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Takumi Needles + How to Knit Two Color Brioche Stitch
Learn to Knit Two-Color Brioche Stitch! This week on my Ask Me Monday Facebook Live series, I used Clover Takumi Bamboo Circular Needles to show viewers how to knit two-color (aka bi-color) Brioche Stitch. In the video I go through each step of the basics for this double-knit technique including: joining the Contrasting Color (CC), how to work the Brioche Knit and Brioche Purl stitches, what it means to work each row twice, and how to bind-off once you’re finished! Watch and learn: How to Knit Two Color Brioche Stitch https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvickiehowell%2Fvideos%2F1139665369475344%2F&show_text=0&width=560…
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Clover Mini Weaving Loom: Woven Wall Hanging | Vickie Howell
Wall Hangings: the Clover Mini Weaving Loom Woven wall pieces are once again at the forefront of home decor. Prominently featured on Pinterest, fashion magazines, home catalogues, etc. — you’d be hard pressed to peruse any of them without glimpsing a piece of woven work! Now, thanks to the affordability and accessibility offered by the Clover Mini Weaving Loom you can jump on the trend for maximum home decor happiness, but with a minimum time commitment. You know how I love totally doable DIY and this my friends, makes weaving fit the…
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Ask Me Monday: Mini Weaving Loom
Watch Vickie Howell’s Ask Me Monday featuring Clover’s new Mini Weaving Loom: Click here for the full blog post.
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How to Convert (Almost) Any Hat Pattern to a Messy Bun Beanie
A trend from the early aughts is back in the knitting and crochet worlds, only this time with a slightly different name. Back in 2005, Ponytail Beanies hit the stitching community.
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Super Chunky Hooded Cowl: Takumi Project
No longer am I sitting in my Austin, Texas house sweating, while working with my beloved bulky-weight fibers. Why, you ask? Because it’s FINALLY cold enough outside to sport super chunky knits.
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Oval Knitting Loom: Make a Wine Sleeve!
Oval Knitting Loom Wine Sleeve As the holidays are upon us, I’ve been thinking a lot about host gifts, as well as creative ways to wrap them.
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Crocheted Skull Coasters: Go Skull & Granny this Halloween!
The most morose month of the year is almost upon us, so let us celebrate with something sinister! This week we’re using a Clover Amour Hook and chunky yarn to make crocheted skull coasters for the dastardly drinkers among us. Granny crochet stripes take a terrifying turn when colors are changed mid-round to highlight the skeleton key that is a circle of scs and a cluster of dcs. Happy haunted hooking!
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Crochet a Market Tote Bag!
Where I live in Austin, disposable plastic grocery bags have been outlawed, so I bring my own bags with me when I shop. From heavy duty paper and plastic, to canvas and nylon, there are of course countless reusable options to purchase.
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Sweet Succulent Stitches
I may be crafty, but the only thing in the garden I can craft is the certain demise of any foliage that meets my black-thumbed grasp. And yet, I can’t help feel smitten by the promise of Spring and all of its floral glory!
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Knit 4-Leaf Clover
With a daughter named, “Clover”, as the Yarn Arts Ambassador for Clover Needlecraft, and with a nephew who was born on St. Patrick’s Day the shamrock is a fairly prominent symbol in my life.