knitting
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project prioritization: managing WIPs
With both Jen and Karen writing about handmade wardrobe planning in the last week, I can’t help but find myself thinking about the things I’m wanting/planning to make as well. I have fabric and patterns ready to go for a Deer and Doe Chardon skirt and a Grainline Linden sweatshirt, and the list of sweaters I want to cast on for right now is only getting… Continue reading
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a new year, tutorials, and yokes
Happy 2015! I hope everyone’s new year has gotten off to a good start. I must admit since getting home (and it is so good to be home again) that I’ve been swept up in the new-year-fresh-slate-mindset a little bit. I decided to give in to that impulse this year, knowing that some of the changes I’ve… Continue reading
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2-0-1-4
Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ve always liked how neatly the years of my life line up with the years on the calendar; there’s something very tidy about being the same age for an entire calendar year. I also haven’t had to throw myself a birthday party for years – I get to celebrate with the… Continue reading
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a quadrillion stitches
I remember moments from before I was a knitwear designer, particularly when I was in college (and probably putting off writing a paper), when I would be knitting something and think to myself, Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could just knit all the time? Wouldn’t it be great if that was my job? I don’t think I’m… Continue reading
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tolt & fringe: an anniversary, a party
This time last week, Tolt Yarn and Wool was busy preparing for it’s one-year anniversary weekend! Since I was in Portland on Saturday, I couldn’t be at the actual party, but I did make it out for Thursday night’s stitch circle, which featured a Q&A with Fringe Association‘s Karen Templer (who was in town shooting the Fringe holiday… Continue reading
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seven stars / knit purl
Last weekend I had the great pleasure of heading to Portland, Oregon to teach a colorwork workshop at Knit Purl downtown – based on a new pattern for colorwork mitts I have out! Seven Stars is a pair of fingerless mitts that combines Spincycle’s Dyed in the Wool with stranded colorwork to create a pattern of colorwork with slow color… Continue reading
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monday musings
What a busy few weeks! Is it just me, or does this time of year get busier with each year that passes? The knit world has felt especially busy up here in the Pacific Northwest this month with big events and other goings-on, but more on those later. For now: My copy of the Knitsonik Stranded… Continue reading
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announcing…a hearth slippers KAL!
Good morning from drizzly Seattle! With the return of Seattle’s more typical autumn weather, and the end of daylight savings time, the days are feeling a lot shorter and the desire to remain inside curled up with a good book is getting stronger every day. Consequently, all I want to do is knit myself a pair… Continue reading
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on knitting garments
Look familiar? As Kate has been wrapping up the work on her Yokes book, we’ve been emailing back and forth a fair bit. I realized in all this discussion of yoked sweaters that it had been ages since I’d worn my Owls (Kate’s first yoked design), and so I decided it was time to pull it out of the closet and… Continue reading
Paper Tiger 