Voting for the British Knitting Awards for 2014 is now open. There are 20 categories ranging from favorite yarns and companies to the best book of the year and favorite designer.
Two new categories this year are Best Brand for … Read More ...
Woman Arrested after Knit in at Gas Company
A woman was arrested last week in Vermont after five women staged a knit in at a local gas company. Jane Palmer of Monkton was arrested after refusing to leave Vermont Gas Systems’ waiting room. The women were protesting … Read More ...
NPR Talks Knitting Lingo
NPR recently took a look at some special terms used by knitters with the help of Laura Birek (author of the awesome Picture Perfect Knits), who discussed frogging (ripping out knitting) and the sweater curse (if you knit … Read More ...
Caron’s New Yarn Helps Support Kids of Fallen Soldiers
Caron has launched a new yarn, called Caron United, that aims to help the children of soldiers who have died in the line of duty as well as providing a good experience for knitters.
The yarn is 100 percent … Read More ...
Alice Springs Hosts Celebration of Hats
Funky hats abounded in Alice Springs, Australia, with the Beanie Festival and Exhibition that took place late last month. (This article says it goes on through mid-July but I’m not seeing that anywhere on the event’s website, but … Read More ...
Join Edie Eckman in a Free Cable Afghan Knitalong
Edie Eckman, Red Heart Yarn and CreativeBug have teamed up for a 12-week free knitalong course to make a cabled afghan, and the first lesson launched today.
It begins with a discussion of the materials needed — it calls for … Read More ...
Emma Wright is Britan’s Next Top Knitwear Designer
I’d been on the lookout for this one but somehow missed the official announcement. Back in March I told you about the knitwear design contest being held by LoveKnitting looking for the next great knitwear designer in the UK. Hopefuls … Read More ...
In New England This Weekend? Get Ready for a Yarn Crawl
The fourth-annual I-91 yarn crawl is happening this weekend, with 12 yarn shops from Vermont to Connecticut participating.
All participating shops will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from noon to … Read More ...
What Knitting Looks Like in Stock Photography
Lots of websites use stock photography to jazz up their sites without having to pay a photographer, but there are a lot of problem pictures out there for people who are really in the know. And sometimes even for people … Read More ...
Mistakes and the State of the Industry
I’ve been meaning to write for a while about a post from Pam MacKenzie about mistakes in knitting books and the state of the industry as more people self-publish and sell individual patterns rather than traditional print books.
I haven’t … Read More ...
We All Knit A Yellow Submarine…
I shared this one on my Facebook group for knitters over the weekend, but I couldn’t resist sharing it with you all, too, because it’s just so cool.
The HMS Otway in Holbrook, NSW, is a real submarine that is … Read More ...
Brooklyn Tweed Launches First Kids’ Collection
You all know I like to knit for little kids (being as I have one, and I wrote a book of baby knits) and I’m in love with the new collection BT Kids from Brooklyn Tweed.
they’re known for … Read More ...
A Peek at Knitty First Fall
I’m not anywhere near thinking about fall yet, but the good news is that Knitty’s First Fall edition isn’t really thinking about fall that much, either. This is a collection that’s abut seasonal transitions, so if it’s still feeling springlike … Read More ...
A Look Behind the Scenes at Noro
A Japanese television program called “Great Gear” recently featured a look into yarn producer Eisaku Noro’s production facilities, and it’s a great bit of eye candy for lovers of knitting and color.
The show calls the yarns “exquisitely colored” and … Read More ...
Celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day (Week)
Though it’s officially called World Wide Knit in Public Day, the event actually spans a week, this year from June 9 through June 22. According to the event’s website, it is the largest knitter-run event in the world (which … Read More ...
