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• October Ravelry craft-along round-up
  … is hosting the Tumbling Curls CAL starting October 12. This Crochet-A-Long can be done using the interlocking crochet technique or the overlay mosaic crochet technique. The repeatable design can be used to create a cowl, scarf, blanket, bag, or more! knit-alongs: Anne B Hanssen Design is hosting an October Knitalong. The theme will be a choice of a children/adult garment with the same design. I will let the knitter choose from a few of my "generations" patterns. Designs by Hanna Gough is …
• Glossary: Ravelry and Knit and Crochet Lingo/jargon and Acronyms
  … Cast-On. JSSBO = Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off. KAL = Knit Along. Multiple knitters work on the same pattern at the same time. KIP = Knit(ting) in public. KK = Knifter Knitter, a.k.a. Knifty Knitter; a knitting loom. Knipping = A zero-sum gain in knitting, where the amount of knitting and frogging/tinking cancel each other out. Knooking = A method of knitting using a modified crochet hook. KL = Knitting loom. KN = Knitting needle. KOK = Keep On Knitting. A friendly sign-off to a PM. KP …
• Thursday Tip: Make it together!
  … and it is so fun to make a pattern alongside other knitters and see their progress. Today I thought I’d share a bit about how to find and participate in a knit along (often abbreviated KAL), crochet along (CAL), spin along (SAL) or other craft along. In a craft along, groups of crafters will join together to cheer each other on as they all work on similar projects – sometimes the same pattern, sometimes a group of patterns all from the same book, sometimes using the same yarn/fiber. If you …
• How do I find and join a group or knit/crochet along?
  Groups are one of the primary places people connect on Ravelry. You can search for groups by location or category in the groups tab. You can also search for knit and crochet alongs there. Once you find a group you would like to join, you can click the “join this group” button in the top right of the group page. This will add the group to your profile and the group discussion threads will be shown under your forums tab. You can customize your forums tab to make things easier to find.
• Thursday Tip: Group Categories
  I’ve had a lot of fun lately participating in a knit-along group on Ravelry so I wanted to let you know how you can find groups by categories that you might be interested in. You can search for groups by category by going to the groups tab and clicking “browse groups by category”. On the left of the screen, you’ll see categories (keep scrolling down, there are a bunch of them) and then click on the category to see the groups in that category. For example, this is …
• Knitting/Crocheting for Charity
  … (No cottons or 100% acrylics please!)~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • Baby Love Blanket Drive: http://www.babyloveblanketdrive.blogspot.com/ “The Baby Love Blanket Drive is a month long, charity knit-along (Nov- Dec) where knitters in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan area (and beyond) will knit blankets for newborns in need. Large Blanket: 37” x 45” , Small Blanket 27” x 34” (If your blanket comes out slightly smaller or larger, that …
• Humans of Ravelry: Meet KatieBea!
  … on Ravelry and on her instagram account, where her story highlights contain a wealth of information she has gathered by asking the community questions about size inclusion, test knitting, diversity, and more. She created the Sweaters for All Along, a Ravelry group for knitting size inclusive sweaters last year (and plans to run another Sweater for All Along this year - join her group to keep posted!). We are thrilled that she agreed to be featured as our newest Human of Ravelry! KatieBea's …
• Knitting/Crocheting for Charity
  … • Caps for a Cure: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/capsforacure/ Join us as we knit caps for chemotherapy patients. Feel the satisfaction of reaching out to others as you enjoy knitting along with the group. • knit4charities: http://www.freewebs.com/knit4charities/ An Australian based group who knit and crochet for charity. We donate our work to homeless people, shelters, hospitals, animal shelters, old folks homes, cancer patients, premmie …
• Search Inside Pattern Notes
  … Once selected, you can apply whatever search terms you like to help you find results from the notes section of pattern pages. This is a great way to further refine your searches in creative ways: think about searching for holidays, craft-alongs, charitable organizations, and anything designers may write about in the pattern notes section that wouldn't be found with our other filters! If you'd like some inspiration, here are some pattern notes searches to try: Halloween, size inclusive, gradient …
• Active Fiber Podcasts
  … patterns and loads of yarn porn. More information as well as past blog post can be seen the website, This podcast cast is hosted by yarning4asmile The Yarniacs PodcastTwo knitting friends constantly on the search for the perfect yarn and the perfect project to knit. Follow our knitting adventures along the way! Brought to you from Santa Cruz, California with coastal highlights thrown in. Hosted by GayleyWayley and KnitterNinjaShar. Yarns at Yin HooAn audio podcast about the fiber arts …
• Baby Surprise Jacket, pattern by Elizabeth Zimmermann. The Baby Surprise Jacket Group has compiled this wiki and offers help within the discussion area for your projects!
  … do have 146 total stitches (not 145 as seems to be indicated). This is a tricky thing to follow if you are just reading the row by row instructions and doing the math - it becomes clear when you are actually knitting along with the instructions. Special Considerations for the CCSJ Pattern http://www.schoolhousepress.com/surprisejacket.htm for variants and tips THIS JACKET IS STEEKED so you will need some additional skills not utilized in the original pattern. Accessories that go well with …
• The -Along section has been replaced by the Groups section
  … give you a listing of the current knit- or crochet-alongs that are going on. You can join up with other folks creating the same project and watch each others’ progress, and help each other along. To view or join existing -alongs, use the tab at the top of the page. When you find an -along you wish to join, click the join this -along button at the top right. It will now show up in the -alongs tab of your Notebook. To create a new -along, start in the -alongs tab of your Notebook and click …
• Inactive/Defunct/On hiatus Podcasts
  … October 2010. Slinging Stitches…In Color! A newbie to colorwork, Sarah aka creaturecomfort, talks about knitting, spinning and colorwork projects. Snappy Stitches A podcast for the knitting obsessed -- reviews, books, yarns, knit alongs, spinning. by chrissythegreat. SpinDoctor Equipment, Fiber and Book Reviews for Handspinners. by thecraftyrabbit SpookyKnittingandCrochet A paranormal knitting/crochet podcast with a paranormal theme. Host is a medium, features real ghost stories from …
• Gruppefanebladet
  … -ikonet på gruppens side. For eksempel er feedet for hjælpegruppen (Help! group) er ‘http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/help/topics.rss&#8217;. Nogle grupper har også en nyhedsfeed om gruppen på dens gruppeside, fx en Knit-Along (KAL) blog som findes udenfor Ravelry. At starte en gruppe Før du starter er der et par vigtige skridt du skal tage.<br /> Søg grupperne på Ravelry og hver sikker på, at du ikke dublerer en allerede eksisterende gruppe. Start et …
• Thursday Tip: Happy New Year!
  … forums for any groups that you have joined, within the Forums tab. There are also many groups where you might find people from your area, with interests similar to yours or who are making the same project you are working on right now through a knit or crochet along. You can search for groups within the Groups tab. If you need help searching for a group, there is more detail on that in this post. Once you meet people through groups, or if you know some other folks on Ravelry already, you can …
• Thursday Tip: The Forum Radar
  … a couple of things you should know about the forum radar. If it says “SPOILER” in the subject of the thread, then the contents of the post won’t show in the radar. This is particularly handy if you are trying to avoid seeing a mystery knit or crochet along, but there is a thread where people are posting pictures of their projects. Also, if a group doesn’t want to be shown in the forum radar, their admin can click the box next to “hide posts from radar” in their group settings, and their posts …
• Thursday Tip: Win at Yarn Chicken
  … good that I’ll win at yarn chicken. view yardage in other projects The problem with Cadeautje was entirely my fault. I looked up in advance how much yarn the pattern called for, and picked out exactly the right amount at Rhinebeck. But somehow when I sat down to knit I realized that I wrote down the wrong number along the way and only had 125 yards, instead of the 190 called for in the pattern. Since sometimes patterns overestimate the yardage needed, I decided to look at the range used in …
• Thursday Tip: Tag, You're It!
  … find all the scarves you’ve made for your mom or all your stashed yarns that were gifts. Another reason you might want to tag is to participate in an event on Ravelry. A big one coming up is the Ravellenic Games, where Ravtheletes knit, crochet, spin, etc along with the Olympic Games in Rio. Tagging is how you enter your work and if you join the group you get special tagging tools! Check out the instructions in the group on how to tag your projects to officially enroll them if you want …
• Thursday Tip: where is that hook (or needle)?
  Have you ever wanted to quickly find a pair of knitting needles or a crochet hook that you just knew was in a project bag somewhere, along with a long-lingering work in progress? (Oh gosh, please tell me I’m not the only one!) Before you go out and buy your ninth size 6 24″ circular (ahem… the more I type, the more I hope I’m not alone in this), did you know you can use the advanced search for your projects to help you quickly find your missing tool? Here’s how! From the projects section of …
• Knitting/Crocheting for Charity
  … . to this community of care giving families. • Family Living for Teens; Teen Stork Room: www.cce.cornell.edu/rensselaer Provides free infant, toddler, and maternity clothing, along with layette kits to teenage moms. Needs: Baby items for our layette kits, which include booties, sweater sets, knitted caps, and blankets. • Little Angels: www.LittleAngelsProject.org Providing clothing and care items to babies born into poverty at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, the largest birthing …