How can you help Ukraine?
Ukraine’s citizens have been thrown into a state of war as Russia invaded the country in the early hours of Thursday morning, with explosions heard in the capital and other major cities.
Show your support … Read More ...
Join or Support the Knit for Food Knitathon
The Knit for Food Knitathon will take place this year on Feb. 12 from 10 am to 10 pm (I assume Eastern time, it’s not totally clear).
The event brings knitters together virtually to raise money for a variety of … Read More ...
22 Page Knitting Project Journal & Planner
This printable journal is perfect for organizing your projects. Over 22 pages to customize what you need for your journal. With this fun knitting design and printer-friendly pages.
You can purchase this printable over in our Online store here.
Knitting … Read More ...
Join a Knitting-Themed Book Club
The Drunk Knitter has started a book club/mystery knitalong that’s also a fundraiser for Black Lives Matter.
Participants will be reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and knitting Pecola, a shawl made with a skein of sock yarn.… Read More ...
A Low-Pressure Make-along to Support Designers of Color
I love the idea and the spirit behind the BIPOC Make Along, hosted by Desamour Designs.
One of the important things I’ve learned — and I think a lot of other people have learned, too — in the past … Read More ...
Support BIPOC Designers with a #RhineBIPOCSweater
There has been a lot of talk in the knitting community this year about diversity and the need to acknowledge, promote and support designers and knitters of color and others from traditionally marginalized communities.
All that talk is good, but … Read More ...
Did You See the Heavy Metal Knitting Championships?
If you were on the Internet over the weekend you might have seen a video or news story about the Heavy Metal World Knitting Championships, which took place last week in Finland.
Celebrate Worldwide Knitting in Public Day
If you ask me, it’s knitting in public day pretty much every day, but there’s an official knitting in public day, and it is this weekend.
Events have been scheduled around the world to celebrate Worldwide Knitting in Public Day… Read More ...
Knit a Great Lacy Cardigan with this Fun Knitalong
Knitwear designer Kate Barrios has launched a knitalong for her latest design, the Cerezo en Flor cardigan, which will take place over eight weeks beginning next month.
The pattern is a lacy cardigan made with The Fibre Co. yarn. … Read More ...
March Mayhem is Here! Vote for Your Favorites
Basketball lovers have March Madness; knitters have March Mayhem.
This annual event put on my Mason-Dixon Knitting pits the best knitting patterns of the previous year against each other in an elimination tournament to determine the favorite pattern of … Read More ...
Bang Out a Sweater with Mason-Dixon Knitting
Every year in February, Mason-Dixon Knitting encourages knitters to “Bang out a Sweater” with a quick sweater knitalong.
This year the garment in question is the Revolution, which isn’t really one sweater at all, but a whole interchangeable system… Read More ...
Are You Game for a Mystery Knitalong?
Somehow I missed that this happened last year, but for the second year in a row Marly Bird is doing a mystery knitalong (and crochetalong, if you’re into that sort of thing) for the Big Game, which if you’re not … Read More ...
Help Recruit 10,000 New Knitters This Weekend
Have you heard about the project 10,000 New Knitters? Sponsored by skacel, the project provides free learn to knit kits to new knitters who visit participating yarn shops. They are encouraging experienced knitters to lend a hand by … Read More ...
Readalong and Knit this Amazing Mountain Throw
It must be the season for knitalongs, because here’s another great one coming up soon.
Heidi from Hands Occupied is hosting her fall Read Along Knit Along with the book The Snow Child
by Eowin Ivey and Instarsia Mountain, … Read More ...
Who’s Ready for a Summer Sweater Knitalong?
It’s almost time for Very Shannon’s annual Summer Sweater Knitalong, which doesn’t mean you’re knitting a sweater for summer, but that you’re knitting a sweater in summer so you’ll be ahead of the game when the temps start to fall.… Read More ...