Monthly Archives: March 2019

Introducing Snuggle Puff Yarn!
by on March 31, 2019

a bowl on a wood table filled with balls of Knit Picks Snuggle Puff Yarn.

Snuggle up with downy drifts of cotton! Snuggle Puff is an amazingly lightweight heavy worsted or Aran weight cotton yarn made possible by blowing cotton fiber into a nylon mesh. Without the rigid structure of spinning and plying, the resulting yarn is amazingly lofty, showcasing Pima Cotton’s beautiful drape and huggable softness. Snuggle Puff is perfect for wool-free accessories and garments for babies, children, anyone with extra sensitive skin, and cotton fans of all kinds. The best part? It’s machine washable too!

Knitted baby sweater with a cat face pattern in cream and gray using Knit Picks Snuggle Puff yarn and Claire Slade's Mini Meow sweater pattern ... </p data-src= Read more »

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Tags: baby, cotton, crochet, favorite patterns, Finished Objects, Inspiration, kids, KP Staff Projects, New Products, Yarn


Spring News: Our Latest Cotton Yarn, Collections, and more!
by on March 27, 2019

Introducing Snuggle Puff

We are so excited to share our latest yarn innovation with you! Snuggle Puff is an amazingly lightweight, huggably soft cotton blend–it really is the perfect yarn for snuggling (hence the name!). It has all that great, next-to-skin softness cotton is known for but without the weight and density of a traditional cotton yarn. It’s a ball of squishy, cuddly goodness, and it comes in ten sweet pastel colors!

What makes Snuggle Puff so great is the unique way it’s made. Downy drifts of cotton are blown into nylon mesh, which creates the absolute softest, fluffiest, and lightest-weight cotton available. Seriously. It is …

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Tags: Books, color, cotton, crochet, eBooks, Exclusive KP Collections, Inspiration, kids, New Products, News, Patterns, Yarn


Spring Color Palettes
by on March 23, 2019

Spring is knocking on our door! The warmer weather and colors that are starting to sprout have me itching to reach for some lighter knitting. I hope these palettes will inspire you to cast on a new project!

Cherry Blossoms

This image of cherry blossoms has perfect hazy early morning colors mixed with pops of jewel tones. Our soft and warm Alpaca fiber yarn, Alpaca Cloud, is perfect for shawls and light Spring accessories. Match the gorgeous cherry blossoms with Alpaca Cloud in Charlotte, Anna, Algernon, and Bennet.

Image by Nikhil Kumar via Unsplash

Tulip Blooms

These bright blooms are the epitome of springtime excitement. Bold greens paired with pops of bright pinks, orange, and yellows get me excited for warm walks at the weekend farmer’s market. I love seeing the …

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Happy Spring Sale!
by on March 21, 2019

We’re so happy that spring is finally here! To celebrate, we’re giving away fabulous freebies AND giving folks 15% off their orders. Why? Because we can!

Knit Picks Spring 15% off sale

Shop. Save. How simple is that? Just be sure to use promo code MARCH15 at checkout.

You’re probably saying to yourself, “This is the best news I’ve heard all week!” At this point we would say, “But wait! There’s more…..”

We’re spreading the freebie love with these awesome deals:

Free Rose Gold Swift Case with purchase of Onyx Swift OR Free Teal Swift Case with purchase of Birch Swift? YES!

Free Rosewood Yarn Bowl …

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Travel Knitting: My UK/Ireland Trip Sweater!
by on March 11, 2019

Several years ago, I got to take an amazing trip around the UK and Ireland with my husband and his parents. It was such an incredible, once in a lifetime opportunity, I decided I wanted an equally special, one of a kind souvenir to remember it by, so I came up with a plan to knit a trip sweater! And then I did it!

The idea was to buy yarn in every city I visited (or as many as possible, at least), and then knit a sweater with stripes of all the yarns I bought. Also, to have the project as my travel knitting throughout the trip–on planes, trains, and backs of cars. So I started my planning by choosing a pattern. I thought worsted weight was the …

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Tags: Inspiration, Finished Objects, Fun, KP Staff Projects, travel


Podcast 296 – Adventure Awaits and Muse
by on March 7, 2019

One of the innumerable things that we love about knitting is as a means to discover the world around us. Our newest yarn and knitting pattern collection are opportunities to take this both figuratively and literally. The collection, Adventure Awaits, is selection of rugged, practical projects to make all of your outdoor explorations easier, while newly introduced yarn, Muse, lets us bring the fiber mills and dye shops of Japan directly to you.

To start, Stacey talks with Erica about Adventure Awaits to explore this new collection and the fine and functional knits and yarns it showcases.

After that, Knit Picks Vice President Alison joins Daniel to enthuse about the fabulous fiber and amazing colorways of Muse Hand Painted and Muse Hand Painted Tonal.

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Tags: Podcast, Exclusive KP Collections, New Products, Yarn


Stitch Story: Aran Islands
by on March 4, 2019

Photo credit: www.aranisland.info

Knitters in the know are often more than familiar with the classic Aran jumper; big chunky Irish ganseys (or guernseys), traditionally hand-knitted from unbleached wool. Originally worn by working fishermen, they also became popular fashion garments in the US during the “golden” era of Hollywood. Grace Kelly. Steve McQueen. Paul Newman. Marilyn Monroe. Icons in their own right, the stars of the silver screen adopted this classic garment as part of their everyday attire. As such, it’s no wonder the treasured Aran knit sweater continues to be reinvented to this day in the fashion industry.
Love a good urban legend? There happens to be one based on the stitches of these namesake sweaters. The story goes that each jumper knit for fishermen in the Aran Islands …

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