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SAVE 20%
Fabulous Felt
Poinsettia Wreath
from Pick Up Sticks
Add to the holiday spirit in your house with this beautiful felted Poinsettia Wreath. Suitable for intermediate knitters and beyond, you will have fun making this kit and then year after year you will enjoy its simple beauty. Use indoors or sheltered areas outdoors.
SPECIAL OFFER
Pick Up Sticks is offering 20% off just for readers of the Knit and Crochet Today Newsletter.
Regular Price: $39
You pay only:
$31.20 + S/H
To get your 20% discount, use coupon code FELT09 when you place your order. Just click on the link below to order your kit.
Each flower is knit in four pieces, felted separately then assembled and attached to the base.
The kit comes complete with the pattern, yarn,
wreath base and floral wires. You supply size 10 double point needles.
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As we write this newsletter, we are just recuperating from Halloween and we are beginning our grocery list for Thanksgiving. And, take a deep breath...that means that Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are just around the corner. With that thought, the REAL panic sets in. In spite of good intentions last January, if you are like us, you didn't start making gifts months ago and you didn't take advantage of all those post-season sales to stock up for next year.
To help you get started on quick-to-make, fun-to-give projects we've included two FREE patterns for chunky mittens made in either knit or crochet. With projects like this you'll be able to quickly check off a few of those must-make gifts.
We've also included info on felting, one of this year's fun crazes. Follow the link to Maggie Pace, one of K&CT's experts for the 4-1-1 on this nifty craft, then use the discount coupon on the bottom of the newsletter to make Maggie's original design for a gorgeous felted holiday wreath.
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Get your holiday knitting and crochet off to a fast start with FREE patterns for mittens and scarves from Bernat Yarns. Both are quick-to-make on size 9 needles or a J hook. Just click the links to download the knit pattern or crochet pattern.
You can also visit Bernat Yarns to see hundreds of other fashion and home dec patterns and to learn more about their complete line of yarns for knitting, |
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Full of Felt
Do you know the difference between felting and fulling? Often the terms are used interchangeably, but according to Wikipedia "Knitted woolen garments which shrink in a hot machine wash can be said to have felted but, more accurately, they have been "fulled". Felting differs from fulling in the sense that fulling is done to fabric whereas felting is done to fibers that are not in fabric form." Check out this link to Fulling in Wikipedia. The pictures and descriptions on how it was done in the past are worth the time! Whether you call it fulling or felting, it is fun to do (when you do it on purpose)! The Knit and Crochet Today PBS  TV program is lucky to have an expert knitter and felter, Maggie Pace. This prolific designer has written two felting books plus she hosts Pick Up Sticks, a popular website that includes info on felting basics and creative kits that will definitely make you want to give this craft a try.
Read Felting 101 at Maggie's website, treat yourself to one of Maggie's books at Jimmy Beans Wool and order the beautiful Poinsettia Wreath
kit shown to the left that Maggie is offering at a special discount just for readers of the Knit and Crochet Newsletter. Fun for you! Fun for the Holidaze! |
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It's OK to Knit Out. The verdict is in. It's OK to knit (or crochet) in public. A recent question sent to "Ask Amy", the syndicated columnist, asked if it was OK to knit while visiting with friends. The writer, "Knit Wit in California", assured Amy that she was knitting a simple project and was able to participate even though her hands were busy. Knit Wit's un-enlightened husband thought it was rude to knit while others were talking, eating, and drinking.
Amy's Answer: "I don't think it's rude to knit in the presence of others. In fact, the world would be a more congenial place if more people laid aside their hand-held devices and picked up needles and yarn."
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