mix of tints, shades and tones. Energy that’s been locked up for months, waiting for just a bit of sunshine and a whisper of rain – [...]
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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 [...]
