Guest   #1 Posted March 21, 2006 (edited) If you have any other suggestions for sites you think other knitters will find useful, please send a PM to littleblue or lisah, or post them on the forum, and we'll add them to the list.  WHO ARE WE?  Ravelry and Flickr user names  These can be found in this thread   Members Blogs  - Knot Another Knitter - Gempud's blog. - Pretty in Purple - Littlemissy's blog. - Shunklies - Beansforyou's Journal - Wool For Brains - Wool4Brains' blog. - McKnitty - Glitterstar's blog - Dainty Knitting Sticks - Littleblue's blog   Local Knitting & Crafts Groups  MONDAY  The Tidza Knit and Sip group - meeting regularly on the first Monday of every month @ 7.30pm in the Star Pub in Tideswell (the room on the left as you go in). Everyone welcome!  Sheffield Stitch n Bitch Group - Meets on Mondays 8-10 pm, weekly at the Benjamin Huntsman Wetherspoon's pub (next to John Lewis) ----------------------------------------------  TUESDAY  Robin Hood pub at Millhouses (Abbeydale Road) Tuesday 7.30pm (Fortnightly) - See this thread for further details   Knitting Group at Stocksbridge Library Tuesday 1.30 – 3 pm For more information telephone 0114 273 4205. Stocksbridge Library, Manchester Road, Sheffield 36.  Hulleys coffee shop at Banner Cross on Tuesday evenings  Wentworth Textile Group - Every First Tuesday 11am - 4pm - The Mechanics Institute, Wentworth -------------------------------------------   WEDNESDAY  Wool Baa - 7pm - 9.30pm, last Wednesday in the month (this is not set in stone and may occasionally change, see thread sticky)  John Lewis - evening, last Wednesday in the month  Sheffield Knitters Groups 11am - 1pm Bar/Restaurant, 1st Floor, Premier Inn, Angel Street, Sheffield S3 8LN Cost: Free Materials provided: No Contact: Cheryl on 07789 110280 Email: [email protected]  ----------------------------------------   THURSDAY  Montgom Needlers - meets every Thurs 10am - 12pm at Montgomery Hall, Wath upon Dearne. All welcome £1.50 per session includes drink. Further info phone 01709 875969   S2 Knitting Circle - Every Thursday at 4pm.  There is just a nominal fee of £1 a session to cover wool.  Learn For Life Enterprise 241 - 243 London Road Sheffield S2 4NF  01142559080 [email protected]   Crystal Peaks Knit n natter - every Thursday 10.00am - 12.00pm in the Art Space below Crystal Peaks Library. contact Sue 0114 2470576 http://www.knitnnatter.co.uk  Beighton Knit n natter - every Thursday 10.00am - 12.00pm at the Lifestyle Centre, High Street, Beighton. 10.00am - 12.00pm tel: Steph 0114 2132160 http://www.lifestylebeighton.com/index.html   Cocoa Lounge 462 Ecclesall Road - Last Thursday of the Month 7.30 - 10pm   Sheffield Knitters Groups  Thursdays 4.30 - 6.30pm (contact for timings as they are sometimes extended) Venue: Bar/Restaurant, 1st Floor, Premier Inn, Angel Street, Sheffield S3 8LN Cost: Free Materials provided: No Contact: Cheryl on 07789 110280 [email protected] --------------------------------------   FRIDAY  Crafty Crafters Darnall Library Darnall Sheffield Friday Mornings Contact: Lisa or Ben 0114 2656918  ---------------------------------------  SATURDAY  Sheffield Knitting and Crochet Guild - First Saturday every month at 2 pm United Reform Church, Chapel Walk  Stocksbridge Knit & Chat, Downstairs room of Stocksbridge Library, Manchester Road, next to The Bridge Shop and opposite Look Local. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month 10am till noon ---------------------------------------------   General Interest - About Crochet - About Knitting - Crochet Cabana - Crochet Me Magazine - Fluffa's Knitting Links - For the Love of Yarn - K9 Rescue Knitting Club - KnitList - KnitPro 2.0 - From Microrevolt. Translates images to knitting charts. - Knitters' Review - Knitting Bookmarks - Let Me ExplaiKnit - The Daily Knitter - The Knitting and Crochet Guild - UK Handknitting - V&A Museum knitting collection. - Wool Works   Help With Knitting & Crochet Problems - - From YouTube. - - From YouTube. - Crochet Instructions - For Right-handers - Crochet Instructions - For Left-handers - Knitting Help - Knitting at Knoon - Knitting Tension/Gauge - Helpful Hints - Tips from Lucy Neatby - Helpful way of working out yarn equivalents in old patterns   Tutorials - A list of photo-illustrated, step by step tutorials on specific knitting issues. - Cables without a cable needle - From Wendy Knits. - More cables without a cable needle - From Grumperina. NEW UPDATE April 5th. - Casting On For Lace - From Eunny Jang. Part IV of the 'Majoring in Lace' series. - Crab stitch edging - How to Handle a Hank - How to Make Custom Labels - From Grumperina. - Short Row Heels - From Purlwise. - Short Row Heels - From Misocrafty. - Stitch Wrapping - From Nona Knits. - Turkish Cast On - From Misocrafty. - Yardage Calculator    Knitting Shops  Online Shops - Beads Direct - Clark Craft NEW UPDATE April 1st. - Cucumber Patch - DT Craft & Design. - English Yarns - Etsy - Everything Handmade - Get Knitted - Kangaroo - KoolAidUK - Laughing Hens - McA Direct - Free delivery when your order is over £5. - P&M Woolcraft - Piece of Beauty - Hand-dyed sock yarn. - Posh Yarn - Shunklies Fiber Works - Beansforyou's online store. - Simplywool.com - Stash - Texere Yarns - Web Of Wool - Wingham Wool Work - Woodland Yarns - Free delivery. - Woolforbrains Etsy shop - Wooly Workshop - Yarnsmith  Online Shops in The USA - Blue Moon Fiber Arts - NexStitch - The Knitting Zone   In Sheffield and Surrounding Areas - John Lewis, Barkers Pool, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 276 8511. - Matthews, 58 Bellhouse Rd, Firth Park, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 243 8149. - Patchwork Direct - Wesleyan House, Darley Dale, Derbyshire DE4 2HX Tel. 01629 734100 - Patchwork Garden - 630 Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, S7 2BA. Tel: 0114 258 3763. - The Wool Baa - 83 Junction Road, Sheffield, S11 8XA. Tel: 0114 266 6262. - AtkinsonsThe Moor Precinct, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 276 8811 .   Knitting Magazines - INKnitters - Interweave Knits - Interweave Crochet - Knit.1 - Knit 'n Style - Knitscene - Knitter's Magazine - Knitting - Knit Today - Rebecca - Rowan Knitting and Crochet Magazine - Simply Knitting - Spin Off - Vogue Knit Simple - Vogue Knitting - Yarn Forward   Yarn and Yarn-Related Companies - Yarndex.  Links to the companies whose products are available in the UK. - Adriafil - Alchemy yarns - Artesano Alpaca - Artyarns - Blue Sky Alpacas - Brittany - Brown Sheep - Cascade Yarns - Cherry Tree Hill Yarns - Colinette - Fiber Trends - Fleece Artist - Fyberspates - GGH - Handmaiden - Jo Sharp - Kaalund - Lana Grossa - Lantern Moon - Lorna's Laces - Louisa Harding - Patons - Rowan - Sirdar - South West Trading Company - Wendy/Peter Pan/Robin Yarns (TB Ramsden & Co)   Knitting & Crochet Podcasts All you ever wanted to know about Podcasts: No iPod Required - BritKnitCast - Cast-On - CraftSanity - CrochetCast - FiberCast - KnitCast - Knitting News Cast - KnitWit - Lets Knit2gether - A video podcast for knitters. - Lime & Violet - Lixie Knits It - Pointy Sticks - Sticks and String Edited May 1, 2012 by Guest Added group details Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #2 Posted April 14, 2006 Knitting Blogs  Knitting Group Members' Blogs and Websites - Apocalypse Knits - Shine's blog. - Does a Badger Knit in the Woods? - AmelieB's blog. - Knot Another Knitter - Gempud's blog. - Pretty in Purple - Littlemissy's blog. - Shunklies - Beansforyou's Journal - Wool For Brains - Wool4Brains' blog. - McKnitty - Glitterstar's blog - Dainty Knitting Sticks - Littleblue's blog  Blogs by Knitters in the UK - Daisychains - From the Sheep's Back - KnitterNatter - Six Skeins Under - Skein - Sweetpea Knits - Wool Palace - Xtreme Knitting - Woodland Yarns - Yarnstorm  Blogs by Knitters in the USA and Elsewhere - All This By Hand - Brainylady - Craftoholic - Dogs Steal Yarn - Fig and Plum - Grumperina - Handknitter - High Energy Knits - I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can - Keyboard Biologist - Knit and Tonic - Knitting Heretic - Knot Without My Knitting - Marnie Talks - Mind Of Winter - Misocrafty - Moth Heaven - Needles on Fire - Nipperknits - Pieknits - Purls Before Swine - Purly Whites - Purple Ducky - Rabbitch - Sandy's Knitting - See Eunny Knit ] - Skeintily Clad - Streets and YOs - Strikker - Sweet Georgia - Too Much Wool - WendyKnits - Whispering Pine - Yarn-A-Go-Go - Yarn Harlot  Blokes who Blog - Celtic Knitter - Dave Daniels - KnitDad - Knit Like a Man - Panopticon - QueerJoe's Knitting Blog - Sean's Soapbox - Tricky Tricot - Yarn Boy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #3 Posted May 15, 2006 Free Knitting & Crochet Patterns  Free Knitting Pattern Sites - Collections of all different sorts of free knitting patterns. - The AntiCraft - BellaOnline - Berrocco - Cascade Yarns - Cat Bordhi - Coats & Clark - Crystal Palace Yarns - The Daily Knitter - Dreamweaver Yarns - Free Knitting Patterns Web Ring - Garnstudio Drops Design - Knitomatic - KnitPicks free pattern collection NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Knitting And... - Knitting on the Net - Knitting Pattern Central - Knitty - Lion Brand - MagKnits - Marnie MacLean - Rebecca - Wool Works   Bags - Felted Skull Bag   Gloves and Wristwarmers - Baby Nordic Mittens NEW UPDATE April 12th. - Fetching - Mrs Beeton - Dashing  Hats - Kody May Knits - Lots of free hat patterns. - Last Minute Purled Beret - Latiss Hat NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Le Slouch (PDF File) - Kitty hat NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Little Devil Baby Hat - Red Light Special - We Call Them Pirates Hat (PDF File) NEW UPDATE April 9th.   Jumpers and Cardis - Katia Twist Pullover NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Kepler   Scarves, Shawls and Wraps - Ariel Scarf - Besotted Scarf - Clapotis - Collection of Scarves, Shawls and Wraps - From Yarn Over. NEW UPDATE April 6th. - Column of Leaves Scarf - DNA Scarf - Feather and Fan Shawl - Fiery Dragon Scarf - Irish Hiking Scarf - Kiri Shawl - The pdf of this pattern is here. - Little Leaf Scarf - Luna Moth Shawl NEW UPDATE April 9th. - My So-Called Scarf NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Oceanwind Knits - Rectangular Shawl Collection - From Loves to Bike and Knit. NEW UPDATE April 6th. - Seaman's Scarves NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Sun Ray Shawl - Travelling Vines Scarf - Wild Flower Shawl   Socks - 602 free sock patterns - Apple Harvest Socks - Aran Braid Socks - Basic Cables Socks - From Brainylady. NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Boogie Knits - A massive selection of free sock patterns. - Bayerische Socks - Cable Twist Socks (PDF File) - Campfire Socks (PDF File) - Clementine's Baltic Socks (PDF File) - Elfine's socks (PDF File) - Fraternal Twins - Baby socks. - Generic Toe-Up Sock Pattern NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Gusset Heel Gansey Socks (PDF File) - Horcrux Socks - Jaywalker Socks - Leyburn Socks (PDF File) - Mirabella Socks (PDF File) - New Year's Day Socks - Poseidon Socks (PDF File) - Pretty Comfy Socks NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Razor Shell Socks - River Rapids Socks (PDF File). - Spindle Socks - Simple Trekking Socks - Socks from Knitty - Traveller Socks (PDF File) - Wiggles - Baby socks. - Zokni Socks (PDF File)   Other Knitting Patterns - Cabled Coffee Cup Sweater - Hot water bottle cosy (PDF File) - Another hot water bottle cozy NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Kitty bed - Knitted Kitty - Pinwheel Baby Blanket - Wooly the Ewe   Crochet Patterns  Free Crochet Pattern Sites - Collections of all different sorts of free crochet patterns. - Afghans n More - Bernat - Berroco. - Crochet Collection. - Crochet Links - Crochet Pattern Central - Hook Me Up - Lion Brand   Other Crochet Patterns - Aerial the Pig - Baby snow dragon NEW UPDATE April 9th. - Crocheted Earrings - Dreamcatcher - Icicle the Polar Bear - Pocket Animals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #4 Posted March 21, 2007 Spinning and Dyeing A new section of links on spinning and dyeing your own fibre.  Spinning - The Joy of Handspinning - Spinning for Absolute Beginners - Spinning, Spindling and Fibre Tips   Dyeing - Hand-dyeing yarn - New article from Spring '07 Knitty. NEW UPDATE March 24th. - Dyeing with Kool-Aid - Kool-Aid Dyeing - How to dye wool and yarn - Dyeing with Acid Dyes - How to Hand-Paint Roving and Yarn - Batch Dyeing Roving and Yarn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Moonfire   10 #5 Posted March 28, 2011 Not sure if you had this  Sheffield Knitpickers Meeting at Bears and Bungalows every first Thursday of the month 5 till 8pm.  and  CraftAngels Friday Mornings 10-12pm, term time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...