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Yarnsomniacs’ Mittens by Bobbi Jo Quigley.  Use any Bulky yarn that has gauge 14 sts/4 inch (in this example I used Three Irish Girls Springvale Bulky) US 10(6.0mm) circs or DPNs (knit in the round or magic loop)    CO 31 (using stretchy cast on) Row 1: Join in Round by Sliping first st onto needle beside last st you co, Knit those 2 together (to reduce ladder and jag), K2, p2, *(k3, p2) *repeat from * 4 more times. Rows 2-12: continue in pattern: k3, p2 (or make longer if you want a longer rib section). K 12 rows...

The colouring contest is now on!  Get your pencils, pens, markers, pastels, or paints out and have fun. If you think of some other medium you want to try, like yarn somehow, bring it on!   Closing date: June 21st 2016. Winner to be announced in July. Runt, the original artist, has agreed to help select the winner. Prize: A skein of Fleece Artist yarn in the new Yarnsomniac colourway (your choice of DK, Aran, or Cottage Sock), and a Yarnsomniacs mug (your choice which style). Rules: Prizes limited to persons of any age, of Canadian and US mailing addresses...

May the 4th be with you! I love making Yoda Hats. Here is a video on how to get the ears to stand up a bit, rather than flop down: https://www.facebook.com/Yarnsomniacs/videos/1711760652374806/

April is Autism Awareness Month, and so I did a search on Ravelry.com in Patterns, to see if there were any patterns devoted to autism, and I was so happy to see that there were a lot. Most of them are puzzle pieces, and I know there is some debate on if the puzzle should be used to represent autism, but aside from that question, it is really cool that people have brought autism into their yarn crafts.  So here are a couple from what I found in results for crochet:    Pattern link:http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/puzzle-scarf-3 Pattern link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/autism-awareness-puzzle-color-grid Here are a couple from...