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Cookie and Bees Project Bag Review

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          What crafter doesn’t love project bags? Even before I began knitting every day, I collected bags. I’m pretty well-known for my collection at home and around my office. When I began knitting more often, I began collecting project bags too because, why not? I’d search Etsy to find new bag designers and would get suggestions from friends who loved certain designers. My collection…is rather large. It’s to the point where I asked for a new bag for Christmas from my husband and he counted the bags he could see (the ones he could  see ahem) and declared, “You have 17 project bags. You do not need another one.” Excuse me? I think that is my choice.          But I digress. Small drawstring bag          Most recently I’ve been loving drawstring project bags. Don’t get me wrong, I love my zip-top bags, my snap-close bags, and even my Japanese knot bags...
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Yarn Review: Arbor DK by Brooklyn Tweed

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Frustrated by having to wade through long blog posts before getting to the "good stuff" that you came to the website for? Not here knit lovers, not here. When I finished my holiday knitting, I wanted to make something for myself. Whether you call this "selfish knitting season" or "self-care knitting season," after making for everyone else, I wanted a quick(ish) project that I could finish before going back to work. I love Isabell Kraemer's patterns, and I've wanted to make la vie est belle (Dieppe) for a while. One of the suggested yarns for the pattern is Brooklyn Tweed's Arbor which is a DK yarn. I'd never tried it, so I purchased some from the Brooklyn Tweed website . Color Options Let's talk color selection - you go to the website, you check out the colors, right? These are all solids which is great if you're looking for yarn for that project that you just feel "It cries for solid." Most of my work cries for ...
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