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Little Treasures Rainbow Pouch Felted Knitting Pattern
Hehe, the Little Treasures Rainbow Pouch Felted Knitting Pattern is one of those projects that didn’t turn out exactly as I had planned… but totally has it’s own charm about it. Of course the trolls…
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Blue and Sparkly “Show and Tell”
Early in the Fall, I realized that Fairy had outgrown basically all of her sweaters. So of course I set off to rectify that situation. One of the main places she wears sweaters is in…
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Rainbow Yarn Christmas Ornaments
We have this little “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree in our family room. The big one, with all the bells and whistles is in the living room centered in the big front window. It is beautiful…
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Newbie Knitting | Knit & Purl Wash Clothes
To practice knitting and purling I have included 2 wash cloth patterns. These make a great gift when paired with a special bar of soap. When working in stockinette stitch (when you knit one side…
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Pixie Knits!
After bath time last night, my barely five year old Pixie brought me a skein of yarn and asked if I could teach her to knit. I think the kids know that the best way to…
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Newbie Knitting | The Purl Stitch
Lesson Five: The Purl Stitch So now that you have been knitting for awhile, it is time to learn the purl stitch. You actually already know the mechanics… IN, AROUND, UNDER, OFF… but this time…
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Block-Work Knit Hat Pattern
Part of our Newbie Knitting series, this Block-Work Knit Hat Pattern is perfect for beginning knitters. Come learn to knit with Wee Folk Art. Have you been working on your knit blocks for your Block-Work…
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Making Pom Poms
Newbie Knitting Lesson Four : Making Pom-Poms If you are following along with our Newbie Knitting series you will need to make two pom-poms to complete your Block-Work Hat. There are a couple different ways…
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How To’s and Stitch Glossary
Stitch Glossary: Here is a collection of detailed illustrations to help you with our most commonly used embroidery stitchces. How Tos: Here is a collection of tutorials and tips that will help you with things…
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Fairy’s Baby Chick Project
Fairy is taking my beginning knitting class and she has been diligently working on her projects. She wanted to share photos of her Baby Chick with strict instructions on the copyrights. “You can put it…
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Newbie Knitting : Block-Work Hat Project
Project Three : Block-work Hat I designed this hat project to help us review everything we have learned so far. This hat requires you to complete casting on, knitting, binding off and seaming multiple times.…
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Newbie Knitting | Easy Headband Project
For one of our first projects in my Newbie Knitting class, I wanted something fairly simple, quick to finish and something the girls in my class could wear to show off their new skills. This…
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Newbie Knitting | Finishing Your Little Birdie
To finish your Little Birdie that we started last week, you will need a yarn needle, scissors, and a softball size amount of batting. Fold your birdie in half diagonally to make a triangle. Have your…
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Newbie Knitting | Binding Off
Lesson Three : Binding Off Binding off is how we get those live stitches off of our needles in a way that they will no longer unravel. Since it is one of those things that…
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Celebrating Pixie
This weekend we celebrated our dear, sweet baby’s fifth birthday with joy and love.
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Newbie Knitting | Little Birdie
Newbie Knitting: Project One Updates! I had some corrections to make and wanted to get some better photos up. Sorry for any confusion. We had out of town guests all week and Pixie’s birthday this…
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Newbie Knitting | The Knit Stitch
Lesson Two: The Knit Stitch Alright, by now you should be quite comfortable with Casting On using the Backwards Loop Cast-On. It is time to learn what to do once you get all those stitches…
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Wee Folk Art Knits
I will be adding to this page as I add more tutorials and projects. Newbie Knitting Lessons Introduction: Materials List Lesson One: Slip Knot Backwards Loop Cast On Lesson Two: Knit Stitch Project One: Begin…
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Newbie Knitting | Backwards Loop Cast On
Lesson One: The Backwards Loop Cast-On Before you can knit, you need to Cast On. Casting On is how you get that first row of stitches onto your needle. The Backwards Loop Cast-On method (also…
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Newbie Knitting | Slip Knot
In order to start knitting you will need to get that first row of stitches onto your needle. There are several different methods of “Casting On” and no matter which one you decide to learn…
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Newbie Knitting | Introduction
As promised, I will be starting my Newbie Knitting classes this week. For those of you who would like to join in, here is a materials list to get you started. All of the projects…
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Quietly Playing
You know that quiet play that as a parent you hate to interrupt because your intrusion, even just for a moment, can break the spell of wonderful imaginative play? Of course this same quiet can…
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Fairy’s Dollie Blankie
*UPDATE: Fairy got a huge grin when I read her all the lovely comments. It is very encouraging.* Fairy wanted me to share some of her photos. She has recently finished her first “bigger” knitting…
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