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Hello, crafty friends, and welcome to Little Woolly Things!  I have been knitting my little fingers to the bone, so I have some new things to show you.  And I’m also working on a very scary project, too, that I’m not ready to unveil yet.  I will tell you about it, but it’s not ready …

Yarn diet? Yeah, right.

Yarn diet? Yeah, right. Blog post graphic.

All of you knitters and crocheters out there know how the story goes.  You’re young, you’re in love with this new crafting thing and you just can’t stop yourself.  You have to have yarn in order to knit (or crochet).  You buy a skein.  Then, you use up that skein but your project isn’t finished …

The secret to making an awesome tassel

Little Woolly Things blog post tassel tutorial

It’s finally here!  Tassels and stripes and unique shaping with colors and textures!  This is an idea that I have been playing with in the back corner of my mind for quite a few years.  I worked it up as a shawlette using novelty yarns and ribbons about 15 years ago, but it wasn’t really …

It’s a Woolly Life: what’s happening

It's a woolly life: what's happening

I’m going to be tote-woolly (bad pun) honest.  I started writing this blog post yesterday and then realized that I was just rambling about pretty much nothing, so I decided to delete it and start over again, because, you know, I could go on and on about all of the things going on, but it …

The long story of a shawl design

So, this is where the shawl design all began.  May 26, 2016.  I can’t believe it has been almost a year already. Starting something new. #knittedaccessories #knitters #knittersofinstagram #colorwork #knitting #knittingaddict #yarnlife A post shared by Wendelika Cline (@wendelikacline) on May 26, 2016 at 9:28am PDT   I was feeling so inspired!  I had a …

Just keep knitting

Hello, friends, This week’s blog post is brought to you by homeopathic sinus tabs, herbal compresses and lots and LOTS of tea.  Oh, and coffee.  I can’t leave out the morning cup of coffee because, let’s face it, without the morning cup of caffeine, the headache would be a lot worse than it already is. …

Family traditions: the Snow Trip

This last week was our annual family Snow Trip – and yes, I always capitalize it., because it is so much a part of our family history.   I know I’ve blogged about this before, but since the server crash, my old posts are gone and I thought I’d go ahead and talk about it …

Site redesign in progress…

It's COLD out there! This is what the grass looks like in the sheep pasture. #countryliving #countrylife #rurallife #ruralliving #ruraloregon #icecrystals A post shared by Wendelika Cline (@littlewoollythings) on Jan 6, 2017 at 8:25am PST We had some crazy weather this Winter all over the United States.  It was so crazy that the server housing …