My First Fulled (felted) Bag: Mag-Knits Sophie purse in Unikat yarn

I never really “got” the whole fulling/felting thing.
Some people say they knitted and felted one item and were absolutely hooked, couldn’t stop felting everything they made, or making things that called for felting. The fact that it was becoming the “in” thing to do, bordering on a fad, is what made me hesitate to [...]

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Hand-made Knitting Bag (photo!)

In my first posting, I wrote about a knitting bag I made that had received a lot of compliments. Here’s a picture of the bag, with Maggie alongside…

And here’s a close-up shot of the inside of the bag; you can see how I created the buttoned yarn-feeder…

Since I made this bag, I’ve bought pounds of [...]

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And here they are!

Here’s a picture of the gloves I knit for my sister, from AlterKnits… I think they turned out really well! (In fact, I’d like to keep them… but I’ve mentioned that before, haven’t I?)

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Wrist warmers and AlterKnits gloves (I’m still hanging on to them)

For those of us in cold-but-not-Arctic climates, can anything beat the wrist warmer? I mean really, you feel warm because your pulse points are covered, AND you can knit, to boot. Also…
I really do have to say that I LOVE the AlterKnits lace-up gloves… the ones in Manos del Uruguay with the Hanna Silk ribbon [...]

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Knitting Podcasts, AlterKnits Gloves, and Knitted (British) Monkeys

I love to knit. And I love to read about knitting. But unfortunately I can’t do both at the same time. That’s why I was so excited to find knitting podcasts (and, because I’m not always up on techno-stuff) to realize I could listen to them on my laptop.
My first foray into podcast land was [...]

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