This is an extra special episode! Today we’re launching a new eBook called Coloring Outside the Lines with 50% of the sales for the first two years donated to Outside In, a nonprofit providing healthcare and social services, including LGBTQIA+ services, in Portland, Oregon. One of the founding members of our company’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) committee, Remi, joins hosts Lee and Stacey to talk about his background, the work our DEI committee does, including planning our donation to Outside In, and the patterns in the new eBook. Remi also shares the work he does behind the scenes on our emails and to help make them more accessible by adding detailed …

We’re talking about all things sock related this week! To kick off the Sock Yarn Sale happening now, Knit Picks staff members Alena and Jen join hosts Lee and Stacey for a sock knitting round table discussion. Producer Andi plays the moderator and asks the hard hitting questions, like toe up or cuff down and how to care for socks. Everyone also shares their favorite sock yarn, on sale now, and their favorite pattern(s) from our latest sock collection, Pop Socks.

In This Episode

Free patterns sorted by newest

Twill yarn

Ventisca Slipover pattern

Lee’s book Color Squared

Crossed-stitched pixel image

Sock yarns

Sock yarn sale

Felici yarns

Electric Slide socks book

Two at Once, Toe Up, Magic Loop Socks pattern

Judy’s Magic …

Regan wearing his speedy sweater made from his hand-dyed Twill.

You’ve heard our hosts mention the speed with which our Senior Graphic Designer Regan finishes sweaters, so we had to have him on to get him to reveal his secrets! In this episode, Stacey and Lee chat with Regan about how he became a sweater knitter, how he got so fast, and his experiences with dyeing yarn in sweater quantities.

Regan’s first sweater crocheted with City Tweed Aran.

As always, Lee and Stacey also share their current WIPs and the latest collection they worked on! …

The Sylphide Cardigan from La Belle Époque

We’ve got a gorgeous new collection of five patterns out today, all designed by the talented Holli Yeoh, so we had to have her on the podcast to talk about it! After Lee and Stacey share what they’ve been up to lately, Holli joins them to share about her history as a designer and the process of creating the patterns of La Belle Époque. 

Designer Holli Yeoh

Lee and Stacey also discuss with Holli her approach to size inclusion and a bit about her writing style and the …