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Lace is a technique in knitting that creates lovely and delicate patterns. Lace looks fancy and complicated, but if you can do a yarn over (YO) and know how to decrease (k2tog and SSK), you can knit lace!

Read on for four sanity-saving tips for knitting lace! Plus a bonus — a FREE lace knitting course from Tin Can Knits!

Last week we announced our Spring Knit Along — Love Note by Tin Can Knits. It looks stunning in all types of yarns, and one option is to hold a fingering yarn with a laceweight "fluff" yarn.

When choosing two yarns to hold together, there are a few things to consider about the role of your fluff yarn. Read on for our tips!

It's that very special moment you've all been eagerly anticipating... Our Spring Knit Along! (Drumroll please!)

We've chosen Love Note by Tin Can Knits! Love Note is a sweet and customizable design that's knit from the top down with a round and lacy yoke. With 15 sizes from baby through adult, we think there's a chance that somebody in your life deserves a Love Note‚ and maybe that somebody is YOU!

Everyone's looking for fluff yarns these days for their trendy hoods, accessories, and sweaters! Some of our favorite modern designers (we're lookin' at you, PetiteKnit!) have patterns that call for two yarns held together, often a lace mohair with a wool yarn.

If you need some fluff in your life, check out episode #39 of the Goat podcast with Kristin and Iris!

We just started stocking Lantern Moon knitting needles — and we're in love! In this post we take a moment to compare the four brands of wooden needles we stock here at the Goat, and why Lantern Moon has our hearts.

Wrapping up our biggest Knit Along yet — Dog Star by Tin Can Knits was a smashing success!

It was thrilling to see knitters embrace the challenge of a new technique like colorwork, building their confidence and skills over the eight weeks of the KAL. Our colorwork veterans — on Zoom and in person — shared their tips and wisdom generously.

We're excited to announce our March 2025 Knit Along — The Grid Gambit by Samantha Guerin! This pattern came out in November and received a lot of buzz on various knitting podcasts and Instagram. It was Lizzie, one of our Local Goats, who suggested it as a potential knit along pattern — and we agreed!