I finished my City Tweed sweater last week, and it was hard to wait for it to finish drying. I wanted to wear it right away!
I had wanted to knit “Salina” (Ravelry link) from Vintage Knits (Ravelry link) for ages, but I hadn’t found quite the right yarn that was still within budget. I’m a sucker for basic pullovers with clever details, and I really liked the split neck, tailored collar, and the seed stitch edgings.

I love neutral colors (to the point that it’s become a joke in the office), and I picked out Tabby in City Tweed DK. It’s a gently warm nut brown, and some of the fibers in the heather look almost copper in the sunlight. The neutral tweedy nebs are plentiful, and they stayed put in the yarn while I knit (out of …

It seems like everyone else in the office is knitting with City Tweed, and I wasn’t, so I felt left out! Friday, I grabbed a couple balls of City Tweed HW (color – Lemon Curd) and printed off the knitty.com pattern for the Fetching Mitts. I wasn’t ready to start an entire sweater, but these days of fickle spring weather make a pair of fingerless mitts still really useful. Once I started knitting with the City Tweed, it was really hard to stop! I’m lots farther along than this photo, but haven’t had a chance to take a more recent photo – because I can’t seem to put the needles down…..
Also, as a die-hard magic looper, this project is a bit different for me. I decided to use DPNs because the cables go different directions on the two hands, and I thought I might get confused if …

Some of you may already know the newest member of the Knit Picks’ marketing department because Kate used to work in customer service. We’re very excited that she’s decided to join our team as the new marketing assistant. Look for blog updates and KAL’s from Kate coming soon!!
If you’re on Twitter, you can follow Kate at KP_Kate. <

Last weekend I went on a 40 mile lodge to lodge hike with my parents along the Rogue River in Oregon. I was carrying everything I needed for the hike on my back, so I was very conscience of weight and bulk. Of course though, I had to bring knitting.
The picture is of me and my dad.
So I brought 3 balls of comfy from my stash and tested some hand towel/kitchen towel designs I am considering.
I had the three balls, one fixed circular needle and a xerox copy of a feather and fan pattern all in a zip loc bag and it all weighed less than my zip loc bag that contained my toothbrush and mini deodorant.
The hike was great, a truly perfect weekend, and in the evenings after dinner I got quite a bit of knitting done. …

Wow, the Fetching Mitts were super fast to knit, and the City Tweed HW makes them so warm! I made the cabled sections on these a little longer than the pattern calls for because I like mitts that cover more of my arm and fingers. Even so, these only used 85 grams of yarn out of the 100 gram ball, so they’re a one-skein project! They’d make a great Christmas gift (but I’m going to keep these for myself). <

When I was home on maternity leave I got the idea for some socks for Alice that she could wear with her Easter dress. I had some delicate cotton lace in my sewing notions box, and I decided to make up a sock pattern to use it. When I was done, I wrote up the very simple pattern to be able to offer it for free on the Knit Picks site and the “Fancy Baby Sock” pattern was born!
Alice’s socks use Shine Sport in Blush and White. Comfy Sport would also work well. Here she is wearing them at Easter being held by her great-granny and surrounded by two of her second cousins:

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The folks at the office have been having a ball with our Gurumi Family:

May was outrageously cute knits month here at KP HQ, in keeping with the Knits for Kids theme of our last catalog. I have a hunch that a few folks in the KAL for Kids aren’t going to be able to resist these, either. These toys are cute to both kids and adults alike! Knit out of soft, washable Shine Sport, they are fast, portable, and offer infinite possibilities for personalized embellishment. I’m brainstorming kids I know that I could knit these for, and since each kit makes all 4 family members, I could give away three and very sneakily keep my favorite for myself! <