Have you ever done a subscription box? They exist for pretty much anything and everything you can think of: fandoms, books, tea, coffee, chocolate, wine, bacon, stationary, and, yes, you guessed it, knitting. I’ve been a subscriber on a stationary subscription box, and there’s nothing like cracking that box open and oooh’ing and aaaah’ing over everything that’s inside. That’s why …
Feeding heart and soul with knitting
This is something I posted on Instagram, almost word-for-word, but I need to say it here, too. The news lately has been difficult, and relentless, and I am doing things other than just knitting my way through the pain and the confusion and the stress, but for me, knitting is the highest form of self-care I can do, and socks …
Not-so-secret guilty pleasure
I have this thing for the supernatural. The sci-fi. The superhero(ine). Books, TV shows, movies, if there’s one of these components to them, chances are I’m in. Which means that when I’m working on a knitting deadline, and thus have Netflix going almost continually, I’m watching some pretty ridiculous stuff. I just finished the first season of Wynona Earp, and …
Swatching, swatching, swatching
Designing. Sometimes, the pattern just kind of flows out of your brain and into the needles, and everything just kind of works out. And sometimes, you swatch and swatch and nothing comes to you. And sometimes, something is so pleasing, and you fall madly in love, but it’s simply not quite right for the project you’re swatching it for. That …
Cast on party!
Tonight is the cast on party for the Spell Shawl KAL, and I really hope you can make it! We’ll be casting on at 6:30pm PT on Knitted Wit’s Facebook page. Pour yourself a cuppa whatever floats your boat, and join us as we begin our Spell Shawls. It’s a fun and fast project, and even if you haven’t gotten …
Change Makers
Ever since Donald Trump was elected president, life has changed for me. I am no longer content to just be in the way I was content to be before. So many rights have been trampled, so much of what used to be a given in American society has been ripped away, and I, for one, am left feeling very strongly …
Trying to find the time…
I’m really trying to find the time to take part in the Muriel’s Shawl KAL, among other want-to-knits. My design plate seems pretty full right now, and I’m on the part of my design-in-progress where I’m so close to being done that all I want to do is start the next thing. It’s a problem, one that happens to me …
Summertime Sock Knitting Extravaganza Winners
OMG, what a summer filled with sock knitting. I, personally, finished eight and a half pairs of Knitted Wit socks (most of them were Stumptowns, to be honest), and I have a bin or two of Victory Sock that’s just begging to be made into MORE! Lorajean and I met yesterday and, beyond the goofiness and giggles, we buckled down …
Let’s do our part
Help me give more. The images coming out of the Southeast United States and South Asia are horrifying right now, and, although I’ve donated personally, I thought that it would be amazing if I could donate through my pattern sales, as well. Will you help me? I’m donating 100% of all single pattern sales through Tuesday and then 50% of all single …
Spell Shawl KAL part 2
Last fall, I debuted the Spell Shawl for use with Blue Moon Fiber Arts’ fabulous Featherlight Gradient Kits. I made two and fell in love. Then I started casting around my stash for sprinkles and speckles to use in the pattern. I made two more speckly Spell Shawls in quick succession, and declared myself an addict. I designed the Spell …
Introducing… Muriel’s Shawl
I’ve released the second pattern in the second year of the League of Busy B’s, and, once again, I’m pleased as punch. Muriel’s Shawl is a great shape – long arms for fabulous wrappability, not too deep, great big holes for a really dramatic look, but easy-breezy to knit, with memorizable components. Just the thing for me, really. NanoStitch Lab …