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McKnittey Musings — yarn weight

Adding Teacher To The List

Posted by Gretchen A. on

In case you haven't heard, we are excited to be teaching at DFW Fiberfest 2016! We are teaching a class the morning of Sunday, April 3, on yarn weights, gauges and skeins. Join us for a whole lot of fun! Keep posted for more details!

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Circo Cowl MKAL

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

I am constantly working on store samples so I know how the yarns I recommend and sell will work in a project. It is very important to us to have what I call "inventory integrity." In other words, what we carry to sell is what we would buy ourselves.I decided that I needed to take a break from work knitting and make something for myself. Laura Nelkin's latest mystery knitalong project, the Circo Cowl, is launching September 15.

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Let's Rock the East Texas Fiber Festival!

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Join us for the McKnittey Road Show at the East Texas Fiber Festival at the Pickers Pavilion in Lindale, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We are going to be introducing some Collegiate Color kits and McHoliday projects!

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Three Irish Girls is Beckoning!

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Three Irish Girls Beckon has hit our shelves and we are in awe! When they called and said they were going to substitute Beckon for Adorn, I was a little skeptical. But, when I got the fiber I was so glad! It is a 2-ply superwash merino with high twist.

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Vintage Find Friday

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

My friend Jeni scored the cutest knitting notion for me. It is a Raglan Sweater Wheel. You run across these wheels in games and children's books. You rotate a paper wheel behind or inside another paper wheel and line up words, pictures, or symbols and gives you an answer. I am sure there is a technical term for this device. If you know it, let me know. Well, in this case, it dials up a formula for a raglan sweater.

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