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Knit and Crochet Cozies Add Comfort to Your Home

January 19, 2021 By Marly Bird Leave a Comment

In our post on maximizing the cozy in crochet and knitting, we discussed how therapeutic it can be to work with yarn. In that post, we shared an exercise for slowing down and adding intentionally cozy aspects to crafting a shawl. Today, we want to build on that with an exercise in making knit and crochet cozies. Wrapping yarn cozies around the items in your home is a wonderful way to add more hygge, homey, comfy, soothing feelings to your space. Stitching for yourself and your home is truly a form of self-care.

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Knit and Crochet Cozies Add Comfort to Your Home: Therapeutic Crafting Tips

What Are Knit and Crochet Cozies?

Anytime you wrap an inanimate object in crochet, that’s a cozy.

To name a few examples, there are:

mug cozies and can cozies and jar cozies
teapot cozies and wine bottle cozies
tablet cozies and cell phone cozies
cozies for golf clubs
home cleaning cozies for things like Swiffers and bottle scrubbers
ice pack cozies and hot water bottle cozies
bowl cozies, flower pot cozies, and candle cozies
and even cozies for food like eggs and apples and pumpkins!

Cozies By Any Other Name

We’re about to share a bunch of patterns with you for knit and crochet cozies. But we wanted to point out that if you’re searching for your own patterns, there are also some different words to use that will help you find the same types of things.

Here are the most common ones:

Knit or Crochet Covers
Crochet or Knit Sleeves
Coozies, Koozies, and other variations

So, if you don’t find what you’re looking for when you search for mason jar cozies, for example, then try looking for mason jar covers. Likewise, if you want a cozy to wrap around your dog’s leash, look for knit or crochet dog leash covers. Or, if you want a knit cover for your laptop, try looking for knit laptop sleeve patterns. Coozies are usually reserved for beer and soda can cozies.

Therapeutic Crafting: How to Get More Benefits from Making a Cozy for Your Home

Please read this post on making knitting and crochet cozy. It gives you lots of tips and thoughts on how to add a “craft as therapy” element to your crochet. The questions it poses for you will assist you in getting into the right mental and physical space to really enjoy the comfort of crafting.

Of course, a cozy itself is going to add comfort. Your laptop won’t be cold. You’ll feel the plush texture of wonderful yarn wrapped around your coffee mug. But the more you really delve into its therapeutic aspects, the more these wonderful crafts can improve your life!

What Should You Put Knit and Crochet Cozies On?

You can truly add cozies to anything at all. If you’re trying this as therapeutic crafting, then you might want to consider the following options:

You might want to choose an item in your home that you use every single day. Your coffee mug, your pencil, your journal, a cell phone … You can even make knit and crochet cozies for your refrigerator door handle and boxes of tissues. Use crochet to make your everyday items cozier. So, ask yourself: what’s something I use every day that would delight me to have been just a little bit cozier?
You might want to choose an item in your home that feels decidedly NOT cozy. Maybe it’s your laptop. Perhaps it’s a vase that is the perfect size but just isn’t cozy. Alternatively, maybe it’s the hard edges of a dresser. What is in your home that will stay there but doesn’t feel cozy? Use crochet to cozy it up.
You might want to choose a special item. Is there something in your home that you already love but that could really be extra cozy if you added a special touch? A lampshade for a favorite lamp, a book cover for a favorite book, a pot cozy for your favorite plant, perhaps?
You might want to buy something new. It can be a fun experiment to go out shopping just for something that will add a sense of “cozy” to your home. You can go to a thrift store or yard sale to keep it affordable. Keep your eye out for that item that feels extra cozy, and think about how you’ll add knitting or crochet around it to make it even cozier.

Knit and Crochet Cozies: Patterns to Get You Started

Here is just a smattering of my knit and crochet cozy patterns that you might want to start with:

Crochet Spike Stitch Coffee Cozy Pattern

Crochet Snowman Mug Cozy

Fair Isle on the Fairway Knit Golf Club Covers Pattern

Red Heart Knit Golf Headcovers

Boo-Boo Bunny Pouch Knit Ice Pack Cozy

Knit Entrelac E-Reader Cozy

Note: The other patterns above have direct links to free patterns. However, this is one that you can find in my Entrelac Knitting book, which you can get in print and ebook form. Find that and all my other books here.

These Pattern Roundups Also Have Lots of Great Knit and Crochet Cozies:

Valentine’s Day Sweaters and Accessories

January 18, 2021 By Marly Bird Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to break out your scarves, sweaters, hats, mittens, and more with hearts! Make them in red and pink, or choose different colors for a look that will stand out. It’s still chilly out, so have fun with new accessories before spring.

Don’t miss these 62 FREE patterns from Yarnspirations to wear for Valentine’s Day!

62 FREE Valentine's Day Sweaters and Accessories

Scarves and Cowls

Scarves and cowls are a great way to add a Valentine’s Day touch to any outfit. Wear them outside and inside!

Mittens

Hearts abound on these mittens! Keep your hands warm yourself, or share a pair of mittens with your partner and wear shared mittens!

Hats and Headwear

Keep cozy with a hat, or if it’s not as cold just wear an ear warmer. There’s even a heart-covered headband!

Shawls

Shawls add an elegant accent to your outfit. Wear one as a scarf outside, then wrap it around your shoulders inside.

Loving Hearts Crochet Shawl Free Pattern

Sweaters and Tops

Wear these sweaters and tops for the ultimate Valentine’s Day outfit!

Branching Out Crochet Pullover Free Pattern

Totes and Earrings

Show your Valentine’s Day spirit with totes and earrings.

83 FREE Pet Patterns to Knit and Crochet

January 14, 2021 By Marly Bird Leave a Comment

Today is Dress Up Your Pet Day! Celebrate by making one of these coats or costumes for your pet dog. Or if they don’t like to dress up, make an accessory for your pets or an item to put in your home to show your love.

The costumes are designed for dogs, but if you have a large cat who tolerates clothing you may be able to make an outfit for him! And the patterns that are in Other Pet Items are appropriate for all kinds of pets. Fun Fact: Olympian Tom Daley knits for dogs.

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83 Free Pet Patterns to Knit and Crochet

Dog Coats and Sweaters

These knit and crochet sweaters and coats will keep your dog warm and stylish! With knit cables, crocheted granny squares, stripes, Fair Isle, solids, you’re sure to find the pattern that matches your dog’s personality.

Hooded Coats

Fair Isle and Intarsia Sweaters

Striped Sweaters

Solid Coats

Patterned Coats

Cabled Sweaters

Dog Costumes

Dress up your pet in a costume for Dress Up Your Pet Day! Or make a costume for family pictures or Halloween fun.

Leash Covers and Decorative Collars

Leash covers made in yarn that reflects light are the perfect choice for nighttime walks, while decorative collars and scarves are a picture purr-fect addition for pets who don’t want a full outfit.

Pet Beds and Blankets

Your pet will be cozy as can be with comfortable beds and blankets designed just for them. Plus, making it yourself means you can easily match it to your home decor!

Pet Beds

Pet Blankets

Crochet Kitty Couch Free Crochet Pattern

Other Pet Items

Whether your pet needs a toy, a stocking, or a basket for accessories, you’ll find the pattern here!

Patterns for People

Show your love for your pets by wearing and using these handy patterns for household items!

The Best Planned Pooling Crochet Tutorial Video

January 13, 2021 By Marly Bird 1 Comment

When planned pooling first started really trending (2016/2017), it really interested a lot of people. However, even experienced crocheters found it challenging, It’s tough to figure out the math that allows for the correct yarn placement. I immediately loved the technique, and I wanted others to love it, too. Therefore, I created The Best Planned Pooling Crochet Tutorial. This video tutorial really breaks down how to do this argyle crochet technique.

Note: this post has been updated to reflect the most up to date planned pooling crochet tutorial information. You may have noticed that I’ve been updating all of my planned pooling posts lately. I’ve also put together a Total Beginner’s Guide to Crochet Planned Pooling which links to all related posts. Many people have expressed that they were able to learn this technique thanks to these posts, especially with assistance from my Yarn Pooling Made Easy book and this best planned pooling crochet tutorial video. I hope you find that to be true too.

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How I Learned What’s In This Planned Pooling Crochet Tutorial

I certainly didn’t invent planned pooling crochet. In fact, color pooling has accidentally happened in yarn crafting ever since multicolored yarns were invented. Then some savvy people figured out that you could channel that to plan out the color pools. This means you can create argyle and other similar patterns. I learned this from a few key places:

Knitting Planned Pooling

Yarn pooling used to always be a bad thing in both knitting and crochet. Colors in multicolored yarn would “pool” in strange ways that people didn’t expect or like. However, then designers realized that with some smart tweaks, they could plan out where the pools would occur. Therefore, they could use the pooling as a design advantage instead of a drawback. Thus planned pooling was born.

I had first known about planned pooling in regards to knitting. I learned from the amazingly talented Laura Bryant who wrote a book on it: Artful Color Mindful Knits. The book’s description includes:

“The author shows how to analyze the dye skein and reveal its color repeat, allowing the crafter to employ stitch gauge and stitch count to intentionally pattern the finished work. As a contrast, further strategies and stitch choices are shown that blend the colors to overcome unwanted pooling and create more gentle gradients.”

She shows this for both knitting and crochet with an emphasis on knitted planned pooling.

Crochet Planned Pooling

I first learned how to do the crochet planned pooling argyle through a blog post on the Red Heart website. That post is now over on Yarnspirations. First I learned the basics from this written planned pooling crochet tutorial, Then, I sat down and swatched and swatched and swatched. I did a lot of swatches to figure out the best way to do the technique. Moreover, I learned how it worked for the different colors. With a lot of practice, I learned how to get the look I wanted for each project.

Along with the many blog posts and videos out there I have found great support and fellow planned pooling lovers in the Planned Pooling with Crochet Facebook group. The admins in the group are fantastic. Plus, the members post so many wonderful projects that they have completed. It’s quite inspiring.

The Most Important Thing I Learned

It’s amazing how much I needed to put aside my years of knowledge and just do what I was told to do. Yet, I wasn’t following a pattern as there wasn’t one for me to follow, Instead, I simply did trial and error. I learned many things through swatching that helped me better perfect how I could teach others to do this technique.

The biggest of which is this: getting a yarn to automatically pool argyle for you without any adjustments is unlikely. More often than not, you will compensate the gauge/tension of a stitch to get the correct color placement in the ch-1 space (when using moss stitch, which I have found to be an ideal stitch for a beginner crochet planned pooling tutorial). Meaning, you may have to adjust the size of the stitch or the actual type of stitch you are using depending on the placement of the color needed to establish and maintain the planned pooling argyle pattern.

This is counterintuitive to what we usually do in crochet. But it’s critical.

Let’s Explore Color Placement

If you think of a planned pooling crochet chart showing you exactly where a color has to go to get an argyle look then you can begin to see what I mean by color placement. If you chart out the argyle with each square representing the Single Crochet stitch of the moss stitch (as that is the only stitch that is showing) then you can see EXACTLY where each color has to go.

Let’s think about this in different techniques. For example, if you were doing cross stitch, then you would place whatever color was indicated in the chart for the color in that space. Likewise, if you were doing fair isle knitting, then you would strand the color needed in that space -behind the other colors in place to make that stitch the correct color as indicated in the chart. And if you were doing argyle, then you would have bobbins of color dangling from the work and would use the correct color for that stitch as indicated in the chart. All of these are reasonable and possible options for using a color placement chart like this one.

BUT, we don’t want to do cross stitch, or strand our yarn, or do actual argyle, Instead we want to do PLANNED POOLING ARGYLE crochet where the yarn does the work for us. So, we work along in moss stitch and manipulate the yarn to make sure that when the color is supposed to change from one to another, it happens. Sometimes we do that by changing hook size and other times by changing a single crochet to a half double crochet or ch 1 instead of ch 2 on the turn.

Because the yarn is not made to automatically work into argyle and is sometimes inconsistent in the lengths of color, it is our job to make it work by manipulating it. The yarn does most of the work, but we have to make adjustments to control it.

Clear as mud, huh? Well, I’ve made this Best Planned Pooling Crochet video that will hopefully make it clearer for you.

Here’s Where to Start With Planned Pooling

Here are the things you’ll need to do to start.

The Yarn For Planned Pooling Crochet

The first thing I want you to do is learn about the right yarn for planned pooling. When I first created this planned pooling crochet tutorial video, I shared a list of yarns from Red Heart that are supposed to work for Planned Pooling Argyle. Some of these are more difficult to pool than others but at least you have a starting point. And I suggested RHSS in Earth and Sky or Zebra color ways or With Love in Delightful or Fruit Punch.

However, since that time, I’ve actually worked with Red Heart to develop Super Saver Pooling yarn. This yarn is specifically designed for this technique. Therefore, you might want to start with it.

Watch the Best Planned Pooling Crochet Tutorial Video

Now it’s time to grab a crochet hook, pick up your variegated yarn, and watch the video below, In less than thirty minutes, you’ll be able to join me in the wonders of making planned pooling argyle crochet.

Many people have told me that this video is what helped them overcome the challenge of learning this technique and to be able to do it. Recently on Instagram @majobekhosi said, “I made a hooded cowl from your YouTube video and I love it.” And comments on the video itself include this from Denise Chavez: “I’ve been doing my swatches for 3 days now. And I think its finally turning out. I’ve changed my hook twice and I think I need to do it one one time. But I its coming along. I’m using the lemon drop color yarn from red heart.” Also, Princess Pea wrote:

“I’ve worked on this all night, and I finally have a swatch that resembles something like argyle! So, I’m going to get this down if it kills me! ???? I’m so glad that you showed your own multiple imperfect swatches toward the end, because now I don’t feel so inadequate. If you can’t get it perfect every time, then my newbie mess is more excusable. ???? Thank you for all of these tutorials, Marly. You’ve made planned pooling easy to understand. Of course application is not the same as theory, but I’ve got plenty of time to practice.”

Once you’ve learned the basics in the Best Crochet Tutorial Planned Pooling Argyle video, watch the follow up video, 10 Secrets to Perfect Planned Pooling.

Looking for more PLANNED POOLING ARGYLE PROJECTS?

Of course you are, you are ready to jump into the pool too! The best place to start, after those videos, is right here. You’ll find a series of gradually more challenging patterns and techniques through that post. Have fun with this amazing crochet technique!!

Free Valentine Blankets to Crochet and Knit

January 11, 2021 By Marly Bird Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day is in about a month, so there’s still time to get started on an afghan or throw! These 30 free Valentine blankets from Yarnspirations are full of hearts, cables, and other little details. Make one for yourself and your spouse, or make one to give as a gift to someone you care about.

30 Free Valentine Blankets to Crochet and Knit

Valentine’s Day Throws

Yarn Pooling Made Easy – Crochet Patterns, Tips, Tricks, Videos, and Book Reviews

January 11, 2021 By Marly Bird 6 Comments

I’ve had the opportunity to work on a lot of knitting and crochet books with Leisure Arts, and here’s one of the most popular: Yarn Pooling Made Easy. Crochet color pooling is a fun technique that lets you make argyle prints and other similar graphic color designs using basic crochet stitches. It looks harder than it is; this book tells you absolutely everything you need to know about how to do yarn pooling in crochet.

When I released Yarn Pooling Made Easy in 2017, I wanted to celebrate this new book with an online party. We did a big blog tour featuring reviews from some of my favorite designer friends. And I also did ten days of videos showcasing the patterns in the book along with tips and hints for planned pooling. While the giveaways are long over, I think all of the reviews and videos can help you learn a lot more about Yarn Pooling Made Easy.

NOTE: This post was originally for the blog tour in 2017. It’s been updated to highlight what you would want to know from the book today, to make crochet planned pooling more accessible to you. Any mentions of giveaways are outdated; all giveaways related to Yarn Pooling Made Easy have already passed.

I’m So Excited About Planned Pooling

Planned pooling crochet became a hot topic around 2016. People realized that you could take advantage of the color changes in multicolored yarn to “pool” the colors in specific, planned out ways. This means that you can create beautiful prints using a single ball of yarn (or multiple balls from the same dye lot.) Although people immediately loved the idea of crochet pooling, they found that there was a tough learning curve to getting started.

I immediately knew that this was an area I wanted to help people with. It’s such a fun aspect of the craft that allows you to make the most use of color in crochet. I got very serious very quick about using my skills to teach others how to do this. Therefore, anyone who needs some guidance of where to start with planned pooling should head to my YouTube channel and watch the videos in my planned pooling playlist. Additionally, check out my Total Beginners Guide to Crochet Planned Pooling, which lays it all out for you and links to all of the blog posts on the topic that you’ll need to go Fromm beginner to advanced. And, of course, Yarn Pooling Made Easy is a resource you should consider, since it shows you start to finish how to crochet this color technique.

Reading through my blog posts you will see that I was lucky to have two wonderful ladies help me get the information out to you on the planned pooling topic. These two ladies are also a part of the Planned Pooling Crochet Facebook group. Head over to the group page for some amazing support from others who love to work with planned pooling crochet.

More About Yarn Pooling Made Easy

With 8 original designs in the book, I hope that you will find something that you love. You’ll have all of the instruction you’ll need to make:

3 different scarfs: a zig zag, a hooded scarf, and another one that especially showcase the planned pooling technique
Matching set of cowl, writers, and hat – especially great for gifting
Baby things: cocoon and car seat cover
Child’s sweater
Crochet planned pooling poncho with raglan yoke

And below you’ll learn even more about all of these patterns. Each was designed in Red Heart yarns, which is why Red Heart joined Leisure Arts (the publisher – check out all my books with them) to offer giveaways for the original blog tour.

The blog tour was years ago and the giveaways are over, but something new has happened since then that I want to make sure you know about: Red Heart created a yarn specifically for Planned Pooling. If you really want to have Yarn Pooling Made Easy for you then using this yarn is a great place to start!

Learn More About Each Project on YouTube!

In addition to the original blog tour, at the time that I released Yarn Pooling Made Easy, I also did a ten day YouTube video tour of the book. While the giveaways mentioned in the videos are no longer relevant, the videos DO have a ton of information you might still enjoy.

Each video shows you a pattern in the book in more detail. If you want to get a chance to see exactly what’s in Yarn Pooling Made Easy – and also just to get a better idea of what things look like when crocheted in this technique, then these videos will help.

In each video, I also talk to you more about the yarn choices for planned pooling. I give you tips and tricks that are exactly the things I used to create Yarn Pooling Made Easy. And I often give you some behind-the-scenes fun information about the pattern

Cover Scarf from Yarn Pooling Made Easy

The first video is all about the scarf that you see on the cover of Yarn Pooling Made Easy. I mention that it’s great to start planned pooling with a crochet scarf like this one because it only requires one color sequence. As you start color pooling, you’ll discover that multiple sequences is a more advanced skill. You’ll also get a tip on where to go if you get stuck with crochet planned pooling.

Wristers, Cowl, and Hat Matching Pattern Set

This pattern set is great for two big reasons: you get the chance to make different types of items using the planned pooling technique so you’ll grow your skills quickly. And you end up with a matching set that you can wear or gift. Learn from the video what my thought process was about why this pattern set makes a perfect choice as the second pattern in the Yarn Pooling Made Easy book.

Planned Pooling Zig-Zag Scarf

In this video, I explain that each pattern in Yarn Pooling Made Easy gets a little bit harder than the last. After all, you want to start easy and build your skills with a new technique right? So, learn what makes this zig zag scarf a little more challenging than the first full scarf in the book. And you’ll also get some inside info on who helped me make this pattern really work out right!

Crochet Planned Pooling Car Seat Cover

Find out in this video why this is one of my personal favorite crochet projects in Yarn Pooling Made Easy. (Here’s a hint.) And you’ll also see what makes this a car seat cover rather than just a baby blanket.

Yarn Pooled Baby Cocoon

With this project you get the chance to combine a solid yarn with planned pooling. Another new skill!

Hooded Crochet Scarf

Here’s the third crochet scarf pattern in the book. As you can see, this one is different because it has a hood. So it’s cozy. But visit the video to find out what else is different about making this crochet scarf. Also – there’s a tiny error in the book (we’ve already got the errata for this) and you can find out from this video what it was!

Child’s Crochet Sweater

Isn’t this the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? I love it. Learn the different parts to it and the stitch used throughout when you watch the short video.

Planned Pooling Poncho with Raglan Yoke

Make yourself a beautiful crochet poncho using the planned pooling technique. From this video, you can learn about a crochet pattern I’ve made that this is similar to – and find out what’s different about the two patterns.

What People Think About Yarn Pooling Made Easy

When I make a purchase I always feel better when a friend has recommended the item. To help you see how great the new projects are, I shared a copy of the book with some of my friends so they could review it and share their honest opinion. Here are some excerpts from – and the links to – the original blog posts that were part of the Yarn Pooling Made Easy blog tour. I hope they give you more insight into why this book remains one of the most popular books on this unique crochet technique.

Calleigh’s Clips and Crochet Creations

This blog review shares how the designer, who ended up making the car seat cover, had tried yarn pooling in the past and failed. She recommends Yarn Pooling Made Easy as the best resource for solving this problem.

Accrochet

Similarly, Julie of Accrochet said, “Planned colour pooling has been around for about a year, but is not necessarily easy to pick up. This book aims to help you with this!” Meet Julie here.

The Stitchin’ Mommy

Here’s another person who tried the technique, didn’t get it at first, and then succeeded thanks to the book. She writes, “Since there are so many variables for achieving successful color pooling, Marly breaks it all down and explains the secret to the technique and how to apply it to the 10 gorgeous patterns in the book.”

Crochet Memories

She calls me a “pioneer in discovering the secrets of planned color pooling for crochet.” And adds: “Marly Bird has taken this concept (of planned pooling) to a whole new level so you too, can enjoy the benefits of working this technique with style, precision, and success!”

Pattern Paradise

This one was a fun review. On the one hand, it echoes some of the others when she says, “As a lover argyle patterns I found myself attempting the technique but with little success and lots of frustration, until NOW!” But then she decided to learn the basics of the technique from the book as a tool to crochet her own unique design. It’s a planned pooling throw pillow and the post links to her pattern (just click the image of it.) Meet Maria here.

5 Little Monsters

One great point made in this review: “One thing that I noticed when people would post about their pooled projects is that they never really knew what to make with it. They would end up with a long skinny crocheted piece that they could turn into a scarf but that was about it. Because it is so vital to keep the number of stitches just right to keep the pattern going it is hard to make anything other than a rectangle. If you didn’t want to make a scarf than what did you do with it?” This book’s 8+ patterns (because it’s ten if you count the items in the matching set separately) give you options.

YARNutopia

Even established crocheters sometimes struggle with first learning planned pooling. In this post, Nadia shares how hard the struggle was for her. Then says, “I began to work my yarn into to the right calculations and GUESS WHAT, it works!!!! It worked out for me!!! I started to see how the pooling effect created the argyle pattern, and boy, I did an epic happy dance all over my house!!!! How thrilling!! This has been the ONLY helpful guide for me to be able to succeed on something that I was about to give up on. I am typically NOT a quitter and thank goodness, because if I was, I would not have found my way to this great book and Marly’s fantastic videos and I would not be Yarn Pooling today!”

Fun fact: I once designed a baby blanket as a gift for YARNutopia.

Same DiNamics Crochet

“Honestly, this book is refreshing and gets right into the good stuff, patterns! You get some information on how to be prepared for planned yarn pooling, some background on Marly, and then straight to the patterns. They really are quite that simple. I have to say, the two things that were evident throughout the book were: all patterns are labeled Easy, and; there is minimal weaving in of ends. Easy and little weaving in ends? I’m in! With yarn pooling, you get a gorgeous and effective design with little work at the end. That’s a win for me!”

Nicki’s Homemade Crafts

Everyone has their favorite projects from the book. Nicki’s Homemade Crafts says, “This red Hooded Scarf is absolutely wonderful. It looks very pretty and will make any woman, or even teen or child looks special and phenomenal.”

Looping With Love

In addition to highlighting the ease of learning this technique using the book, this book review says, “I love that each design in the book provides the pattern’s skill level, a finished item size, shopping list of materials needed, gauge information, stitch guide, the pattern, plenty of notes, and finishing/edging sections.”

Underground Crafter

And here’s a succinct summary: “If you’ve ever wondered how to control those pools of color your variegated yarn makes when you’re crocheting, you may have found your book.” Meet Marie of Underground Crafter here.

*NOTE: Just a reminder that all of these links were originally part of the Yarn Pooling Made Easy blog tour, so they mention giveaways but those are all done now. These posts are to let you know more about the book and how to learn planned pooling