Follow along and discover your next inspiration as we cast on for projects we love, explore new techniques, and dish about the latest and greatest from Knit Picks.
Meet the team »
Alison and Christina discuss the development procees for Chroma
colorways; Kerin and Stacey suggest patterns and designs that go well
with Chroma.
Chroma Yarn
Books Reviewed
Jenny reviews Knitting Noro by Jane Ellison
3 easy ways to listen…
Angela and I went to the TNNA winter show in Long Beach, CA last week. It was a little different for us than other shows we’ve attended – this time, instead of just walking the floor as a retailer, we were exhibiting as wholesalers! We’ve just started selling our needles to local yarn stores, and it’s possible that they’re already at a shop near you. Alisha made this initial list of LYSs that carry Knit Picks needles, and we’re adding new stores faster than we can udpate the list!
I wanted to introduce you to the newest member of the Knit Picks team, Jenny! Jenny’s our new Education Coordinator, and she’ll be writing tutorials, managing the podcast schedule, and creating new videos for techniques and virtual classes. She’s already hard at work on podcast episode 151, and it should air this Thursday, January 20th.
Some of you may have seen the video of me getting a seed stitch
lesson from Kerin during our lunch break last week. In the video, I was
working on what ultimately became a long swatch of different stitch
types. After realizing that my swatch was never going to be a scarf
that anyone would want to wear, I decided to try knitting a hat. On
Friday night, I sat down with my 16″ circulars and a ball of yarn and
had my entire 2″ band done before I noticed the part in the pattern that
says “be careful not to twist your ring of stitches.” Oops. At this
point, my entire row had been twisted and turned close to 50 times and
the whole thing looked like a hot mess. After getting confirmation from
my mom over the weekend that there was no salvaging my work, I decided
to start over.
Now I’m curious: what are some of the trials and
tribulations that you all have run into? Being such the beginner that I
am, I could really use some tips from people who have knit up a few
hats in their day. What specific things should one look out for? Do
you have any (really easy) pattern suggestions? I’d love to hear any
advice that you have. Thanks in advance for your help!
-Alisha
Read more »Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway! We had some
really fun comments and we always love reading all of them.
Unfortunately, we were only able to pick three winners. To make our selections, we used a random number generator that chose our winners based on the number of their comment.
Our winners!
#29 – Katherine R. from Knightdale, NC
#209 – Kris G. from Baltimore, MD
#384 – Sarah B. from Bountiful, UT
Our winners have each been sent an email and as soon as we hear back from
them, we will ship them their prize. Hopefully Katherine, Kris and Sarah
will make some really cute monsters and share pictures with us. If
they do, we will be sure to post them! Thanks again everyone!
Why is this Dangerous? Because if you win this book you will be overloaded with cuteness!
If you are a regular reader of the blog, you know that I love Rebecca Danger‘s creatures (and anyone who sees my desk can confrim it). So I am so excited for her book, The Big Book Of Knitted Monsters – it’s full of 20 awesome monster pattterns!
What I love about Fair Isle sweaters is that they are just so
classic. When it was time to design a new colorwork sweater, I took a
lot of inspiration from those traditional patterns. But, with modern
fashion being a little more sensitive to fit and shape, I added some
details that really brought it up to date.
The result is the Dogwood Blossoms sweater.
Alright, Stacey has gotten a jump-start on me with her Turn a Square hat and her Ida’s Kitchen hat made from our new Chroma yarn. But, I am quite pleased with my choice of project – Lace Ribbon Scarf by Veronik Avery using the New England colorway in fingering weight. I love how the the undulation of the fabric accents the long transitions of color.
The only issue is that I only have one ball from what was left from our office stash. But, since there is a definite right and wrong side to this scarf, I think I’l be perfectly happy just having it drape around my neck. It’s also knitting up quickly! I have found that following the chart was much easier than using the written instructions.
Read more »Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway! We got some
really great comments and it was fun reading what all of you would do
with the book and yarn if you won. Sadly, we were only able to pick two
people. To select our winners, we used a random number generator that chose our winners based on the number of their comment.
Our winners:
#9 – Jessica B.
Yay! Love this, because I was just eyeballing that Chroma in the catalog 🙂 I would definitely make a cowl. Oh, how pretty!
#1747 – Ann S.
Definitely going to do a striped scarf! Also thinking about the
Jindabyne a-Line sweater from Swing Swagger Drape by Jane Slicer-Smith.
Ooh, ooh, choose me!
We have emailed Jessica and Ann this morning and once they let us
know which color and weight of Chroma they would like, we will be
shipping out their prizes. Thanks again everyone, as always, we love to
hear your feedback!
-Alisha
Read more »Are you all ready for another giveaway contest? We’ve had so many great
responses in recent contests that we thought we would give you a little
something extra this time. Not only will the winners get a copy of
this great book, Knitting Noro – The Magic of Knitting with Hand Dyed Yarns, they will also get a skein (weight and color of your
choice) of Chroma!
Between the amazing patterns in this book and the rich, gorgeous colors
of Chroma, you are destined to make something absolutely stunning.
