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AffiKNITy 2027: Save the Date + Meet Our Teacher Lineup
September 4, 2026
Mark your calendars, because AffiKNITy 2027 is officially on the books, and we cannot wait to knit with you! April 15–18, 2027 Otesaga Resort, Cooperstown, NY Hosted by Patty Lyons
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A Year of Teaching Knitting – 2016 Review
Another year of teaching, traveling, knitting and laughing has come to an end. I am so grateful that my job is to travel all over the ...
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Sip Sip Knit Retreat 2017! – Philadelphia Here We Come!
Sip Sip Knit: A “Flight” of Learning SAVE THE DATE: June 2-4, Valley Forge, PA They’re BAAACK! It’s the 2nd Annual Sip Sip Knit Retreat ...
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Last Minute Holiday Knitting!
It’s happens to all of us, our holiday knitting kinds sneaks up on us. In case you need a little help, I’m offering a 25% ...
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Tuesday Tip: When Weaving In Ends, How to Clip the Yarn Tail
Last month we talked about how good finishing can make a project, and I promised you more posts focused on the all important topic of weaving ...
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Big Box of Knitting Fails – It’s a GROWER!!
For those of you that have taken classes with me, you know all about “Patty’s Big Box of Knitting Fails”. I seem to have an ...
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Patty’s Fall Knitting Challenge UPDATE
It’s been 4 weeks since we kicked off Patty’s Fall Knitting Challenge. If you don’t know what that is, click on the link to learn ...
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Tuesday Tip: Weaving In Ends — Skimming
We all know finishing can make a project look “homemade” or “handmade.” I’ve written several Tuesday Tips on seaming. We’ve looked as seaming garter stitch, ...
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Win a Copy of “The Knitter’s Journal”
Knitter’s have a million ideas at once. We sketch on scraps of napkins that we lose. We put bookmarks in our stitch dictionaries thinking, “that might ...
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2017 Knitting Events
2017 is nearly fully booked! The first three months alone have me traveling to 10 venues in 3 months (yikes) and don’t event get me ...
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