tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18805992215957732212012-02-16T16:08:28.534-07:00A place for teens (and anyone else!) to find free and fun knit and crochet patterns, instructions for learning how to knit and crochet, and a community of members who share the love of yarn.Kimnoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880599221595773221.post-51210337262180258502011-03-03T23:13:00.000-07:002011-03-03T23:13:46.834-07:00

Many of you are likely going off to college next fall. Some of you might just be in the mood to redecorate a bedroom or a current dorm room. in any case, this is the series for you! I've been working on crafts to decorate a plain Jane room and turn it into something awesome, all with yarn! First up, the lovely Loopy Rug! While the loop stitch is fairly easy to learn, I recommend being

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So you've been practicing your cables, but you want to actually make something with that nifty trick? Well, this headband is a PERFECT beginner project! It is easily decorated by sewing on something like a button or a crocheted flower, but it looks adorable on its own as well! What you'll need: A small amount of worsted weight yarn Us size 8 (5mm) needles (I used two of my double pointed

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...Please forgive me.I have an excuse! I graduated high school a year early and am now in college.Yay?Anyway, I have some wonderful stuff going on!I have been working on some colorwork charts for knitting, as well as hats, scarves, mittens, sweaters, and socks. As for crochet? Well, it's about the same, minus the socks, and the colorwork. Please look forward to that!As a special treat, I plan on

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As I am shifting through my patterns, trying and testing them to make sure I don't need to make corrections, I realized that I use some similar types of yarn and some similar hook and needle sizes. So I decided to compile a list of what I commonly use, to help some of you newer crafters when shopping, and to help some people interested in my designs know what they will most likely need for my

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Hey! Sorry for the wait for a new post. I have been wrapped up in finals at school, and my pattern making has taken a hit and been replaced with studying. But I finished finals today, so a new pattern (a Holiday one none the less) will be up before the end of the weekend! But thanks for reading, knitting and crocheting.

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So, I have wanted to learn how to knit cables since I started knitting. But I needed cable needles first. I found one way of making cables without a cable needle (here: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/advanced-techniques), but I don't trust myself. But, on the same website, I found a way to make your own cable needles out of small dowels from the hardware store! I had some lying around the

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I must admit, I am a Harry Potter lover. So I decided that I should make a scarf to wear to the premiers of the next two movies (Deathly Hollows part 1 and 2) in my favorite house's colors. In my case, I like Ravenclaw the most, and the book versions of the Ravenclaw colors the best (in the book they are blue and bronze, in the movies they are blue and grey). This scarf is very simple, and is

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I originally made this adorable little cozy for my older sister, who is obsessed with bees. It is mostly knitted, but the wings were crocheted. It is fairly simple to make, but you need to be able to do both knit and purl stitches. The crochet is merely the single crochet stitch."beePod" iPod cozy:What you'll need:US size 8 knitting needlessize F/5-3.75mm crochet hookmedium weight yarn- one

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This is an advanced beginner pattern. Once you have a good feel for all the basic stitches up to the triple crochet (that's in the American terms, people), this scarf will be a piece of cake, but may take a few hours to work up due to the length of the thing. The finished product is a long, supple and warm scarf. It is great as a stash buster, or for using just a small amount of yarn in each of

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Hello, welcome to the first post of Teens With Yarn!As a teen who loves to crochet and knit, I've always found it somewhat difficult to find a pattern that isn't too much like something my great grandmother would make, doesn't call for more yarn than I can afford to buy, and is written in terms that are easy to understand. So, I started creating my own patterns, first in crochet, and then

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