Knitty Seeks Artists, Video Columnist

The online knitting publication Knitty is looking for a few good people to help spruce up the place and share knitting techniques in a new way. It currently has two openings, one for shwag designers and one for a video techniques columnist.

The “shwag designer” (and they’re open to working with more than one person) will provide imagery, graphic design and/or typography or other design work to be used on items that will be sold in Knitty’s online shop at CafePress. Designers may submit up to 10 pieces for consideration, and while they say they intend to pick just one “winner” but may choose more. Compensation will be negotiated with the individual artists.

In addition, Knitty is looking for someone to produce technique videos four times a year to replace the “Techniques with Teresa” column that has been a part of the publication for nearly 10 years. Applicants for this position need to be knitting pros, speak clearly and have access to excellent video equipment, as well as having the chops to edit videos for publication. To apply, knitters will need to produce two videos, one on cabling without a cable needle and one of their choice. They’ll also have to provide eight topics for possible future videos. Payment will be $150 per video, and they’re asking for a yearlong commitment (four videos).

The video post will accept applications until August 24, while designers have until August 27 to send in their stuff. These sound like awesome opportunities for the right person!

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Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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