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joining the arne & carlos mystery knit-along

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It was announced this afternoon that Marin County residents will need to shelter-in-place starting at midnight tonight until at least April 7. (That’s a long time inside our homes!) Thankfully, we have creative people in the world to help us through this stressful time with projects to help reduce our anxiety. Today, Arne & Carlos have surprised knitters by launching the Quarantine Mystery Knitalong. If you’ve never heard of Arne & Carlos, then you really should check them out. They are two pretty well-known Scandinavian knit designers who have published books like “Norwegian Knits with a Twist” and “Knit-and-Crochet Garden” (which seems to be out of print, unfortunately). I first learned about Arne & Carlos on YouTube some years ago. Of course, I was interested in their Scandinavian point of view and aesthetic and I really liked how they successfully made traditional motifs feel new and fresh. Their shows are funny. Carlos does most of the talking, while Arne, who doesn’t speak English as well, seems to be the faster knitter of the two. It’s …

the best knitwear designs + mdk’s march mayhem

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Like many others around the country and the world, most of us in Marin are currently in lockdown until further notice for at least two weeks due to COVID-19. Schools, museums, and universities are closing and a multitude of events have been canceled — including baseball for our son, which we are pretty bummed about. People are going crazy hoarding toilet paper(?), canned food, and bottled water. (Please drink water from the tap! You don’t need to make things worse by adding more plastic to this situation!) At home, we are trying to stay calm, keeping to ourselves, not touching our faces, and washing our hands often. All this I’ve realized today comes easy to me when I stay home because there’s constantly a pile of dishes in the sink that need washing, thus my hands are “Spic and Span” clean and I don’t have a chance to touch my face too much when I’m busy knitting! I think I may save myself! No… joking aside, I am glad that people are taking this seriously …