YOGA of YARN

How to wind your yarn mindfully

A SHORT STORY A few years ago, I flew out to California to film my Creativebug classes. For one week, I stayed in Berkeley near the studio and filmed three classes, all of which are now live on creativebug.com . In preparation for my trip, I knit samples of the projects I would be teaching and shipped them to the studio ahead of time. This way, I would have less to carry on the plane. But what is it they say about best laid plans? They often go awry. Well, when I arrived on

Stretch your wrists and forearms.

Tree pose will help you find balance and ease between knitting sessions.

3 reasons to be mindful when ball winding

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Use weaving to play with colo interactions and stash bust.

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Mini yoga practice for knitters.

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