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Knitting the Snow Speckled Fair Isle Hat with a Video Tutorial

October 10, 2017 By admin 1 Comment

Learn a new technique making this beautiful Snow Speckled Fair Isle Hat. It is a free pattern from RedHeart.com and there is a free video tutorial on the Marly Bird YouTube Channel!

You will learn:

How to do the long tail cast on,
Join to work in the round,
How to use circular needles,
How to do 2 x 2 ribbing,
How to tighten up the knits and purls,
How to change colors,
How to knit stranded (fair isle) knitting,
How to shape a hat,
How to use double pointed needles,
How to finish the final stitches on the top of a hat,
and how to weave in ends.

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Marly Bird Granny Square Motif Cardigan Section 5 Collar

October 4, 2017 By admin 1 Comment

The Marly Bird Granny Square Motif Cardigan Section 5 Collar

It is time to work on Section 5, the collar, of the Marly Bird Granny Square Motif Cardigan Crochet-along. Keep working on your sweater and join us in this section when you are ready.

Once the CAL is complete the full pattern will be available at RedHeart.com

Queue it up and Like the Pattern on Ravelry

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All about Amigurumi with Allison of Crafty is Cool

October 3, 2017 By admin 22 Comments

Join Marly Bird and guest Allison Hoffman, of Crafty is Cool, on the Yarn Thing Podcast at 12pm MST on Tuesday October 3rd. Learn all about the AMAZING amigurumi that Allison has created. You won’t believe the celebrity lookalikes she has created.

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5 Free Pom Pom Projects

September 29, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

Pom Poms have been popping up everywhere lately. Today I wanted to share with you 5 free pom pom projects that I have found that are super cute. Try one of these or another that you find today.

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Marly Bird Granny Square Motif Cardigan Section 4 Cuffs and Seaming

September 27, 2017 By admin 2 Comments

The Marly Bird Granny Square Motif Cardigan Section 4 Cuffs and Seaming

This week marks section 4 of the Marly Bird Granny Square Motif Cardigan Crochet-along. We are heading into the home stretch of the cardigan and I am so proud of all of the photos you have been sharing. For those of you not quite here with us, keep going, it will be worth it in the end.