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We’ll be teaching our favorite thing, log cabin knitting, in the upcoming Knit Stars Season 10. Enroll before Tuesday, April 22, and you’l save $50 with the code SEASONX. See the list of amazing teachers and sign up here. (That’s our affiliate link.)

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We loved talking with Amy Christoffers about her designs in the new Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic.

Watch the conversation here.

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Poetry Break

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This might be the first time a yarn festival has inspired rhyming verse.

You've Got Snippets: April 19, 2025

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Log cabin knitting, brioche, and 4 posts this week that will make you love our writers.

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Jeni Hankins

London, England

First attempted knitting with butcher’s twine on two HB pencils.

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Oakland, California/Marblehead, Massachusetts

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Brooklyn, New York

Greeting the day with, "What's for dinner?"

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