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Tip of the Week: My Favorite Cast-On

by Lisa Check | Feb 23, 2022 | tip of the day

I have never been able to master the long tail cast on. I can’t figure out how long to make the tail. And I either end up with not enough or too much left over. So this provisional cast on is great. It is like making a crochet chain over your needle. Here is a...

It’s Time to Take Care of Your Spinning Wheel

by Lisa Check | Dec 13, 2021 | Flying Goat Farm, tip of the day

When fall turns to winter, it’s time to get out your wheel and do some maintenance. If fact at each change of seasons you should do some care and feeding of your equipment. What should you do? Change the leaders on your bobbinsOil all the moving partsTreat your...

TOTW: Keeping your Patterns

by Lisa Check | Oct 22, 2021 | tip of the day

Do you print out your patterns? I have some I have printed and some I have bought. And I needed a way to organize these and keep track of them. I borrowed my system from a customer. She always carries her notebook to shows or to stores so she has all the information...

Three Yarnie Apps I Really Love

by Lisa Check | Oct 13, 2021 | tip of the day

**Disclaimer: I have not received any compensation for this blog. I truly love these apps and use them personally. The opinions are mine alone. There are 3 yarnie apps on my phone that I simply can not live without. I have to say that these are mostly knitting...

what to do with all those leftover bits

by Lisa Check | Aug 23, 2021 | tip of the day

I have so many baskets and vases filled with little bits of yarn leftover from this project or that one. Do you have those too? I bet you do. What to do with them? Here’s a video that highlights one way that you might want to bring those bits back into a useful...

TOTW: Up Your Color IQ

by Lisa Check | Aug 4, 2021 | tip of the day

I hear crafters talking all the time about having a hard time picking colors for projects. Especially those large multiskein projects with requirements for spreckles and gradients and variegated colors. As usual I’m here to help. At a festival or during our...