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by Kelley on May 25, 2010
What a lovely way to spend a day! My take for the day? A used Ashford Joy spinning wheel that I bought from Theo after seeing her ad on the Black Sheep Gathering group in Ravelry. Thank you, Theo!!! I love my “new” wheel! I also bought an Ashford Knitters Rigid Heddle loom. I did not buy any spinning fiber! But, it was very hard to resist temptation with Alison pointing goodies out to me every few minutes. < |
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by Kelley on May 25, 2010
Believe me, if I wasn’t confident that someone was listening out there, I would never have made it to Podcast 100. I am ridiculously excited about introducing ways to bring listeners into my little world so that we can share a wider variety of stories on the joys, and frustrations, of working with fiber! Hugs!!! Kelley < |
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by Brett on May 25, 2010
Shopping for yarn online can be a maddening guessing game. Is that a Teal or a Turquoise strand in Shimmer Hand Dyed Shallows? Will Comfy Sport’s Seafoam and Marlin clash or compliment each other? Its a lot to ask from your computer screen, but on Knit Picks, we’ve recently added full-color, 300 pixel close-ups that bring each yarn color to life. As always, our team of photographers takes great care to achieve real-life color accuracy, but you shouldn’t have to squint to see all those beautiful colors! Still not sure if Fennel is the right color for your new lace shawl? Our most popular yarns also have a detailed written description of the colors and transitions you’ll find in the yarn. The best part? You can view multiple pop-ups at the same time to compare different colors from the same yarn line! Step 1: Find a color that catches your eye and click ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Knit Picks is everywhere! That’s a bit tongue in cheek, but we are having a lot of fun talking about knitting on several social web sites. Have you friended us on FaceBook yet? A bunch of us are also on Twitter, posting tweets about our daily activities. Here’s a link to our Knit Picks on Twitter page. So, just for fun on Saturday, which was Knit in Public Day, I ran a contest on Twitter. I posted the rules and then a clue picture. The first person to guess my location got a specially selected prize! Nicole S. was the winner, and since she’s from Wisconsin, she did a really good job of figuring out my location – Voodoo Donuts in Portland, OR (I had an apple fritter, by the way – fantastic!). Nicole likes to knit cabled things, things for charity and is a beginner sock knitter (on dpns), so ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
I decided that Knit In Public day would be a great opportunity for a good distraction while I was doing one of my favorite activities! That’s right, the only way I could keep from kissing my muscles* would be to keep them busy doing something a bit more refined. Some of the folks at the gym were a little confused by this one, because I was spending my time looking at some pretty white cotton instead of watching myself in the mirror. But hey! I got a workout in and got a few rows done – win-win, right? I didn’t even notice how bad I looked in bike shorts! Hmmm, I wonder how many rows I’d have to do to get my triceps in shape… *if I could find them. ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Hi all… it’s been a crazy weekend for me so far! But I finally had a chance to sit down and do some knitting in public! A dear friend of mine got married today… and to do something a little different, her wedding reception is here at Big Al’s ( I heard that the new movie with Harrison Ford and Brandon Frazier was filmed here, can’t wait to see it on the big screen) this bowling alley is cream of the crop as far as bowling alleys go! Here is my grandson with me helping me out with the KIP (he took the first picture) Hope you had a fun day knitting! –Kim Footnote: This picture and blog was from earlier this afternoon… but I have a new mini computer and a new camera… needless to say, when I went to upload the ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
The funny thing about World Wide Knit in Public day (WWKIP), is that I almost always knit in public. I’m just not home a lot! I think the reason that I enjoy knitting so much is that it’s portable. I learned to knit a few years ago while I was in college, and I particularly liked that I could pull out my knitting when I was riding the bus to class or making myself sit still while reading a big textbook in the library (that produced a lot of scarves). And now that I’m out of school, I’m still always on the go. This means that I am able to dedicate more time to knitting than my more stationary hobbies such as weaving, machine sewing, or spinning. I’m getting over a cold, so I didn’t attend a big Knit in Public event. Then I realized that most of my friends in ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Link to Ravelry Here’s Melissa and Alice These are photos to go with Melissa’s post about our Knit in Public day today at the park in Vancouver. For the record, Melissa was the local celebrity among the knitters. People couldn’t believe she knit the sweater she had on–see how gorgeous it is in the photo above. And they were excited to meet the person who designed the colors of Imagination yarn and designed the patterns for last year’s snowmen Lumpy, Slim and Rosy. We had a lot of fun, the knitting guild gave away a bunch of prizes including some Knit Picks needles and yarn, and it was just cool to get to spend a couple hours, even on a cloudy day, hanging out outside with passionate knitters. More photos: Alice looking cute as always Amy showing off the beginning of Rosy ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
When I first heard about Worldwide Knit in Public Day, I didn’t really understand the concept. I mean, I knit in public ALL THE TIME. On public transportation, in the car, in restaurants,in airports…..at any seated event really. And some un-seated: in line at the post office, at the bank…I could go on and on. So, what’s the point of a whole entire day devoted to knitting in public? I already do that! Then I realized that I have only certain types of projects that I knit on in public. Socks are the most likely thing you’ll spot me working on because they are so portable. Mittens and gloves are up there too, closely followed by hats and cowls. When I knit in public, I don’t drag out the afghans, the color work, the sweaters knit in pieces with 2 sleeves on the needle at once, the snowy white lace that ... |
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by Knit Picks Staff on May 25, 2010
Happy Worldwide Knit in Public Day! This morning Angela, Christy, Marci, Amy, Nancee, and I all joined the Vancouver Monday Night Knitting Group and the Ft. Vancouver Knitters Guild knitting at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, WA. Angela took this video of some of us: Angela and I both cast on for premie hats, since that’s what our speed knitting contest knitters are knitting this weekend. Knitting with DPNs with a 4 month old in my lap was a bit tricky though, as you can see. I think I got about 6 rows done before she started grabbing at my needles. To show off my knitting, I wore my Autumn Rose Pullover, knit with Palette, and Alice wore the February Baby Sweater I made her with a handspun yarn. That tells you how sad our weather is today if we’re wearing wool sweaters. It didn’t stop us for getting out in ... |
