Well, this is going to be embarrassing! 🙂 You can listen to the details on my podcast – Episode 108.
Let’s start with the Daisy Muir bags.

Avi Wasserman spindle, Viking Santa spindle laying against Fiber Optics Pencil Roving.

Then there are the yarns. With so many independent dyers, it was a joy to find colors that spoke to my heart.
Influenced by the Hizsocks class I took from Stephen Houghton (Hizknits in Ravelry) I was on the lookout for yarns to use for socks for Bob.
Alchemy Yarn from the Simply Socks booth.

If all goes well, Bob will receive a second pair knit in the Windser Denim and Chocolate colorway from The Royale Hare.

I am planning to knit a pair of socks for myself in the Anderson Marsh colorway …

What an interesting experience to spend four days with hundreds of people who thought nothing of walking and knitting socks, walking and drop spindling, or stopping each other to ask to closely examine each other’s socks.
Long line outside the Marketplace before it opens? No, worries! We will just sit down and knit or spin.

Then we will wander up and down rows and rows of sock yarn, fiber and gadgets!!!

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We have a new tutorial video up! It’s on the Magic Loop technique, and you’ll learn how to knit in the round with a single circular needle. Knit Picks circular needles have really flexible cables, and they’re perfect for Magic Looping.
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I was sure that I had finished the first sleeve of my Classic Lines Cardigan during our staff meeting. But, when I headed outside for the “photo shoot” it became clear that I still had a couple more inches. No worries! Tonight is craft night!

I can’t credit the staff meeting with all of the progress I’ve made since last week. We had a very quiet weekend and I spent many hours reading and knitting. I’ve discovered a mystery series that I’m enjoying like rich bon-bons. It’s called the Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson.
The first book is Murder on Astor Place.

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What better way to get the Portland, Oregon Knitters for Knockers – Knit Picks team started than with a knitting project!! I designed this Free Pattern as something that can be “mass produced” and yet be personalized in each wearer’s unique way. You can make several versions for yourself, make “blinged” out versions for friends and family, or host a Bling Party with felted ribbons waiting to be decorated.
I started walking in the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure (Portland, OR) when a breast cancer survivor in our office invited me to join her in 1995. Back then only women walked which had a powerful effect on me. I was awed by the symbolism of the two strong sides of “support” people forming the banks of a river of women walking and gathering power from each other. It made the distinction between the …

Since we released our new colors of Palette, I’ve heard a lot of knitters mention that they would like to see a photo of all the colors lined up to be able to compare them next to each other in the same lighting. I thought that sounded awesome, so I got to work hunting down all 83 colors and arranging them in a way that made sense. The columns are roughly arranged by hue in color wheel order. The rows go roughly from the darkest value to the lightest, with the neutrals being slotted at either end in the columns they coordinated best with. Seeing them all laid out like this is amazingly helpful! I can now see at a glance the pastels, the mid-tones, and the darks just by looking across the rows.
The above photo is the pretty “art” version, not …