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Love to teach others? Have strong basic knit or crochet skills? The kids are going back to school, so why don’t you? Join the thousands of knitters and crocheters who’ve already gained the knowledge and confidence to teach others through the Craft Yarn Council’s Certified Instructor’s Program.
The Certified Instructor’s Program equips people with the tools to share their passion for knit and crochet with others and to “stitch it forward”. The program offers many benefits to students,...
We’re so excited because our fall campaign is finally here: #HumansThatYarn! Throughout the rest of the year, we’re going to be featuring six unique people who all craft with yarn and whose stories reflect the variety of people who identify as yarnists. We’ll also highlight several other people in the yarn community who have unique stories that anyone can relate to.
The point of the campaign is to spotlight the unique people behind yarn crafts, rather than focus on one specific...
Q: What's the longest time you have spent working on one project?
A: "The project that had the most hours spent working on it has to be the tiger rug from my book (Faux Taxidermy Knits). The tiger uses almost three kilos of yarn and is knitted on 15mm needles, so he's a big project. When I started designing him I spent a day knitting him on one strand of super chunky on 10mm needles only to find it wasn't quite right. So to my boyfriends dismay I ripped the whole thing back and...
Summertime and lazy days are here and did you know that July is National Anti-Boredom Month? The Craft Yarn Council is celebrating Anti-Boredom Month for the second year in a row with a Crafty Not Bored social media potluck.
Bust boredom and get inspired for your next project by joining the potluck on Facebook and Instagram. This month, work up some of you favorite food related patterns and bring your dish to the party on July 21. Wear your food, play with your food,...
This month, Montana and I had the chance to play with yarn banners on fancy branches, Tassle makers and banners.
Material we used:
1 Skiens of Red Heart Grande
2 Skeins of Wool Ease Thick and Quick
Scissors
Hefty Tree Branch
The same basic principles we used in macrame can be seen here in the creation of this yarn banner.
Montana tied the strands of yarn using the same knot from our Macrame project you can see the technique here.
After each strand was tied...