Stix Journal
Welcome to our brand new Journal! We are so excited to talk to you more in-depth about all things yarn. From projects we love to helpful tips and must-learn techniques as well as things that are just plain fun, we can't wait for you to join us in these pages. We would love to hear from you as well; what would you like to read about? Please let us know......we want to know what you want to know!
-The Stix Chix
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The Christmas Clock is Ticking......Finish Those Gifts! (or at least start them)
What is that sound? Knitting needles clicking? Reindeer hooves prancing? My racing heartbeat as I begin to panic about gift-making? Yes, that's it.....the heartbeat synching...
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How to Tidy Up That Little Cast-on Jog
Your knitted project usually begins with a cast-on, but learning how to make it look great later is an important part of finishing your project....
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Gift-Making: DK Weight Hats
Welcome back to our gift-making guide! This week we are featuring some great DK weight hats. I personally love making hats with this weight yarn;...
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Gift-Making: Lightweight Hats
It's here! The season some of us love, the season that makes some of us panic, but the season that pushes all of us to...
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Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows
Yum, doesn't that sound cozy? It does to me, and that is the best way to describe how I feel about my most recent finished...
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First Annual Fiber Market at Stix
All of the Stix Chix are super excited to welcome you to a new Bozeman tradition this weekend: the Bozeman Fiber Market! Join us in...
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Montana Maker Spotlight: Aimee Alexander
One of the things we love to do the most at Stix is fill our shelves with local yarn, fiber, and other handmade things. Supporting...
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Knit Small to Learn Big
It is a typical day towards the end of May in Montana; snowing and cold. This has me itching to cast on a sweater! Sweaters...
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Textile Waste: A Growing Environmental Threat
Shopping for new clothes is fun! It can signify the celebration of a special event like a new job or a first date, or as...
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Achieving the Perfect Fit by Accepting Your Perfect Self
If you are reading this, you are likely a maker. A maker of knitted or crocheted sweaters or shawls or socks or blankets. Maybe you...
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Meet the Sheep: Icelandic
Icelandic sheep are among the oldest and purest breeds of sheep in the world, in the family of Northern-European Short-Tailed sheep. They were brought to...
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Designer Crush: Mary Jane Mucklestone
Mary Jane Mucklestone has been fascinated by and drawn to the Shetland Islands for years; particularly Fair Isle, the place for which the stranded knitting...
