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An ADVENTurous knitting project: What to knit with 24 mini skeins - Prosper Yarn

Prosper team member Sarah knows that choosing a project for 24 mini skeins can feel like a big de...

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An ADVENTurous knitting project: What to knit with 24 mini skeins

Why should you alternate skeins? - Prosper Yarn

Alternating between skeins as you work is easy, doesn't add time, and allows the shades to mingle...

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Why should you alternate skeins?

Meet Anne Stubbings: Finding Your Weaving Groove - Prosper Yarn

Sometimes the best creative journeys begin when you least expect them.

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Meet Anne Stubbings: Finding Your Weaving Groove

Advent 2026: Hidden World - Prosper Yarn

Some projects begin with a pattern. Others begin with a story...

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Advent 2026: Hidden World

Yarn Substitution with Prosper Yarns - Prosper Yarn

Understand how gauge, meterage and fibre work together, to discover yarns that will suit a patter...

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Yarn Substitution with Prosper Yarns

5 Cosy Knits You Can Finish Before Winter Ends - Prosper Yarn

The cold is here. Your needles are ready. Here are five projects that will have you casting on th...

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5 Cosy Knits You Can Finish Before Winter Ends

‘There’s No Place Like Home’ April Sock Club - Prosper Yarn

Kia ora anō knitters! As you’ve no doubt noticed, it’s getting cold out there! The autumnal chill...

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‘There’s No Place Like Home’ April Sock Club

‘There’s No Place Like Home’ March Sock Club - Prosper Yarn

The last few days of March are spent relishing the still long evenings and balmy weather. And wha...

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‘There’s No Place Like Home’ March Sock Club

How to Care for Wool Sweaters and Handknits - Prosper Yarn

Make Your Knits Last a Lifetime You’ve spent hours choosing the pattern. Then the yarn and colour...

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How to Care for Wool Sweaters and Handknits

‘There’s No Place Like Home’ February Sock Club - Prosper Yarn

Where does the time go? February is upon us, and in true Ponsonby fashion, we’re bringing out the...

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‘There’s No Place Like Home’ February Sock Club

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