I know, I know, we just started talking about knitting for fall and winter and now the “experts” want us to start thinking about spring? So it is in fashion, and with New York Fashion Week in full swing, Pantone … Read More ...
Brooklyn Tweed Fall ’14 Collection
The Brooklyn Tweed collection for fall is out, and it took fisherman knits as its inspiration but uses classic cables and chunky style in a whole new way.
Check out the lookbook for more information and eye candy (on location … Read More ...
Fall/Winter Collection from Bergere de France
It’s the time of year for new pattern collections and knitting magazines, and I’m going to share as many of them with you as I can because I know we all need some new things to knit.
Today it’s the … Read More ...
Reclining Knitter Raises Ire, Causes Plane to Be Diverted
When I first saw this story, I thought it was a joke. But, apparently, it happened. A Delta flight from New York headed to West Palm Beach, Florida, made a stop in Jacksonville instead on Monday because of a fight … Read More ...
Learn What’s Up with Your Favorite Indies in One Place
I love supporting independent yarn makers, dyers and designers, but sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all the different sites you’d need to visit (or mailing lists you’d need to be on) in order to keep up … Read More ...
Yes, Men Knit, and It’s Not Even Shocking
This may be the first time ever I’ve seen a story about men knitting in a major publication that didn’t have the tone of “What? Men can knit?”
This piece from the Wall Street Journal is about a men’s knitting … Read More ...
A Knitalong Where You Get to Choose
This sounds like fun: Caron United (Yarnspirations) is having a Choose Your Own Adventure knitalong/crochetalong. The event takes place from Sept. 9 through Oct. 15 and involves a scarf, a sock monkey and a weekly clue.
The scarf calls … Read More ...
Knit Hair Helps Cancer Patients
A British student’s work knitting fanciful wigs is now helping cancer patients and others suffering from hair loss. Louise Walker of London began knitting hairstyle-inspired projects as part of her final year photography project, but she says chemotherapy patients and … Read More ...
Fall ’14 Twist Collective is Out
The newest issue of Twist Collective has been released, and it’s full of great projects for fall. There’s a lot of heavy cabling, stranded colorwork, textured stitches and other details that make for fun, warm and striking knitting.
In addition … Read More ...
Knits from a Fairy Tale in Enchanted Knits
The latest special issue from Interweave, called Enchanted Knits, recently launched, and from the look of things it’s a lovely collection inspired by fairy tales and other fantastical stories.
The magazine offers 27 projects in four themes: Ordinary in … Read More ...
Join Very Shannon’s Summer Sweater Knitalong
I love a good knitalong (though I’m notoriously bad at finishing things for knitalongs), and Very Shannon’s Summer Sweater Knitalong is a good one. It encourages people who’ve never knit garments before to give it a try, and for everyone … Read More ...
Yarnmarket Sold to Love Knitting
According to a notice on their website and an email sent to subscribers, Yarnmarket has closed its doors and its remaining stock has been sold to Love Knitting.
Yarnmarket was an online yarn, pattern and notions store that was in … Read More ...
New Season of Knitting Daily Coming Soon
Season 13 of Knitting Daily (the second with host Vickie Howell) is coming to PBS soon (depending on your local station, of course) and the DVD set of the season is available for purchase now (or you can download it … Read More ...
Marathon Knitter to Finger Knit Through New York
Remember the knitting marathoner? Last year David Babcock become the Guinness World Record holder for knitting the longest scarf ever made while running a marathon (at the Kansas City Marathon in October).
Word has it Babcock is headed back to … Read More ...
Conductive Yarn Used for Cool Gadget Interactions
We all love our gadgets, but there’s something kind of cold and impersonal about using them. Touching a screen or flipping a switch isn’t very soul-satisfying, but as knitters we know that connecting with yarn is.
Those two things — … Read More ...