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How to Make Removable Stitch Markers

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How to make removable stitch markersIn a previous video I showed you how to make knitting stitch markers. There are times when you need a removable stitch marker for knitting and for crochet. I put together this video tutorial for you so that you could finish your collection of stitch markers. A removable stitch marker is great to dictate the right and wrong side of your work. It is also a great tool in crochet to hold your last worked stitch so that it doesn’t unravel while you put your project aside.

Read to the bottom of this post to see the video for the removable stitch marker tutorial and the video for knitting stitch markers. Let’s learn how to make a removable stitch marker.

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Superhero Myra Wood

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Superhero Myra Wood

Superhero Myra Wood shared her adventures on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird.

Myra Wood is an internationally know fiber artist, designer, author and teacher. She teaches a wide range of classes in knitting, crochet, embroidery and beading specializing in all things creative. Her online classes, “The Perfect Fit Seamless Crazy Lace Cardigan” and “Freeform Crochet” are available at Craftsy.com. Myra is the author of Knit in New Directions, Creative Crochet Lace and Crazy Lace along with numerous published patterns in books and magazines. Myra’s been a guest instructor on numerous episodes of Knit and Crochet Now, Knitty Gritty and Uncommon Threads and Knitting Daily on PBS, HGTV and DIY Network. [Read more…]

Textured Triangle Shawl Knit-along Section 2

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The Marly Bird Textured Triangle Shawl Knit-along  Section 2 is sponsored by Red Heart.

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Textured Triangle Shawl Knit Along-Section 2

Today Section 2 of the Textured Triangle Shawl video tutorial series has been released! This is the second KAL I am hosting on my blog with Red Heart and includes a full set of HD videos of me demonstrating how to do each step of the shawl! [Read more…]

Framework: 10 Architectural Knits by Norah Gaughan

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Framework: 10 Architectural Knits by Norah Gaughan

Framework: 10 Architectural Knits by Norah Gaughan is the Yarn Thing we discussed today on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird! 

Raised by artists in the Hudson Valley (her father, Jack Gaughan, was a well known science fiction illustrator in his day) Norah was immersed in both art and the needle arts from an early age. She went on to earn a degree in Biology / Art from Brown University.  During the years that followed Norah concentrated on her greatest love, knitting. First as a freelancer for yarn companies and knitting magazines; then as the design director at JCA and more recently, as the design director at Berroco where she headed up the design team and published sixteen eponymous booklets. Norah’s upbringing, schooling and experience coalesce in her two hardcover volumes Knitting Nature and Norah Gaughan’s Knitted Cable Sourcebook. Her most recent publication is “Framework” 10 architectural knits in Quince & Co linen yarns.

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