Hands Occupied

Meet Yarn Citizen, a new line of sustainably sourced and affordably priced yarn from Jimmy Beans Wool. This yarn is made from ends leftover from the process of milling fiber into yarn, diverting them from landfills. At the same time, the low cost of these ends allows today’s review yarn (Yarn Citizen Harmony Worsted) to retail at under $15 per 100g skein at the time of this writing.

Check out this week's blog post for a brief review of this yarn for both knitting and crochet, and enter to win a kit featuring a sweater’s worth of Harmony Worsted yarn!
https://www.handsoccupied.com/yarn-citizen-harmony-worsted/

We’re starting the Spiral Hill Sweater Vest Knit Along with a lesson in gauge, everyone’s favorite subject in knitting! Check out the blog for tips on how to knit intarsia that doesn’t look squished, stretched, or otherwise suspicious. https://www.handsoccupied.com/understanding-gauge-in-intarsia-knitting/

New on the blog & YouTube! Learn how to knit a right-lifted increase (RLI) and left-lifted increase (LLI), and what type of projects they work best in. Video and photo tutorials included.
https://handsoccupied.com/lifted-increases