Roving Crafters

Here is a space for crafters on the move. Jenn and Jess are knitters, crocheters, and spinners that take their craft with them wherever they may go. If you’re squeezing in a few sock rounds while stuck in traffic, you’re our kind of crafter. If you’re crocheting a granny square scarf at the bar on a Friday night, we want to buy your next round. If you’ve decided to spin the yarn for your next sweater on a drop spindle instead of a wheel simply because it makes your work more portable … we totally understand. Knitting Patterns Crochet Patterns REVIVE A VINTAGE

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I have moved a couple times since the hiatus started, and my new homes have needed coasters!

Pattern Credit: A Knit Leaf in Three Sizes by Roving Crafters and the Perfect One-Ounce Dishcloth on perfectdishcloth.blogspot.com

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I thought I recognized that leaf pattern~

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Well, that’s pretty cool.

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You just know that’s a ball bought with no project in mind and the knitter was saving it for the perfect one.  

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LOL

That’s exactly what they’ll find if they unearth my stuff in 3,000 years.

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Thanks Julianne L. for your donation! You help make it all possible.

Have a kitty pic. :)

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 Night Time Knitting

Is it lonely and sad? Is it a way to clear the mind? Or is it just that you can’t stop knitting? Let’s explore the issue.

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 A Day to Myself

My days off are boring. I knit. I drink coffee. I read. I eat junk food. Tomorrow people will ask what I did and they will be disappointed.

Pffft. People just don’t know what’s good! Good is knitting and reading and coffee and junk food.

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Because I had room in my yarn closet

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Some Relaxation with my In-Progress Summer Tee

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(via Want to go to the Local Yarn Store with me?)

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Independence through yarn

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Mellow Mitts – a free knit pattern

Here is a free pattern for a casual pair of opera-length fingerless gloves. Knit these babies up with one or two balls of fingering weight yarn and then kick back with a cuppa and enjoy!

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To Phone or To Spin

I used to agree that spinning wheels were a big investment. Not anymore. You know what everyone buys that costs about the same as a wheel?

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(via The Don’t Sweat It glass cozie – free crochet pattern)

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The Safest Color

Ready to pick the colors for your next project? If you want to play it safe, I have the perfect color for you to consider.

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Thanks to Ada L. for her donation to rovingcrafters.com! Have a kitty pic. 

Readers like you keep the lights on.

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(via How to Spin Beads into your Yarn)

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Through the Eyes of a Non-Knitter

Let us pause for a moment and pity all the non-knitters in the world. How do they get through their days???

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- K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 M1 P1 K1 P1 K1 P1 Sacrifice your first born K1 P1 K1 P1. Make sure to follow the pattern precisely.

- You walk into the yarn store. Just one skein. You only need one skein to finish the sweater. You have the dye lot written down, marked on the original wrapper from the old skeins. You can’t find the dye lot. It never existed. It was never real. The arcane sigils mean nothing and pain your eyes to look upon.

- The pattern takes a size 7 needle. Going through the roll, you have all but a 7. 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,10.5,11,12,13. There is no 7. You change patterns. The pattern takes a size 5 needle. Going through the roll, you have all but a 5. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,10.5,11,12,13. There is no 5.

- Finally, after years, you have found your way to Webs. No more will you buy your yarn from the big box craft store, you swear. As you reach for the 100% alpaca, it melts away. The sock yarn. The cashmere. The bamboo silk. They all fade away to nothing, leaving behind only Red Heart.

- As the stitch drops, you can hear the screaming rush of the universe. The hole in your project grows larger and larger, a gaping maw that calls to you from the abyss. There is no escaping what you have wrought.

- As you approach the counter to pay for your single skein, you look down and realize that you are holding two. Three. Yarn just appears in your hands. Money streams out of your wallet. There will only be yarn. You will be yarn.

- You click to open your email. Ravelry opens. You click on Google. Ravelry opens. You click on Facebook. Ravelry opens. Finally, you click on Ravelry. Webs opens. Your cart is full.

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Welcome to knit vale

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I love this.