Biggo, Boo Bear & Booties!
by Stacey on September 19, 2011
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Finishing fool
by Stacey on July 12, 2011
I’ve been finishing up a lot of stash busting projects!
I finished my Pretty Polly by Erica Jackofsky.
I was pretty proud of this one, especially since it’s the first
sweater I’ve finished on such a small gauge (size 3 needles!).
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Getting to know the lady behind the designs – Kerin Dimeler
by Knit Picks Staff on May 31, 2011
Kerin is the in-house pattern designer for Knit Picks and is
one of the most talented knitters our company has ever had the
opportunity to work with. We thought that you all should get a chance to get to know Kerin the way
that we do, so how better than with an interview! I hope you enjoy
getting to know our funny (and all-around-awesome) Kerin as much as I did.
As
many of our blog friends know, you are the pattern designer for Knit
Picks. This job requires that you know pretty much everything there is
to know about knitting. When and how did you learn to knit?
And we have a winner!
by Stacey on May 6, 2011
Thanks for all the great comments about Vonnie and the IDP program! We’re all very excited!
We had 1221 comments at the end of the contest and our favorite random number generarator came up with:
#789 – Amanda
(whose comment read: Looks like a pattern that would fit me well.)
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Speed knitting winners!
by Knit Picks Staff on April 7, 2011
I am blown away by how many preemie hats you guys knit over one weekend, the grand total turned out to be 86 hats! Kate made this cool slide show of all your photos:
You impressed the folks at The Preemie Project too, they sent me this message, “I was just looking through all of the posts. How cool! We really appreciate it!”.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to knit 1, or 6, or 11, or 13 hats for a good cause this weekend. Yep, I said 13. Ruthmci and Knit4Many each knit 13 hats before 9am yesterday. We had a tie. We thought about coming up with a tie breaker, like a Battle Royale for knitters, but in the end we’ve just decided to give prizes to both of them.
They will each get a copy of Knitting in the Sun, a needle set, and 11 balls of cotton …
Discovering Lace Yarns
by Stacey on April 6, 2011
So a confession – I’ve never used lace yarn in my 9 years of knitting. I bought one skein a couple of years ago, but never used it – it just sits prettily on my shelf. I guess I’m scared it too thin for me & I’ll break it immediately – even though I will happily knit socks in light fingering weight yarn on size 0 needles!
But I finally broke down & bought some because I am determine to overcome my fear of it. Plus I’m in love with Barb Wire and feel I must have it for my next sweater project! (interview with the designer tomorrow!)
So I bought some pretty Gloss Lace in the new Peapod color
Since our Gloss line is my favorite yarn, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to start there.
Then I love Alison’s Citron so much that I needed to do that too …
Podcast Episode 110: Interview with Kristi Porter
by Knit Picks Podcast on April 6, 2011
Kate talks with her friend Kristi Porter, author of “Knitting in the Sun,” about knitting for warmer climates.
Kristi Porter’s blog
Knitting in the Sun Ravelry Page
Knitting in La Jolla
3 easy ways to listen…
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Podcast Episode 66: Winter Stash Busters
by Knit Picks Podcast on April 6, 2011
Kelley discusses winter wardrobe staples – hat and scarves – which are also terrific stash busters.
Books in Book Review
Hats Gloves Scarves by Louisa Harding
The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns by Ann Budd
Scarf Style by Pam Allen
Ocean Breezes by Cheryl Thies
Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting by Marianne Kinzel
The Knitter’s Handy Guide to Yarn Requirements by Interweave Press
Tina’s two-at-a-time, toe-up, magic loop sock pattern
Easy Peasy hat pattern
What’s On My Needles
Tina helped me rearrange the furniture in my living room so that I could have a cozy and inviting fiber corner to spin and knit in. And I’m taking my big green Socks for Soldiers socks with me to Boston this weekend – I hope to make a lot of progress on them!
To keep up with my knitting progress during the week, be sure to check out my personal blog.
3 easy ways to listen…
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Podcast Episode 51: Sock Blanks!
by Knit Picks Podcast on April 6, 2011
We love our sock blanks!! And, after several months of secretive planning and knitting, Tina and I are thrilled to be able to share a few of our experiences as we worked out the details and then enjoyed our own dyeing and knitting pleasures.
Sock Blank Information
Blank Dyeing Tutorial – Video
Blank Dyeing Instructions – PDF
Dye Pattern Techniques – PDF
Sock Blank Knitalong
Free Toe-Up, Two-at-a-Time, Magic Loop Sock Pattern
Sock Blank Materials
Sock Blanks
Jacquard Acid Dyes
What’s On My Needles
To keep up with my knitting progress during the week, be sure to check out my personal blog.
3 easy ways to listen…
Music used in this Podcast
Introduction: A Sunken Ship Irony – Reflection at Sundown [http://spotlessrecords.com/asunkenshipirony/]
Book Review: Jim Ronayne – The Three Brethren [http://www.jimronayne.co.uk/]
What’s On My Needles: Beyond The Pale – The Music Plays Me …
Yarn for our Friends
by Stacey on April 6, 2011
Most of you know me as the Independent Designer Partnership
Coordinator (quite the mouthful of a title isn’t it?) but another
wonderful part of my job is working with local charities. While most
of our yarn stock is in Ohio, we do end up with quite a bit here in
Vancouver – leftovers from projects or photoshoots mostly. Lots of
people ask what we do with all of it – and no, we don’t take it all
home with us. We actually donate all of our discontinued yarns &
colors it to a couple of lovely local places. One of those places is Friends Of The Children,
a nonprofit group in Portland that provides the most at-risk children
with intensive and long-term mentors. We’ve worked with them in the
past and they have a group called “Crafty Friends” that loves playing
with our yarn & teaching children (and mentors!) to knit or crochet.
Since we are discontinuing a bunch of colors right now to make room
for our fall stock, I went down to the small warehouse we have here to
load up a box for our Friends. That box turned into two..
