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5 Tips to Knitting Faster

Hello Yarn Friends... Do you want to learn to knit fasters so that you have more FFO's (fully finished objects)? Here at Bombed Yarns headquarters, we handdye quality yarn. We, therefore need to have samples and examples of the colourways we produce. There is a pressure to produce.  The faster we knit, the more samples we have.  It is inevitable we have looked at increasing our knitting speed.  It's probably fair to say that most of us knitters aspire to increase our knitting speed. Watch this great video clip from an Australian Country Women's Association Knitting competition: I, (Jan) have fond memories of attending one such competition.  As a small child, I watched my Aunt Maureen go up on stage at the Tasmanian CWA Knitting Speed Competition in the 70s, in the Albert Hall of Launceston. Aunt Maureen had churned out hundreds of jumpers (an Aussie term for 'sweater')  and was pitting herself against other fast Launceston knitters. She sat on a chair next
Welcome to Bombed Yarns & Merry Christmas yarn friends... We, Sarah and Jan, created Bombed Yarns in October 2017.  We specialise in handdyeing unique yarns and sewing knitting/crochet accessories. We are proud Tasmanians and have a soft spot for using our local ethical yarn called White Gum Wool. Bombed Yarns is most active on Instagram so join us there-  @bombedyarns and also on Facebook - Bombed Yarns. Some things though just can't go on Instagram/FB especially links and PDFs - so we will use this blog to be able to share those important extras.  Gift knitting gives us the warm fuzzies here at Bombed Yarns. Jan couldn't resist but gift knit her 8 year old son's elf a new scarf. Her 8yo, Tom has been besotted by his new elf, Fisbee and his antics since the elf teleported from the North Pole in early December. This is sure to make him Tom smile.  This knitted scarf is an easy, last minute knit to a bring a smile to a child's face.