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Today’s a special day—my 50th pattern, the Hoa Sen Pullover, is out today! I’m kind of in shock, to be honest. 50 patterns in four years is a LOT of patterns; I literally didn’t realize how big my catalog was until last week as I was prepping this pattern for release. If I’d noticed sooner …
I’m a participating designer in the Fasten Off Yarn-Along, together with over a hundred other amazing indie designers—if you’re not a Ravelry user but are looking for a great community of makers to share the holidays with, this makealong is for you! The Fasten Off Yarn-Along is an entirely off-Ravelry holiday crafting event with a …
It’s time, folks! The 2022 Indie Gift-Along is on! For the uninitiated, the Indie Gift-Along (GAL henceforth) is a huge multi-designer makealong that is held every year on Ravelry between the week of American Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. There are literally thousands of eligible patterns, plus games, prizes, and some of the liveliest chat …
I’m always excited on release day (and relieved that the writing, editing and testing process is over!) but even so, today is special. At long last, it’s release day for Sure on This Shining Night! If you’ve been following along with my monthly newsletters this year, you’ll have seen me struggling with this design since …
If you know anything about the internet knitting scene, you probably know that this little thing called Rhinebeck happened in upstate New York this past weekend. You know those fan conventions for Star Trek and Marvel and whatever else is cool these days? Rhinebeck is like that for fiber people—part state fair, part trade/animal show, …
Maybe my favorite thing about the point I’m at in my knitwear design career is that I finally have the traction to collaborate with “dream” dyers and yarn companies—companies that get tons of collab requests and have to pick and choose. One of my dream collab partners? La Bien Aimée. I’ve come up watching them …
Well, after the marathon that was September and Dancing Knits, I think I’m well and truly out of blogging energy for a little bit. But I’m excited to finally show off my Autumn Dahlias MKAL shawl which has been waiting patiently for its turn in the limelight for several weeks; so I think today I’ll …
Today’s the last release day for Dancing Knits—the final pattern in the collection is Duke of Kent! Duke of Kent was actually the first pattern I designed for the collection, and I think it’s my favorite. (Don’t tell the others I said that…) The Duke of Kent’s waltz, the inspiration dance, is one of the …
Two blog posts in as many days—is this strictly necessary? Yes. Because today, my friends, is Hobbit Day. For the uninitiated, September 22 is the birthday of both protagonists of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth saga, Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit) and Frodo Baggins (The Lord of the Rings). As a result, it’s become a sort of …
Dancing Knits No. 4 is out today—please welcome Carolina Promenade! The Carolina Promenade, aka The Gay Gordons, is a great first English country dance. It’s a circle dance with two circles—guys on the inside and gals on the outside—moving in opposite directions, so that after after each sequence of steps, everyone gets a new partner. …