Tips, Tutorials, & Useful Information

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Glossary
Yarn Terms

 

Helpful information
How to Wash Handmade Items, understanding the care symbols and how to wash your handmade items.
Organic, Eco-Friendly, and Fibershed what do these mean?
Sheep breeds, a bit of history on domestic sheep and information on some of our favorite breeds for wool.

 

Tips & Tricks
Combining Yarns, Knitting & Crochet Gauges handy downloadable charts and guidance on how to use them
Counting Rows with Stitch Markers easy and idiot proof
How to Pick the Right Yarn for a Sweater  a helpful post on our blog
Picking up Stitches at Armholes - Stress Free & No Holes!
What Your Future Self Needs To Know About Your Project your future self will thank you. Includes a pdf worksheet you can download or print.  
When Row Gauge Matters sometimes it really does matter. The when, how, and why.
Yarn Chicken or can I knit another row?

 

Tutorials
Knitting Tutorial: the Cable Cast-on
Knitting Tutorial: the Fala Cast-on