Frugal Knitting Haus

November 10th, 2009 by admin

“BEST FEATURED ITEMS” of the week!

Have you started your Holiday knit and crochet?

There is still time!

Note that some of the featured items below will be sold out soon, so don’t delay!

Hurry and get started on your knit and crochet fun for the Holidays!

Knit Items:

Jean Greenhowe Collection - Still time to make a doll or two! Jean’s dolls are world renown favorites and collectibles!

Simple Style (On Sale!) - Easy and stylish designs to knit for ladies! Fits up to 56 inch chest.

Socks to Go - A nice little pattern booklet with great easy patterns, and how to “turn” heels, knitting on circulars, and more!

Summer on Blossom Street By Debbie Macomber - 3 friends deal with stress through knitting, and includes great patterns too!

Animal Friends - Cutest ever toy animals to knit, with matching baby blankets. Make animals now, and blanket during the winter months!

Charity Guide - One of Debbie’s best books! Knitting for charities, or for your family!

Cable Collection - Lots of cabled wearables for kids to adults, plus purses and totes. Too many projects to show!

Kids Can Knit - A wonderful guide to knitting for kids to adults. Why not complete this gift book with a set of 3 pack needles, Item Number R42?

Crochet Items:
Great Grannies - Try the “new” style of granny squares in hot colors! Great afghans, easy to do, on the go crochet!

Crochet Your Cares Away - Just the book of patterns to brighten anyone’s day! Make for decorating for teens, kids and your home!

B is For Baby - Lots of things to crochet, 22 projects! Easy crochet, adorable things to make!

Big Book of Dishcloths, Potholders and Scrubbies - Great easy crochet, makes nice “tuck in” gifts!

Crochet Totes and Accessories - Fashionable totes and bags to crochet, makes great gifts! Too many to show here.

Do It Yourself Afghans - A simple guide to crocheting your own afghans, also comes with a helpful CD to guide you!

Prayer Shawls, 2 - Gather your friends and crochet your hearts away for charities, chemo patients and more!

Teach a Group of Kids to Crochet - Easy to follow directions and diagrams, learning crochet, then work on some of the easy patterns! Give as a gift with the 3 pack crochet hook set, Item Number R43!

Come visit our site at http://www.frugalhaus.com and see what other great holiday ideas we have.

Ruth

October 8th, 2009 by admin

Did you know there is only about “11″ weeks until Christmas?
Hurry to get your patterns and supplies to make your gifts for little or no money!
We have Scrap yarn patterns, lots of “new” items too!

AND, if you are selecting knitting needles or crochet hooks for gifts, remember that we offer only $1.99 shipping to anywhere in the US!

Whether you buy 5 needles or hooks or 25 needles and hook sets, you still get shipping for only $1.99! (Foreign orders are given a $2.00 discount on actual shipping costs at checkout.)

HURRY! Our ship rates may go up after the end of December, so now is the time to stock up!

Make your list, check it twice! Get your crafting friends some new patterns, hooks, and needles for a nice Holiday gift!
Don’t forget to check our great savings in the Clearance Section!

June 19th, 2009 by admin

I use my snipets for tassles. The different colors and types of yarn always make them pop!! They look great on knitting projects or if your just making a homemade book mark I also use them for doll hair.

Anissia, from Kentucky

June 17th, 2009 by admin

Thank you Frugal Haus, and cheap knitting for such easy patterns! I knit and crochet alot, mostly for toys for charities . I began saving my yarn snipets from fastening off, end of seams, etc into a big zip bag. When I need stuffing for the toys, I use the yarn snipets to stuff. This makes the toys soft and pliable, and doesn’t add extra cost!

Judy, from Maine

June 16th, 2009 by admin

I got a couple great ” free” patterns from Frugal Knitting Haus for easy 2 needle mittens from my order of $10.00. Now I knit my grandchildren mittens in sets of 3 , as they tend to lose a mitten now and then. Using up scraps of yarn and making them in colorful stripes is always a big hit with the children!

Helen, from Montana

June 10th, 2009 by admin

Hi Ruth -
I use loops made from short scraps of yarn as stitch markers. (I use a simple overhand knot, called a half hitch to combine both ends to form the loops.) This may not be new to many of your knitters, but newer ones may not know this.

I go one better with these loops. If I am knitting with straight needles, I use different colors for decreases and/or increases in the rows. This way I don’t forget what goes where in a complicated pattern. When knitting on a circular needle, I use a different color for my end/beginning of the round as well. This way I don’t have to rely on my counting or my guess to know where I’m at on my project.

This works great for me and costs me nothing. Just like you, I am FRUGAL too.

Myra from Israel

May 25th, 2009 by admin

One of the questions that we receive most frequently is what yarn to use when making the toys from Jean’s knitting booklets. If you are a true follower of Jean Greenhowe or just own a single booklet, you know that she calls for British double knitting (DK) yarn. U.S. and Canadian knitters are usually unable to find this yarn unless they purchase it from a European source.

In her most recent newsletter, Jean identifies the yarn that we can buy here in the U.S. and Canada that is the same weight as she uses, Patons Astra. It is produced in Canada but can be found from numerous sources in the U.S. as well. This is good news for many of you that have been trying to find just the right yarn to make her lovely designs. For more info, refer to the newsletter on her website at:
http://jeangreenhowe.com/newsletter15.html

Also remember that we are the only on-line source of ALL Jean’s booklets currently in print, as well as two that are no longer in print and aren’t available from other retail sources. Whether you want to purchase a single booklet or a dozen or more, the shipping charge is still only $1.99 (U.S.) for your entire order. We know you won’t find that from other retailers of Jean’s booklets. You can check out our full selection of Jean’s books at our site at: http://www.frugalhaus.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=52
Happy Knitting!
Ruth

May 12th, 2009 by admin

Store Wide Savings Sale!

Buy a little or buy a lot.

Just spend $10.00 or more and get a 10% discount off your entire order!
Your discount will be automatically calculated for you as you check out.

Sale on now through Friday, May 15!

Help us clean our shelves for Spring and take advantage of this great offer NOW!

Come visit us at Frugal Knitting Haus

Remember to check out our clearance sale section.

You can get 10% off there as well.

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Ruth
knit@frugalhaus.com

May 12th, 2009 by admin

When you are doing the first row of in-the-round knitting, and you need to join without any twists of the stitches around the needle, the most important tool to use is …. a friend.

Have the friend hold the two needle tips.
With your two hands, start at ball-attached end of the needle and smooth out the stitches so that the bottom of the cast-on stitches is in a straight line all the way to the other end. THEN join the last cast-on stitch to the first cast-on stitch.

This is especially useful when there is a large number of stitches on a long needle.

Recently I cast on 220 stitches for a skirt. I had to start over several times until I finally enlisted the most valuable tool (a friend!)

Esther in Cumberland, RI

May 11th, 2009 by admin

To use up scraps of yarn, especially for children s sweaters I do this. Cast on with a bright color,such as red, work first row with red, then go to white or main color of sweater. Do this for bottom of sweater edge, sleeve edges, and neck edge, having only cast on row and one row of this color. On the white sweater I made I had one cuff edge in red, one in blue, the bottom rib row in green, and top neck bind off in orange. You should have heard the raves, and all the grand kids now want the same sweater! Works for both knit and crochet.
Judy from MN