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🤩 5 Tools to Keep Your Hand Knits Looking New

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." – New England proverb Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way the SciShow loves cool fossils. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration An Icelandic sweater laid out flat by Freimut Bahlo (via Wikimedia Commons) 🤩 5 Tools to...
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Fair isle colorwork next to a block of intarsia

⚖️ Fair Isle or Intarsia? Which is better?

"I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!" – Geri Halliwell-Horner Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Americans love Root Beer Floats. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration ⚖️ Fair Isle or Intarsia? Which is better? In December of 2000, Stamford...
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🦙 Is Alpaca the BEST wool alternative?

"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it." – Suzanne Weyn Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Half Asleep Chris loves incredible cat tech. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration 🦙 Alpaca: The best wool alternative? Are you someone that finds wool to be just too darn itchy for...
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🤩 MORE Knitting deals for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days!

"Well done is better than well said." – Benjamin Franklin Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Harry Baker loves poems about friendship. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration 🤩 MORE Prime Big Deal Days deals for knitters October 6 and 7 are Prime Big Deal Days on Amazon....
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🔎 I found the BEST knitting deals for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." – Theodore Roosevelt Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Oprah loves giving away cars. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration 🔎 The BEST Prime Big Deal Days deals for knitters October 6 and 7 are Prime Big Deal Days on...
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Skeins of purple tweed yarn

🧥 The truth about how tweed yarn got it's name

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." – J.M. Barrie Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Highland Saga loves bagpipes. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration Purple tweed yarn by distelfliege (via Wikimedia Commons) 🧥 Tweed: The...
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Arbotante by Fran López

🇱🇻 What is a Latvian braid?

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." – Dorothy Parker (American Poet) Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way the Chinese love making bao dumplings. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links.When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration Arbotante by Fran López (via PDXKnitterati) 🇱🇻 What is a...
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🪢 5 Tools to Keep Your Colorwork From Tangling

"If in doubt add twenty more colours." – Kaffe Fassett Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Dolly Parton loves her Coat of Many Colors. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration A stranded colorwork sweater in progress (via Wikimedia Commons) 🪢 5 Tools to Keep Your Colorwork...
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Two-color brioche knitting

🤫 The secret to mastering 2-Color Brioche Knitting

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." – G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World Hello there fellow knitter! This is The Yarnist. The daily newsletter that makes you love knitting the same way Ricky loves Lucy. Disclaimer: This newsletter may contain sponsored ads and affiliate links. When you buy using them, you support our work here at The Yarnist, as we get a small commission. Knitspiration 🤫 The secret to mastering 2-Color Brioche Knitting There are few things in...
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