Category Archives: New Products

Hawthorne Speckle is BACK!

Remember during our Big Sale last November we introduced a new Hawthorne yarn? Well, it proved so popular we had to bring it back - say hello again to Hawthorne Speckle!

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New Chroma Colors!

Chroma, our multicolor yarn, available in both fingering and worsted weights, is a perennial customer and staff favorite. We love the old favorites like Groovy, Sugar Cookie, and Sandpiper. Now, we have eight more colorways for you to try! Whether you love the teal blues in "Surf's Up" or the the oranges and yellows in "Get Your Neon", Chroma yarn is sure to keep your knitting interesting. Here at Knit Picks HQ, the colorway "Manzanita" has been a big hit. Check out two staff projects in this gorgeous blue, gray, and gold colorway!

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NEW! Majestic Wood Knitting Needles

The newest addition to our knitting needle line up will make you feel like crafting royalty - say hello to Majestic! Made with the same strong layers of laminated birch that our Rainbow, Sunstruck and Caspian Wood needles, this new and grand colorway is quite regal with it's waves of purples, blues and teals.

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Bags bags bags!

Something I’m always on the look out for is a great knitting bag – it needs to be big enough to hold my projects, durable and easy to clean when I inevitably spill something on it, and a long handle to sling over my shoulder when on the go. Plus, it goes without saying, it needs to be cute! So I’m so very excited about our newest totebags – check out these beauties! These gorgeous bags tick every one of my requirements!  I love the size – they are big enough to hold a large project such as a sweater, plus roomy enough for a book and my purse as well. And check out the lining!

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3 Kits to Complete Your New Year’s Resolutions

It's almost the end of January, and time to check in with our new year's resolutions. Did you make any craft-related promises to yourself for 2016? If you did, some of our amazing kits might help you get those important tasks off the ground. If you didn't make any resolutions, you might just want to take a peek at these (and our other) kits anyway. At a significant savings to you, these collections of items might just tempt you into brand new behavior, this year. Resolution 1: Take Better Care of My Handknits.

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Introducing: Alpaca Cloud Fingering Weight Yarn!

Do you like knitting and crocheting with alpaca yarn? I love it. Everything I make is so soft and light. I'm not a lace knitter, so when Alpaca Cloud Lace Yarn came out in such a stunning array of colors, I lamented that it was a bit too thin for anything I've got in my queue. Enter Alpaca Cloud Fingering Yarn, in such an amazing  palette and fingering weight for lightweight (but so warm!) sweaters, shawls, and amazing colorwork.

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Introducing Big Art Knits!

I'm so excited to present my first-ever pattern collection, Big Art Knits! When we were planning collections for 2016, one of my suggestions was a collection that used really big, bulky yarns. I love how quickly they work up, the texture you get from even simple stitches, and just their big, oversized nature. They've got a lot of drama and a little goes a long way. That's why they're so perfect for home goods-they add a cozy feeling without overwhelming a room.

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Go Shorties, It’s Your Birthday!

The rumors are true - we now carry 16" interchangable needles! Let us formally introduce you to our new Options Short Interchangeable Caspian Needle Set (or Shorties, as we call them around here).

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