Knitting Along
January 8, 2024In deference to the New Year’s resolution I made about my knitting (you can read about that here if you missed it), I’m giving myself permission to knit things for fun this year, and sometimes that means knitting a pattern someone else wrote. I decided to join a little knitalong with some friends from the Strungalong retreat I attended in November, and we’re knitting the Field Sweater (Ravelry link) by Camilla Vlad. I don’t often knit other people’s designs these days, and I try really hard to avoid doing anything that involves an external deadline, but I’m doing this because…
New Thoughts About New Year’s Resolutions
/ January 5, 2024Happy New Year, knitters! Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I generally don’t, but I was thinking about them in new ways, particularly in terms of my knitting, and realized I did have things I wanted to…
Come Sail Away With Me
/ December 1, 2023If you don’t already know this about me… my happiest place is by the water. So when the Cephalopod Sisters of Northwest Yarn & Fiber asked me to be the knitting instructor on their August 2024 nautical…
What’s the Buzz?
/ November 22, 2023There’s a lot of buzz this week as TWO different gift-a-longs are starting up. That means fun, prizes, and plenty of pattern discounts! In fact, these are the deepest pattern discounts I offer all year, so if…
Perfect Pie Crust
/ October 27, 2023I know that’s a big claim, perfect pie crust. Aren’t we all looking for it? And don’t we all have a different definition of what that is? My perfect pie crust is light and crisp more than…
Which Hat? Which Yarn?
/ October 13, 2023I know, it’s so hard to choose! I always love to give you a choice, so I’ve chosen two cool hat patterns for our Fall KAL, and you get to pick which one you want to do.…
Off to See the Knitters!
/ October 3, 2023Today’s a packing day for me, as I’m getting ready for a very busy weekend. I’ll be teaching Friday at the Mountain and Valley Wool Festival in Santa Fe, Sunday at Lambtown in Dixon, California, and Monday…
Time for Another Knitalong!
/ September 20, 2023I think fall is a great time to knit hats. It’s getting cooler so we might need a new one, and it’s also the time of year when we might be starting to think about holiday presents.…
Yarn Review: Atlas
/ July 24, 2023I’ve got a new pattern on the needles, and a new-to-me-yarn that I’m excited to review for you: Modern Daily Knitting’s Atlas. I don’t often have time to knit up non-design work, but at the most recent…