Alpaca yarn

Do you suffer from pain in the wrist and hand while knitting or doing other crafts? Here are some things you can do to take care of your wrists and lessen pain.

Would you like to set up an online store, take your products or crafts on the road or set up a bricks and mortar store? Get expert advice from my friend Julie Petty of Alpaca Meadows.

My two simple afghan knitting patterns, plus links to other sites offering free afghan patterns. One of these easy patterns is made with Alpaca yarn, which I love working with!

Fashion Designer Julie Nash uses alpaca yarn almost exclusively for her 1970’s style knit dresses and ponchos. See a slideshow of her collection at Fashion Week El Paseo on March 25.

I used this same easy, lacy knitted scarf pattern for several different scarves and got an entirely different look for each one. Try this free knitted scarf pattern with any type of yarn or any size knitting needles and see what you come up with.

Here’s the mobius scarf I recently made, along with links to other free knitted and crocheted mobius scarf patterns.

I knitted this simple yoga blanket for use in my yoga class. It’s small and convenient to carry and it cushions my knees, head or hips.

I’ve never seen a slouch hat pattern for the knifty knitter so decided to invent my own pattern. Here is the resulting slouch hat, with instructions.

Latest photos of new baby hats made on a knifty knitter, along with links to free knifty knitter patterns.

Slouch hats are all the rage and finding a slouch hat knitted pattern, similar to the slouch hat worn in the movie, Twilight, isn’t easy to do. Here are the slouch hat knitted patterns I found after several hours of searching the net. Most are free and 2 are from Etsy.com.