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by Knit Picks Staff on April 7, 2011
I am blown away by how many preemie hats you guys knit over one weekend, the grand total turned out to be 86 hats! Kate made this cool slide show of all your photos: You impressed the folks at The Preemie Project too, they sent me this message, “I was just looking through all of the posts. How cool! We really appreciate it!”. Thank you to everyone who took the time to knit 1, or 6, or 11, or 13 hats for a good cause this weekend. Yep, I said 13. Ruthmci and Knit4Many each knit 13 hats before 9am yesterday. We had a tie. We thought about coming up with a tie breaker, like a Battle Royale for knitters, but in the end we’ve just decided to give prizes to both of them. They will each get a copy of Knitting in the Sun, a needle set, and 11 balls of cotton ... |
Category Archives: Inspiration
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by Knit Picks Podcast on April 7, 2011
Tina and Alison talk through the process of developing a yarn line, from fiber choice to final skein. 3 easy ways to listen… < |
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by Knit Picks Podcast on April 7, 2011
Kelley chats with Millie and Jared about working in Knit Picks Customer Service. She also chats with Knitting Superhero Jeanne about knitting through hard economic times. 3 easy ways to listen… < |
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by Stacey on April 6, 2011
That’s about all I can say about our Spring Yarn Party! I mean, check out this crowd! I’m so excited this turned out so well – we haven’t had many events & this was the first one to celebrate our new yarn lines, so we weren’t quite sure what to expect. Since I was coordinating it, I was so worried that no one would show up 🙂 Silly me! As promised we took lots of pictures! The before shot with our designers panel, Kelley, Sarah, & Alison: Our yarn bon-bons of the Stroll Tonals: Our fantastic designer panel with Kelley, our in house designers Kerin & Nina and IDP designers Rodger & David: Lucky winner in our raffle – we gave out over 20 prizes! |
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by Stacey on April 6, 2011
Ever since we put Grace‘s first IDP pattern up in December, she has been one of our most popular designers. All three of her patterns have sold strongly – including her new Victorian Rose, which only went up 2 weeks ago! And it’s not hard to see why – she has such a distinct & lovely style to her designs. Anyone who reads my twitter feed (or my blog here) knows I’m obsessed with making Barb Wire as my first project in lace weight yarn. So I was delighted to get a quick interview with her! (Grace’s “unwilling” models – her children) How long have you been knitting? I have been knitting since I was about 10 – so off and on about 30 years What motivated you to learn to knit? My Mother knit all the time. I remember ... |
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by Stacey on April 6, 2011
So a confession – I’ve never used lace yarn in my 9 years of knitting. I bought one skein a couple of years ago, but never used it – it just sits prettily on my shelf. I guess I’m scared it too thin for me & I’ll break it immediately – even though I will happily knit socks in light fingering weight yarn on size 0 needles! But I finally broke down & bought some because I am determine to overcome my fear of it. Plus I’m in love with Barb Wire and feel I must have it for my next sweater project! (interview with the designer tomorrow!) So I bought some pretty Gloss Lace in the new Peapod color Since our Gloss line is my favorite yarn, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to start there. Then I love Alison’s Citron so much that I needed to do that too ... |
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by Alison on April 6, 2011
Kelley chats with designer Hannah Fettig, author of “Closely Knit.” Hannah’s Blog *After a flood of requests from listeners, Xena’s bark is back! 3 easy ways to listen… < |
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by Knit Picks Podcast on April 6, 2011
Kelley goes over common cast on techniques and describes the best uses for each. Books in Book Review Simple Knits for Little Cherubs by Erika Knight Itty-Bitty Nursery by Susan B. Anderson 3 easy ways to listen… < |
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by Knit Picks Podcast on April 6, 2011
Ready for a new year of knitting? Kelley and Tina chat about different ways to reorganize the yarn and projects in their stashes. Book Review Cardigans by Louisa Harding 3 easy ways to listen… < |
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by Knit Picks Podcast on April 6, 2011
Kelley goes over some personal tips for keeping relaxed and avoiding discomfort while knitting up a storm. Regarding a different kind of comfort, Kelley also chats with Knitting Community friends Cheryl, Peggy, and Susan about how online communities have changed their own knitting lives. 3 easy ways to listen… < |
