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No-Bull Book Review: Noro 1-2-3

Today’s book review: the new Noro book from Sixth & Spring. It’s called Knit Noro 1 2 3 Skeins, and as the title suggests, all the patterns in the book can be made with either one, two or three skeins of Noro yarn. Noro yarns come in all gauges, and this book takes advantage of that, featuring yarns as fine…

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Swinging with Barb Brown

The weekend was a whirl of activity, from the time I retrieved Barb Brown from the airport until I dropped her back off for her flight this morning. It’s always wonderful to spend a weekend with a good friend who I don’t see that often. And we made the most of our time together.     Friday we took a…

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Coming this weekend: Barb Brown at Loop!

The legendary Barb Brown, author of Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary and designer of many beautiful patterns, like the Cushington Square Pillow from Sock Yarn Studio, is going to share some of her knitting secrets with us at Loop this weekend….. When you see her beautiful stranded knitting, you’ll want to sign up for some of her classes.…

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