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by Alison on May 25, 2010
Giving a knitted gift? Here’s a little video that can prep your lucky recipient on how best to react to your beautiful, thoughtful, labor-intensive gift. 😉 < |
Category Archives: Inspiration
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Have you finished all of your Christmas gifts yet? I’m working on a double knit argyle scarf that probably won’t make the deadline, but we made a video to share ideas to incorporate knitting into your holiday gift wrapping. Whether you want use scraps of yarn to wrap your gift, personalize a gift card, include knitted ornaments with a gift, or make a last minute IOU placeholder gift, we have ideas for you! For reference, those are Lumpy, Grumpy, and the Tidings of Joy ornaments in the video. < |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
I love to knit… the only problem is time… it escapes me… the older I get the faster it goes!!! but finally I get to say I finished a knitted project! How exciting and satisfying it is to be able to say that… Earlier this fall, I was looking through an Interweave magazine and spotted the Every Way Wrap… it was gorgeous and I wanted it! I looked through my stash and found a considerable amount of Mainline (cotton/wool blend). I decided it would be perfect for this project. The first thing I did was enlarge the charts… (old eyes). the second thing I did was label the cable symbols on the chart (makes it so much faster than to keep looking at the legend… and then the knitting needles were flying… in dribs and drabs… but every week I was making visible progress… and now I ... |
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by Kelley on May 25, 2010
To get into the Christmas spirit, everyone at the office dressed up in holiday sweaters today and brought in cookies. Things were very festive around here. KP was the most festive department by far. Who knew what our designers could do with LED lights and tinsel?! The guys around here are really good sports too. It’s fun going into meetings when everyone is smiling. You can’t wear a sweater like Marci’s without smiling. And Kate was even fuzzier than me! I didn’t wear a sweater, I get too hot. I might have begged for a few cookies though. I hope you’re all having fun-filled holidays too! < |
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by Kelley on May 25, 2010
Ok, yesterday was a crazy day!! I was running behind schedule and grabbed the first pair of socks that I touched in the sock drawer. And, look what I had to deal with all day! Store bought socks!! Yes, I have, what? – eight pairs of lovely hand-knit socks in that same drawer!! What was I thinking! No more sock selection before coffee! This morning I redeemed myself for this blow to the sock knitting community. I love listening to the Martha Stewart channel on Sirius. Whole Living with Terri Trespicio was sending a call out for Things You Would Rather Make Than Buy as gifts. Well, hello!! Socks!! I called and I actually got to sing the praises of sock knitting!! I hope the sock knitters will welcome me back into the fold! ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Can you believe that Christmas is only 10 days away? And Chanukah is already here!! I’m 90% done with my holiday knitting, I have a few more ends to weave in, and two edges to reinforce with crochet, and then I am DONE! I think I’m going to make it, but if I don’t, at least I have these cute downloadable IOU’s as a back up. It’s nice to have a contingency plan. I’m planning on including our printable care labels with my knitted gifts this year (my sister accidentally felted the cowl I made her last year, oops!) and while I’m at it, I’ll probably use the gift tags that match. If I have extra time, maybe I’ll even knit Grumpy or Lumpy as package toppers out of stash yarn. Don’t you love holiday freebies? How’s your holiday knitting coming? ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
I want you to know I have great intentions… but darn!, Christmas sneaks up on me every year… you would think I would learn… last night I was working until after midnight on some gifts I am giving tonight… why do I do this???? Well it started many many years ago… probably 35 to be exact… I was so excited when I learned to knit. I decided I was going to knit everyone a gift… again, great intentions… I made my mom a wrap around cardigan (very ambitious!!!), my dad got an array of “varigated” yarn hats… (he loved them, the brighter the better)… memory fails me as to what I made my brother… but the memorable one was my sister’s mittens… it was the last project I had to do that year… I was frantically knitting on Christmas Eve (did it come early that year?)… I ... |
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by Kelley on May 25, 2010
We are heading into the third week of renovation chaos in the office. Thankfully my office space is shaping up nicely and I’ve been able to be productive all day! What a nice change! The problem is that Xena is not at all comfortable with boxes in hallways, strange men walking around pushing big, heavy carts and people in new spaces! When she does find someone in a “normal” space, she demands attention. Kate offered some love and comfort. When all else fails, she jumps into her bag – the ultimate comfort! < |
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by Kelley on May 25, 2010
As modern knitters we are blessed with a potentially mind-boggling array of new methods for knitting. For centuries knitters used Double Pointed Needles (DPNs) for knitting small circumference items like sleeves, sweater necks, mittens, etc. But, with the advent of circular needles, knitting with two circular needles became another method. When Socks Soar on Circular Needles came out, we had quite the civil war in the building. I, for one, completely converted to knitting with two circulars. Then, Bev Galeskas wrote The Magic Loop and I embraced that method. I prefer to think of myself as an early adopter rather than fickle. Since then we (knitters) have seen dozens of new books focusing on using one, or all three methods to knit socks. Here is where the confusion begins. “How do I convert a pattern that is written for DPNs so that I can knit using the Magic Loop Method.” Or, “I much prefer knitting ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Hi Everyone! Have you all listened to parts 1 and 2 of Miss Eiderdown’s Stocking holiday story? When I listened to the story, I was inspired to knit a special Christmas stocking of my own. We released a Miss Eiderdown’s Stocking pattern, knit with Gloss HW, and I designed duplicate stitch charts so you can add a design after you finish your stocking. There are charts for a snowman, a snowflake, and an evergreen tree (with falling snow). Can you tell I was inspired by the snowy Christmas we had in the Pacific Northwest last year? It’s also easy to add your own design. Write your name across the top. Or find a neat Fair Isle or cross stitch chart and duplicate stitch that onto your design. Or add duplicate stitch to any of your existing knitted projects. Duplicate stitch is an easy was to add colorwork to your knitting without using stranded ... |
