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Carol Feller Knitting with Rainbows

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Carol Feller Knitting with Rainbows, a book of knitting ideas with gradient sets and gradient cf-profile-picyarns, was the feature of today’s Yarn Thing with Marly Bird.

Carol called into the podcast from her home in Ireland. Most kids learn to knit in primary school. She remembers making fingerless gloves as part of her schooling. Her aunt also used to run a yarn shop, and imported all kinds of yarns. Carol experimented with thing for herself and her dolls. As a teenager the needles were set aside, studied art and flipped back and forth to engineering. When her son was a few months old, she heard of a new yarn shop in Dublin and she picked it up again, with learning to read patterns. Like so many she began tweaking patterns and had a pattern published after a year in Interweave Knits. [Read more…]

2016 Marly Bird Popular Poncho Crochet Along

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Marly Bird 2016 Crochet Along-Popular PonchoAfter a lot of work we have wrapped up the 2016 Marly Bird Popular Poncho Crochet Along, sponsored by Red Heart Yarns. Thank you to everyone who participated. I had a great time and I hope that you did too. There were so many BEAUTIFUL renditions of this pattern that I pulled together as many finished ponchos from our Facebook Group as I could find to share with you.

As a recap the 2016 Marly Bird Popular Poncho Crochet Along was a 4 part series. Each section included the pattern and a video tutorial, you can see each link below. The sample ponchos were made from Red Heart’s Unforgettable yarn. I also offered you four options for the collar and four options for finishing. You could have made the poncho as a crew neck, simple cowl neck, dramatic cowl neck, or turtle neck. There was also the choice of adding a plain edge, scalloped edge, fringe or dreadlock fringe.

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My First Series-Planned Pooling Argyle Poncho

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Planned Pooling Argyle Poncho-My First with Marly Bird and Red Heart Yarns
It’s finally here! The poncho project that I have been teasing you about is FINALLY here. I just released the newest FREE pattern in the Red Heart’s My First Series-Planned Pooling Argyle Poncho.

This is the last pattern for the My First Series in 2016, and we are sure going out with a BANG. This pattern can take your planned pooling love to the next level. This is one of those projects that people will ask you where you purchased it. It is a trendy, yet classic wardrobe piece.

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ErinLane Bags special project shared by Lindsey Martin

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ErinLane Bags special project shared by Lindsey Martin made for a HAPPY Friday edition of the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird.img_20161107_210758

Lindsey and her mom were part of a knitting group, and when Lindsey lost an especially dear circular needle, she asked her mother to make her a carrier, when they took them to the knit group and began to receive requests, Erin.Lane Bags was born.

Lindsey’s prior career was as a teacher. Because the bags are in such demand and her mother has passed away since they began, she’s walked away from teaching kids and is Schooling Us in how to keep our knitting, needles and yarn with all the little bits together in a safe, portable way.  [Read more…]

Corner-to-Corner Rectangle Using Half Double Crochet

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corner-to-corner_rectangle_thumbnailNot too long ago I shared with you the corner to corner concept as a square using half double crochet, today I want to share with you how to do corner to corner rectangle using half double crochet. I just posted a brand new YouTube video to show you how to read a corner-to-corner chart and walk you through the concept.

Remember that I am showing you in half double crochet stitches, since that is how I designed my patterns. Most C2C patterns are written for double crochet stitches. Fear not, the technique is the same just the stitch size changes.

Both the rectangle and square increase and decrease the same, it is the middle that is different and makes the shape different. When crocheting the rectangle you will continue the max width for a longer period of time before starting your decrease. I show you exactly how to do this in the video below.  [Read more…]

Curls Two author Hunter Hammersen

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Curls Two author Hunter Hammersen on Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird was the perfect ending to a full weekend of holiday and internet shopping. curls-2-by-hunter-hammersen

Hunter Hammersen says she began her knitting career by accident. As a grad student she knitted for her own pleasure and once she got the hang of it began doing her own thing. Others would ask her for the patterns, and she admits she is ‘kinda bossy’ so writing the patterns wasn’t that big a deal. It kinda clicked. Then, thanks to Ravelry, she was very busy and contacted by publishers. She began self-publishing with Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet in 2012, which has had three volumes, then Curls in 2015 and now Curls 2.

Hunter says she works hard to create her self-published book in a way that stands beside others or she wouldn’t create books this way.

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