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by Alison on January 17, 2011
I wanted to introduce you to the newest member of the Knit Picks team, Jenny! Jenny’s our new Education Coordinator, and she’ll be writing tutorials, managing the podcast schedule, and creating new videos for techniques and virtual classes. She’s already hard at work on podcast episode 151, and it should air this Thursday, January 20th. |
Category Archives: Inspiration
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by Kelley on December 28, 2010
If you are expecting a pattern for these socks, you are out of luck. I'm calling them Chimera for a reason. |
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by Knit Picks Staff on December 23, 2010
It's time to announce the three winners of our Knitting Motifs for Babies and Kids giveaway! I used a random number generator to pick winners from the comments. #20 - Irene #222 - Robin J #92 - Diane Tetreault Congratulations! We'll be emailing the winners to get their addresses so we can mail these out. Thanks to everyone who participated. You all had great comments and ideas! |
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by Knit Picks Staff on December 23, 2010
Everyone here at Knit Picks would like to wish all of you a very happy holiday. Thank you for being such great supporters of our company, we really appreciate and value every single one of you. For your viewing enjoyment, here's a video of our holiday classic, How to thank a knitter. Cheers! Knit Picks |
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by Knit Picks Staff on December 15, 2010
This year is the year. Every other year that I've committed to making homemade gifts for friends and family, I've managed to finish in time. But this year I'm going to have to accept defeat. My sister just told me last week that her fiance wanted a pair of dark brown or black fingerless gloves for Christmas. Last week. And I'd been planning on just ordering him an Amazon gift card online. Oops. |
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by Knit Picks Staff on December 9, 2010
I am very excited because today I officially published my first pattern, Kitty Cat Paw Mitts and Hat, as an IDP designer, and I owe it all to my cat, The Bus (and Stacey!). I've blogged about The Bus before, he is my very charismatic and very surly Siamese cat. He is mostly brown with little white feet. This year when I was trying to pick a costume for Halloween, I was struck by a stroke of genius and decided to dress up as my cat. I had Marshmallow, Dogwood Heather, and Bittersweet Heather Simply Cotton in my stash, so I whipped up a quick kitty hat and matching mitts and dressed in all white and brown. I added some whiskers and a collar and presto chango- instant Bus costume. |
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by Kelley on December 9, 2010
Just like nearly every knitter I know, I was thrilled when inventive knitters began to find ingenious ways to use the flexibility of circular needles to use instead of double pointed needles (DPNs). For a while, I used only two circular needles or one long circular needle (Magic Loop Method) whenever I knit something with a small circumference - socks, mittens or hats. Now I've gotten so that I choose between my options depending on what I'm knitting. As you know, I just finished my Tic Tac Toe Socks. I always overcompensate when it comes to making sure I won't run out of yarn for a project. I ran out of yarn when I was first learning how to knit. On a Pi Shawl, no less. I was traumatized! Now I always end up with leftover yarn. I had a skein and most of a ball of Gloss to use for "something". |
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by Kelley on December 6, 2010
Just a couple of weeks ago, Bob and I were in Philadelphia to celebrate his nieces's wedding. Over the years, I have enjoyed attending family celebrations and learning about Jewish traditions. We've never been able to celebrate Hanukkah with Bob's family. It's a long way to travel in the middle of the winter. But, I've done some reading and there are a few things that I admire about Hanukkah. |
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by Kelley on December 1, 2010
EZ's shawl hasn't been the focus of all of my knitting attention but it hasn't been neglected. Each section has only a four-round repeat pattern. That means no chart and just a 3 x 5 index card to keep track of the rounds. I'm at the 576 stitch segment. It's still lace knitting so you have to pay attention, but I've actually been dragging it around with me as my "social" knitting - dinner with friends, parties, etc. I also think that the ethereal quality of Smoke Heather in Alpaca Cloud is irresistable. I just can't wait to see it finished. |
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by Kelley on December 1, 2010
I have absolutely no explanation for my current mania for bread baking. It isn't something new. I've known how to bake bread since I was a teenager. But, I have a sourdough started happily stewing in my refrigerator. I made two loaves of sourdough on Monday. Then, I decided to make Some Sort of Raisin Bread. Right now I'm thinking of starting a plain dough to use for making Some Sort of Cinnamon Bread. |
