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Monday, February 28, 2011

Knitting tutorial: Hank's having a ball by Leanne Dyck

Okay, so, you walk into your favourite local yarn shop. Look around, and find it. The perfect yarn. Trouble is it looks like this...

You can't knit with it in this state. Question: how to transform a hank into a ball? Step 1: untwist Hank and lay him on your lap.

Step 2: Find an end.

Step 3: Make several loops.

Step 4: Begin to form a ball.

Step 5: continue winding...

Don't stop until you have a ball.

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' "Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overwhelmed with what comes back." '

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If you will it,

it is no dream Theodor Herzl

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