Seize every joy you can. There's precious little of it about.

One thing that's changed a LOT in the past ten years: gift guides used to be about a writer or editor picking things they thought were cool and that their readers would like. Now it's all about monetizing the clicks, and it's so, so dullllllll

Happy to answer the ones that I can!!!

Here is a guide to doing the Butterfly Stitch with Beads- I think it uses base 7 stitches instead of the 5 I used.

Very welcome! Hope that was enough info to get you started😊I learned the butterfly stitch from a hat pattern, and I not sure how much modification then qualifies as a new pattern or I would write it up in more detail.

For a fellow Yarnian 💖- German cast on 150 stitches on US #7 needles, yarn DK weight, ~1” broken rib, base 5 Butterfly, alternate w/5 knit stitches, next set knit 5 then Butterfly set. Next set of Butterfly do the 5 knit stitches 1st. I had enough yarn for 6 Butterfly rows. ~1” broken rib, bind off.

Yay!!!! He was so gorgeous, and I wanted to make sure it was something that suited.

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<blush> Thank you!!!! I appreciate you!!!!!

I love the German Cast On, and so looked up something that was similar for a cast off and that is what came up. Something about the rhythm of both just makes my hands and brain happy.

I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.

When I got this skein I knew I wanted to make a beaded cowl w/it-& with blue beads to highlight the bursts of blue in the yarn, but none of the patterns I found fit just right. So I got brave & played with a favorite stitch- Beaded Butterfly. Learned how to do Broken Rib and the Icelandic Bind Off!

This yarn was from this year’s February yarn club skein. The yarn club is so wonderful-bits of history with gorgeous yarn. Plus I get to try yarns and colors out of my normal box, and make wonderful things.

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