Let’s face it: once you get the hang of knitting and/or crochet, they can be addicting. ‘One more row, one more row,..’ and all of a sudden it’s 3am and you’ve re-watched a complete season of your favorite show on Netflix. And, in many cases, your hands and wrists – the most important tools in […]
Recently, a friend who is new to knitting was excited to join some washcloths she knit. She wanted to create a baby blanket. I recommended that she block the wash cloths. Naturally, it was her first time hearing about blocking. After she did it, however, she was very pleased with the result. 8 neat, consistent […]
Back in January, we asked our mindful-fam what kinds of patterns they’d like to see us share. There was a resounding plea for beanie/hat patterns! You ask, and you shall receive. Here is our first ever beanie pattern by mindfulknits. Bare with us 🙂 And if you end up making the hat, please do share […]
Here at mindfulknits, we know that knitting helps us feel good, melt away our stress, and stay more present. But does knitting really have mental health benefits? Is there real research to back up this claim? You may not know this, but we have a thing for data. We decided to dig into the science […]
Aka the PJ Blanket 2020 has been the year of the baby blankets. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had a baby girl, and I wanted to make something special for the little one. Why do I call it PJ blanket? Because PJs mom loves potatoes, so we called her Potato Jr, or PJ for short! There […]
If you follow @mindfulknitsgram on Instagram, you may have seen my series of posts where I detail how I created the Blinky Blanket, which was a present for my newborn niece, Blinky. I’d like to share some more details on how I created the blanket here, so that you can create it with mindfulknits yarn, […]
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