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Adapting Beaded Crescent Neck Lace to Other Stitch Counts

Posted on November 8, 2013 by jackiees

Use what you’ve learned in last month’s Beaded Crescent Neck Lace KAL as a jumping off point to make other sizes. Here are the magic numbers. For those who participated (thank you!) in the KAL for Beaded Crescent Neck Lace that … Continue reading →

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Supplies Paks now available for Easy Elegance Mitts KAL

Posted on November 8, 2013 by jackiees

Due to popular request, Supplies Paks to make Easy Elegance Mitts (in mohair/wool yarn like I will be using to demonstrate) are now available in the Online Store in the Supplies Paks department (or see below). When knitted, the beads … Continue reading →

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Have you heard? Indie Design Gift-A-Long

Posted on November 6, 2013 by jackiees

It would be oversight-ful of me to not let you know about a premiere event going on over at Ravelry. It is the 2013 Indie Design Gift-A-Long, a KAL/CAL of epic proportions being held on Ravelry by an elite line-up of … Continue reading →

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Win All This Yarn in November’s Giveaway

Posted on November 5, 2013 by jackiees

November Giveaway – Win All This Yarn The prize to be given to a lucky KnitHeartStrings member this month is over a pound of  assorted quality Dale yarn — 11 balls in all. The assortment (shown below) ranges from fingering/baby … Continue reading →

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Easy Elegance Mitts KAL Kickoff and Shopping List

Posted on November 5, 2013 by jackiees

— indulge yourself  with easy elegance — Let’s kick off November’s KAL! Easy Elegance Mitts are easy to make, yet look so classy. Knit them with or without beads. For the beaded version, you will learn ways to knit smaller-holed beads into … Continue reading →

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Neck Lace: Finishing and Ideas for Wearing

Posted on October 21, 2013 by jackiees

re-looking at “necklace” as “lace for your neck” A Retrospective on Words that Contain “lace” Perhaps because I am partial to lace, I’ve become fascinated with finding words containing “lace”. I stumbled on this quite by accident when considering a … Continue reading →

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Beading the Bind Off Row

Posted on October 21, 2013 by jackiees

Judy B wrote: “Wonderful pattern!  Thank you for creating and sharing this gorgeous piece.” The shape of the crescent is filled in with ever-widening simple garter stitch short rows. The crescent part of the neck lace is done when no … Continue reading →

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