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If you knit at all, or would like to know how, you’ll want to get in on Craftsy’s brand new free online knitting workshop, and make yourself a cute and cosy shrug.

Shrug — you know — one of those little sweaters that forgot to grow past the shoulder blades?

Don’t snort!

Honestly, if you don’t own a shrug, you’re missing out on a very useful bit of wardrobe gear. It’s the perfect little cover-up for a dressy outfit (think, cool eveing breeze at a wedding reception) or just to snuggle up in when the cold winter nights roll on, but you aren’t quite ready to bundle up in the full-fledged woolies.

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