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Knitting Noro Book AND Chroma Giveaway!
by on January 10, 2011

This contest is closed!  Thank you everyone for your participation.  You can read about who won here: winners.

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.

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Introducing eBooks!
by on January 4, 2011

It is with a great sigh of relief that I can finally announce that we are now selling eBooks — each chock full of Knit Picks Patterns!

Our eBooks
are curated collections of past kits and exclusive patterns, as well as
new patterns. There are four-to-six full patterns in each book for
$9.99 – that’s less than $2- $2.50 each! After a lot of hard work, we
have four eBooks ready for purchase – click below to see more!

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New Year’s Resolutions
by on December 28, 2010

Now that Christmas and Hanukkah are over and New Year’s is just
around the corner, it’s that time of year when I always find myself
making lists of all the things I want to accomplish in the upcoming
year. Teaching myself to knit colorwork is at the top of my list for
2011, I’ve been inspired by all the beautiful colorwork patterns we see
from IDP designers
each week! I polled everyone else in the office to see what
fiber-related resolutions they’re making for 2011. Looks like we’re
going to have a busy year around here.

Our resolutions run the whole gamut from ambitious to basic to what some might even call wishful thinking!

“My
number one goal is learning to weave –  I’m taking a class at Madrona in
February! I also want to learn the different dying techniques – hand paint, kettle
dye, maybe play around with making natural dyes… And I also want to create
more patterns...” Kim, merchandising
manager

“Weave
a whole rug. Finish carding and spinning Cher the Sheep’s fleece – I bought it
at the Aurora Spinning Guild show over a year and a half ago! Shop more from my
stash, it’s starting to eat my entire house!” Alison, director of Knit
Picks

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The story of Winter
by on December 23, 2010

Winter really is an amazing season. Maybe not as much here in the
Pacific Northwest (where the seasons are more like “Rain” and “Bridge
repair”), but memories of winters in the mid-Atlantic get me all
nostalgic this time of year. There’s something so amazing about the
stark opposites of winter: Blinding blizzards and ice storms, and the
absolute, stunning silence of snow. I’ve always been fascinated with
winter, and fondly remember my first taste of negative temperatures in
Syracuse. Somehow, in this bone-chilling season, life goes on. Spring is
more brilliant after a hard winter. There’s really some magic to it.

It was with all of those fond memories of winter that I designed the Woodland Winter Mittens kit. There are six pair of mittens, each pair telling the story of one of the colder months, from October to March.

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Rainbow Fishies!
by on December 22, 2010

Since my Beer Pint Mitts, I’ve been on a SpillyJane pattern kick.  I made these for my niece for Christmas:

Cupcakes for Kaitlyn 
Made in Stroll Tonal Blue Violet and a bunch of scraps

But honestly, they took me awhile – mainly because once I finished
with the bodies I had something like a billion ends to weave in. So I
threw them in a corner until I was ready to face them.  I mean I love
how cute the colorwork mittens turn out but…the ends…

Enter Chroma.

We got our early shipment in and all of us were instantly in love – I
had so many ideas of things I want to make!  But I ended up deciding on
another SpillyJane pattern…and this went much quicker

fishy 2 

Rainbow Fishies!

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The Season of Giving
by on December 20, 2010

This time of year, no matter what holiday you celebrate (or if you
celebrate one at all), I think it’s pretty natural to look back about
the past year and see your successes.  All of us at Knit Picks and Crafts Americana
had a great year here and are so happy to be be doing something that we
love …which makes us want to share our joy with our local community!

Angela, Alisha, and I have been going through our catalog samples over
the past month & finding local charities to donate them to.  We
found a bunch of charities – some of which members of Crafts Americana
volunteer their time at – and we are so excited to share them with you.

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Collect Quick Knit Patterns for the rest of the year.
by on December 17, 2010

Throughout October and November, patterns and ideas for quick Christmas knitting are flying through the air like owls on Mail Day at Hogwarts. I took advantage of the deluge to play with the leftovers from my Tic Tac Toes Socks. Each of my finished projects has a unique story.

These are Susie’s Reading Mitts knit with Gloss Fingering weight in Kenai. I was knitting on the second mitt while I was with a friend who is just learning to knit. She asked if she could buy them from me as a Christmas gift for her daughter. Right, like I am really going to charge her! Geez!

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The Bus is my muse
by on December 9, 2010

I am very excited because today I officially published my first pattern, Kitty Cat Paw Mitts and Hat, as an IDP designer, and I owe it all to my cat, The Bus (and Stacey!).

I’ve
blogged about The Bus before, he is my very charismatic and very surly
Siamese cat. He is mostly brown with little white feet. This year when I
was trying to pick a costume for Halloween, I was struck by a stroke of
genius and decided to dress up as my cat. I had Marshmallow, Dogwood
Heather, and Bittersweet Heather Simply Cotton
in my stash, so I whipped up a quick kitty hat and matching mitts and
dressed in all white and brown. I added some whiskers and a collar and
presto chango- instant Bus costume.

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Sometimes I just want to use DPNs
by on December 9, 2010

Just like nearly every knitter I know, I was thrilled when
inventive knitters began to find ingenious ways to use the flexibility
of circular needles to use instead of double pointed needles (DPNs).

For a while, I used only two circular needles or one long circular
needle (Magic Loop Method) whenever I knit something with a small
circumference – socks, mittens or hats. Now I’ve gotten so that I choose
between my options depending on what I’m knitting. 

As you know, I just finished my Tic Tac Toe Socks.
I always overcompensate when it comes to making sure I won’t run out of
yarn for a project. I ran out of yarn when I was first learning how to
knit. On a Pi Shawl, no less. I was traumatized! Now I always end up
with leftover yarn. I had a skein and most of a ball of Gloss to use for
“something”.

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Keeping Cozy
by on December 8, 2010

Ok, seriously, what is with this weather?! I bet no matter where you
are in the country, you’re saying the same thing. This winter has
already been rough, and it’s not even winter yet! (ok, I have been
wishing I was back in Syracuse the last few days, I really do miss the
snow!)

On top of all that, there are only a couple of knitting weeks till
the holidays are upon us once more. What to do? Well, for a fabulous,
easy and quick stocking stuffer, how about some Cheery Cup Cozies!

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