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Harmony needles
are no different than a fine piece of furniture. They need a bit of oil
to keep them nourished and smooth. Funny thing, my hands need the same
thing.
Hello all
So excited to be working on the lovely colorful Babette. I have seen so many
of them on Revelry and can’t wait to have one of my own. I’ve been knitting for
about 20 years and thought crochet would come easily to me. Well, it hasn’t.
Holding the yarn in my left isn’t so bad and actually helped me see how I could
do continental if I so chose (but I enjoy being a thrower) but I’m getting
confused on some things that I think are probably easy but I’m just making it
difficult.
In addition to our ever growing list of tutorials available through
Knit Picks, did you know we also have a YouTube channel with even more
online classes, how-to videos and tutorials? We have over 200 videos
that include not only instructional material, but also many designer
interviews and so much more.
One of the best things about our Knit Picks YouTube channel
are all of the classes that walk you through every step of the way. We
have classes on how to knit – the basics, how to knit lace, how to knit a
sweater, how to spin yarn using a drop spindle as well as Kelley’s Sock
Class and Kelley’s Mitten Class. And to make things even easier for
you, we now have a dedicated section for all of these classes.
Woohoo, we hit 100 episodes today!
We’re all really excited about hitting the big 1-0-0, and reaching this milestone has really gotten us buzzing with ideas for future podcasts. Starting with Episode 101, we have a couple of new treats planned. We’ll still have all of Kelley’s lessons, interviews, book reviews, and personal knitting adventures, though, so don’t worry about your favorite bits going away!
If you’d like to help us celebrate, you can enter our contest right here. It’s an easy one! All you have to do is post a comment in the show notes for Episode 100 telling us your favorite podcast moment, and then we’ll pick a winner at random.
Thanks for listening! <
We received 21,599 entries for our Wish List Contest! The randomly selected winner was Laura Patterson! We have contacted Laura to let her know that she has won our contest.
Here is what was on Laura’s wish list:
2 skeins of Black Cherry Heather Wool of the Andes
3 skeins of Onyx Heather Wool of the Andes
1 Green East Meets West Bag Kit
1 Options Interchangeable Nickel Plated Needle Set
1 Sock Knitting Needle Holder
1 View Sizer
1 Knitting Beyond the Edge by Nicky Epstein
Congratulations Laura! We hope that you have lots of fun knitting! You had a lot of good stuff in your wish list, we’d love to know what you plan to make with your prizes. <
I don’t know about all of you, but our house is getting distinctly chilly. Flop-on-the-couch time is now preceeded by pick-out-favorite-cuddly-blanket time (which is sometimes interrupted by roll-dog-and-multiple-cats-off-of-favorite-blanket time).
I just finished a new throw blanket using a free pattern called “Missoni Inspired Chevron Blanket” (Ravelry link). Missoni is an Italian fashion house that is generally known for bold colors and geometric patterns, and this blanket pattern captures the Missoni flavor by interspersing black and white zig zag lines with the crazy off-kilter rainbow colors.
Read more »Don’t Kelley’s mitten videos make you feel a little like you’re in a choose your own adventure novel? They’re so much fun! Some of you have already seen this video on YouTube, but for everyone else…
A few weeks back, Kelley was developing her outlines for the video series, and since I was knitting a pair of fingerless mittens for my sister, I asked her for a private lesson on Afterthought Thumbs. Her way of using the waste yarn to knit ahead and then purl back was quite a breakthrough for me (if you don’t know what I mean, stay tuned for her complete video on Afterthought Thumbs next week!) I’d been doing it another way, and I always get gaping holes around my thumbs. So I happily knitted ahead, purled back, and finished up the top of my fingerless mitten. And then I realized… I wasn’t sure what to do …
Read more »Good morning! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! Alisha posted last week to let you know we were going to be having our first ever Cyber Monday sale today. The sale is on! Over 400+ colors of yarn are 25-35% off. We did have some technical issues this morning and not all the yarns were showing correctly in this sale category. That has been resolved, and we’re really sorry for any confusion or inconvenience that caused.
We’re also sorry to say our web site is extremely slow today. The IT department has been scrambling to get it fixed, but our bandwidth is pretty maxed out so there’s not much we can do to resolve it. To make it up to you and make sure everyone gets a chance to shop the sale, we’re extending the sale until 11:59PM tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/30) to give you more time. Thank you for being …
As my first blog post, I am excited to be the one
to announce our upcoming sale! Instead of fretting with the hassles of
Black Friday, join us on Monday, November 29th for some smoking Cyber
Monday deals! I’ve been told that I can’t disclose what our sale will
entail, but I can tell you that it is going to be amazing.
This year will be our first Cyber Monday that we
have ever done so expect us to come out with something big! The sale
starts at 12:01 am so be sure to shop early so that you don’t miss out
on any of the deals. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and stay warm!!
-Alisha
Read more »Kelley talks with Melissa, our Art Director, about her talent for dyeing yarn.
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