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Well, a few weeks ago, I was wondering what all the fuss was about Ravelry. Now, I get it.
It’s an overwhelming site, to be honest. I can see why people want to join, and why it takes a while to get on, from a programming perspective! When I saw the previews they post about the [...]

Posted on November 1st, 2007 by Dani
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It seems the knitting community is constantly abuzz with words about Ravelry. I hear it’s an awesome database to track your stash, show off your FOs and UFOs, and has great chat forums, etc. I am eager to figure out what’s so special about it, and so I jumped on the bandwagon.
I’m waiting patiently, as [...]

Posted on October 13th, 2007 by Dani
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After such a lousy day all the way around, I mustered up enough to ask JC if I could have a mini Mommy vacation. Not that I need permission, per se, but just to see how he felt about it, if we could afford it, if he had any plans, any reason to object to [...]

Posted on March 20th, 2007 by Dani
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so…..
saturday, april 29th was the minnesota knitters’ guild’s 20th annual yarnover. it was spectacular. the day started early for me- on the planning committee- wet and rainy. the keynote speaker was the wonderful lucy neatby. she spoke of the design process. absolutely wonderful. of course, i had a class [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2006 by Pickleboot
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I was looking at Knitter’s Review whilst surfing, and came across a listing for various festivals/shows involving knitting. I saw one that is definitely tempting, and knowing there are a few of us that live somewhat close enough or would be willing to venture in this direction, I wanted to put it out there. This [...]

Posted on February 28th, 2006 by Dani
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I hardly ever watch TV, so I had no idea that there was this awesome new show about knitting happening on the DIY network. Check out the site here, and be sure to check out the knitster swag they’ve got up at CafePress.
We’re not affiliated with the show in any way, but I’d love to [...]

Posted on November 18th, 2005 by Helen
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I just learned on one of my knitting communities that there is a “gothy” type e-magazine for knitters called, “The Anti-Craft”, and it just came out today (or thereabouts). I have to admit I like the Curse your Boyfriend sweater a bit….hmmm….wonder if it works on husbands….
www.theanticraft.com
Hey, maybe this is more your style (or your [...]

Posted on October 31st, 2005 by Dani
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i have finally found a knitting group that is close to me! most of the SnB type things I was finding were all in DC, and the one that meets close to my office doesn’t actually meet til 6:45 p.m., which puts me hanging around work an extra hour and a half.
Turns out [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2005 by Helen
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