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Knitting 101: Knit Beanie
Hey Friends! Now that you’ve learned how to use straight needles, along with some knitting basics like how to make the knit and purl stitch, and how to cast off we can move onto your first knitted project! In this post we will work with circular needles to make a knit beanie.
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Thimble Overview
A while back I had the chance to try out some Clover thimbles. I was working on a hand quilting project and the one I had purchased from another brand had worn out very quickly (nothing like finding that out the hard way with a sharp poke!). I tested out each one and wanted to share my findings here.
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Thimbles
What is it? – Thimbles in one form or another have been around a long as needles have. Ancient sewing artifacts include “press stones”, the precursor to modern thimbles. Almost 2500 years ago residents of the Mediterranean area were using more familiar shaped bronze thimbles. Why? Well, whether you’re pushing a spike through animal hides or a hand sewing needle through a high thread count cotton fabric it still hurts your fingers. Over the years those crude press stones have evolved into the refined, task specific thimbles in use globally…