Featured Crafter: Rachel from The Yellow Hobbit
July 9, 2010 by Dawn
Filed under Featured Crafter, Knitting
In this Featured Crafter, we hear from Rachel from The Yellow Hobbit. Read on to hear Rachel’s story about how watching others knit opened her up to the fiber world.
Tell me a little bit about yourself.
I’m a fiber artist who knits and spins, and I also dye my own yarn and wool roving.
The name The Yellow Hobbit comes from the fact that I’m a Tolkien fan, and I consider myself to be a hobbit because I’m really short (I’m 4′11″). Being a hobbit is much more fun than just being short. I started going by this nickname my freshman year of college, and it stuck. So I figured that it would be a good name for my store as well.
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Buenos Aires Yarn District is Like No Other
June 13, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Current Craft Stories, General Crafts, Knitting

Yarn stores in Buenos Aires, Argentina are operated much differently than those in the United States. I recently visited Buenos Aires and shopped at a few of their local yarn stores. Their unofficial yarn district had about 15 yarn shops within a 2 block area, along the 900 block of Scalabrini Ortiz. . Read more
Yarnbombing
February 12, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Current Craft Stories, General Crafts, Knitting
Hundreds of knitters around the world have begun wrapping their huge woolly creations around public property like trees, street signs and lampposts.
They then take photos of their colourful “art” and post them on internet sites for fellow knitters to view and comment on.
One of the most ambitious pieces of work saw a woman spend an entire week covering a disused single decker bus in colourful swatches.
The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen ‘tags’.
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Smitten Mitten – Perfect for Valentine’s Day
February 7, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Free Craft Patterns, Knitting, Seasonal Crafts
These mittens are absolutely adorable and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, they would be perfect to knit up for you and your mate. Read more
Noro Striped Scarf
January 21, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Free Craft Patterns, Knitting
I had to share this scarf with all of you whether you knit or not. It is so gorgeous just to look at! It knits up quick and is so much fun to watch the colors take shape. I knit the one in the left picture with yarn purchased from
MsYarn.
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Brick Washcloth
January 6, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Bath and Body, Free Craft Patterns, Knitting

I recently made these washcloths. I needed a fun washcloth because the ones in the store are just too plain. Here’s the pattern so you can make your own Fun Washcloths!
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