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Often just one pattern in a book will charm me and I buy the book.  In the case of my recent book purchase, “Civil War Legacies II, 17 Small Quilt Patterns for Reproduction Fabrics”, by Carol Hopkins, I loved every

It’s May!! Flowers and yarn and gardening and yarn and newborn animals and yarn!! Hurray! We made it through April! It’s time to start a new hat! This month’s hat patterns were sampled with Noro “Silk Garden Sock” (multi-color yarn)

April 6, 2020 HOW’S everyone doing with the knitalong?? Are we HAVING a good time with it? Finding words that start with H is HARDER than I thought it would be! I’ll stop now. But, really. The knitalong.  I’m only

Hello Friends! I hope you are all doing well & staying healthy. Don’t forget to work on your mental health by taking a walk, snuggling with a pet, reading a book or sewing something fun and quick. If you know me, you

Well. Things have gotten a little wild since the last hat announcement, huh? I considered just skipping the April hats, but honestly, we need projects, AND these are two of my favorite of all of the hat patterns. 🙂 These

Have you all seen this new pattern from Atkinson Design called “Rocky Mountain Runner”? This is a fast, easy, and fun table runner. And who doesn’t love a new runner on the table? This one uses fat eighths and is

  Are you almost done with the MILES of stockinette or single crochet in the Febrary hat??  Don’t forget to post a photo of your finished hat on Instagram with #WS12Hatsof2020 or in our Facebook group (12 Hats of

On Our Needles and Hooks …  by Amy 12 Hats of 2020  How is your first hat of 2020 going?? You have until the end of the month (Friday, January 31) to bring in your finished hat made with Wooden Spools

  Who loves a zipper pouch pattern?  I do! I do!! We just got in a new pattern from Lazy Girl Designs called “Zoey Zips.” It, of course, uses the Atkinson zippers that we carry in the store ($.99 for