Knitting Blogspeak

When reading knitting blogs, it’s helpful to know certain acronyms frequently used by many bloggers.   Otherwise, the posts might not make sense.
Today’s blog vocabulary term is LYS, or Local Yarn Shop.   To qualify as an LYS, a store must be locally owned and independently operated.  Most LYS’s are small, offer a selection of beautiful yarns and a variety of [...]

Pattern Overload

 You can knit or crochet the same cap only so many times.  Today we will reveal the location of an almost endless supply of patterns and new ideas for you!
An increasing number of websites with free patterns are springing up all over the internet.  Individual knitters and crocheters with blogs also post their own patterns for others to use.   It would [...]