November 2011
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October 2011
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Harvest Apple Butter
Faced with making an extremely large amount of apple butter for Regina’s autumn wedding and not being able to find a recipe, I decided to make my own. It had to be classic, but with a little extra “autumn” in the mix. After a few test batches, this was what we decided on.
20 large apples, peeled and finely chopped
4 cups sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp...
September 2011
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August 2011
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Olwyn the Elephant - newest pattern →
A customer requested an organic elephant, and I ended up writing down the pattern when I made her.
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Baby's room bunting
Bunting banners are so whimsically adorable. I’ve been seeing them on the front page of etsy and they’ve been catching my eye for the past couple of months. I definitely think they are going to be the next big thing. When the string of white lights that we had up in the kids’ room burnt out and had to be replaced, the first thing that came to mind was a string of buntings...
July 2011
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Rainbow cake
Jude wanted to make me a rainbow birthday cake this year, and how could I say no to that? I saw something here on the craft magazine blog that made me think it would work, but I didn’t feel like making the cake from scratch so I changed it up a bit. I used two boxes of classic vanilla cake mix. Each layer was about 2 cups of batter, baked in a 9” round pan and colored with plain...
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I spent almost all of my summer of 2010 working for a publisher to make simplified versions of some Yarnigans patterns for a book that would teach knitting to kids. That book is now available for pre-order here at Barnes and Noble.
Also, today is my birthday. Best birthday ever.
June 2011
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So I guess the “behind the scenes” photo of my mermaids was featured in Tumblr’s craft tag. Thanks crafty people! Welcome, new followers!
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Some household crafting
Our house was built on the cheap in the early 90’s and as a result, there are some aspects of it that are really, really hideous. Cheap off-white appliances. Low quality ecru carpet (mostly torn out now.) Wood veneer cabinets. And these amazingly horrible things:
The cheapest of the cheap, hollow wood closet doors in the variety of Ugly. In every room. We’ve torn a lot of them...
May 2011
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My top 5 lessons I've learned as a professional...
I know I’ve been posting about this a lot, but I’m coming up on my five year anniversary of the opening of my shop at yarnigans.etsy.com. I’ve sort of been having the idea of doing this post for a while now, but I figured since it was a bit of an occasion (to me, anyway), I would go ahead and break out of my normal Yarnigans voice and say what I want to say. See, I’ve...
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The Five Year Anniversary celebration continues today, with a new promotion— buy any two patterns, get one free. If you use ravelry, the coupon code is 5YEARS.
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Happy May, everyone!
This May marks the five year anniversary of the opening of my etsy shop. I really can’t believe it’s been five years… I have been so incredibly lucky to be able to do what I love and share it with the world for so long.
For my anniversary celebration, I have decided to do a different promotion every week, for the entire month. This week (5/2 to 5/8)...
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New patterns! Some books! Spring is here!
As usual, I’ve gotten terribly neglectful of the Yarnigans blog. BUT! There has been a lot going on in Yarnigans land, so I’ll try to catch you up.
I’ve put out two new patterns since my last real blog post, and I’m so excited about both of them. The first is Porter the Monkey, and he was a special request from my friend Jennifer, for her little boy’s...
April 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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Tahlia the Sheep
Pattern available now at both the etsy and ravelry shops.
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Clothespin hat hanger
I know I haven’t put up any Yarnigans updates in a while, and it’s because I haven’t really been doing much Yarnigans work. I have a new baby, plus the 3-year-old to deal with, and it’s been crazy. I did want to share this cute project that the kid and I did yesterday, though—
We have a kids’ coat rack in our kitchen dining area, and it has been great for...
January 2011
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December 2010
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Sale today
Today only, all three colors of the “Theodore” bear are buy one, get one 50% off. This means two amazing knitted teddies for just $45. There are limited quantities available so act fast!
November 2010
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Merry Knitted Toy Trio
I actually managed to get this pattern finished and ready just in time for the holiday knitting season. They’re small, they’re easy, they’re versatile. Three mini dolls - a snowman, a gingerbread man, and an elf - they are just as well suited to be sturdy toys for little hands as they are to be gift-toppers or ornaments. I even had my Christmas tree ready for their photo...
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Theodore
Some new teddy bears just listed for the holiday shopping season, looking like they just came out of Santa’s workshop.
White Chocolate Cranberry Studded Fudge 1 POUND... →
Uhm, yes please?
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“If consumerism has become about our physical dependence on others to make things...”
– A must-read. Make tea.
Heather Ross: Craft, Elevated
(via kpwerker)
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Holiday Listings
It may seem early, but after 4 years of selling on etsy, I have finally gotten myself together enough to start getting my holiday gift listings up in a timely fashion. I have a few plans for patterns that are going to be my “production pieces” this Christmas season— meaning I’m going to keep making identical ones over and over as they sell— and so far, I have two of...
October 2010
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Interview with Knit 1 for the Road →
Did you know I did an interview with Margaret Nock, author of Knit 1 for the Road, last week? I met her a Fiber Festival and she’s super sweet. Check it out on her blog.
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Jumbo yarnigans
At the request of my 3-year-old son, I made up two of my patterns in Lion Brand Wool-Ease thick and quick that we picked up on clearance at the local Hancock Fabrics. I followed the patterns pretty much as I had written them on size 10 needles. They turned out far more amazing than I could have imagined. There will definitely be more jumbo yarnigans in our future.
September 2010
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August 2010
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Norwegian Winter Doll
Improvised this doll over several days to submit to the Julia A. Purnell Museum in Snow Hill, MD for their annual Delmarva Needle Art Show. The doll’s body is crocheted from Cascade 220 on a size G hook. The clothes were knitted on size US 3 double pointed needles from various sock yarns, improvised from real patterns for children, with added fair isle accents. More pictures over at...
July 2010
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Mario the Hedgehog
The Mario the Hedgehog pattern is now up for sale on etsy and ravelry. There are a few finished hedgehog toys in the etsy shop, as well.
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June 2010
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