Drawstring Lace Cowl
by Stacey on February 17, 2012
This week our Freebie Friday pattern is a beautiful lace cowl!
The pattern is Drawstring Lace Cowl by SweaterBabe – a designer with so many gorgeous patterns!
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Needlepoint with Palette
by Hannah on February 15, 2012
One of the first things I spotted when I joined Pinterest was Karen Barbe’s beautiful diagram of a needlepoint leaf stitch. The chunky yarn, texture of the stitches and overall “squishability” of the stitch instantly caught my imagination. So, I stopped by a craft store on my way home and picked out a roll of needlepoint canvas and set about picking through my Palette stash the minute I walked in the door.
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Wee sweater with button placket
by Alison on February 15, 2012
I’ve been holding off on posting about it publicly, but once I saw the pictures from our de-stash party I figured I could start telling folks that I’m pregnant. Dan and I are expecting our first child this June, a boy, and we’re super excited.
Book Review – Finishing School
by Kelley on February 15, 2012
Please, please, please buy Finishing School by Deborah Newton!!
It’s not that hard to find the time to learn how to knit – take a class, spend an afternoon with a knitting friend or even get trapped next to an enthusiastic knitter on a plane who just happens to carry along extra needles and yarn for spontaneous instructions to total strangers. Of course, by the end of the flight you’ve become lifelong friends but that is another story.
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Modern Romance
by Knit Picks Staff on February 14, 2012
Being relatively young, I still have the energy to ask the bland questions: Why should Valentine’s Day matter to us? In this, I mean the Valentine’s Day of you and me—the general, stodgy adults—since I think we can agree that children could never have any objection to candies and little cards and fun days at school.
As it’s a time to acknowledge and reward Romance, let’s also give some thought to love-in-actuality and what endures. Now being in a position to look back some, I can say that I’ve forgotten nearly all of my Valentine’s Day gifts through the years. I’ve certainly forgotten all the flowers and candies and trinkets. I’ve forgotten most of the books and records.
Warmth for Winter Blues Contest Winnter
by Stacey on February 13, 2012
Wow – we had over 1500 entries! I hope you had fun picking your favorite blue yarn and the ideas you listed were great! I just added a bunch of patterns to my queue from them.
We can only have one winner though. So congratulations to Jackie! This was her comment:
Shadow lace in Opal Heather is beautiful! It’s evocative of a painting by Monet… <3 It would make an amazing Featherweight cardigan =) I love blue and gray together and you get an added bonus with all the subtle hues of rose and lemon too.
I quite agree – I love Opal Heather!
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Warmth for Winter Blues Contest!
by Stacey on February 13, 2012
Thanks everyone – contest is over! We’ll draw a winner on 2/13!
Here at Knit Picks, we’re on a mission to change the perception of the Winter Blues. The color blue makes all of us so happy – gazing up the blue sky, watching the ocean waves, seeing a blue jay flying by – so why should “blue” mean sad?
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An exercise in Stash Management
by Knit Picks Staff on February 10, 2012
It’s no secret that I have a ridiculous stash. I’ve been fighting the
dreaded SABLE (Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy) for some time
now, and the only weapon I have is youth! But, barring medical advances
that would have me able to knit productively till about 120 years old, I
need to do something about my stash.
What really spurred me on was the stash swap party we had last week. I
had to go through my stash and get rid of stuff, and I was also
determined to bring home less than I brought. But, I have to say that
dumping out a comforter-bags’ worth of stash all over my dining table
was a bit of an eye-opener!
Liana Shawlette
by Stacey on February 9, 2012
Our Freebie Friday pattern this week is a beautiful shawlette by one of our favorite IDP designers!
This is Joyce Fassbender‘s Liana Shawlette. It’s so eye catching!
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Tiny Kitten
by Alison on February 9, 2012
I’ve been trying to be good about finishing up long-lingering projects this year. I tend to get distracted by new patterns and yarns that come across my desk, so I constantly have a pile of projects with unwoven ends or half-knitted sleeves.
I found this little guy in a plastic shoebox, just missing his ears:
