I’m a big fan of Shannon Okey and what she’s done at Cooperative Press, which allows knitting and crafty authors a venue for publishing fun, innovative projects with smaller print runs than a more traditional publisher would allow, but with … Read More ...
Kara Gott Warner Promoted at Annie’s
Kara Gott Warner, editor of Creative Knitting magazine, has been named the new editorial director of knit and crochet at Annie’s, the speciality publisher that owns that magazine.
Warner will stay on as editor but will also oversee the company’s … Read More ...
NYC Knitters: Check Out Vogue Knitting Live!
If you’re a knitter in the New York area you might want to consider paying a visit to Vogue Knitting Live when it opens its doors at the New York Marriott Marquis from Jan. 17 to 19. This star-studded event … Read More ...
Catch Up with Season 4 of Knit and Crochet Now!
The fourth season of “Knit and Crochet Now” is currently airing on public television stations across the United States (check here to see when it airs near you), so it’s a perfect time to check in with in-house knitting expert … Read More ...
Enter to Win an Online Class from Annie’s
I don’t know if you’ve been following the series over on About with knitting lessons from Creative Knitting magazine editor Kara Gott Warner (if you haven’t, she’s been talking lace, mitered knitting and seed stitch), but those articles … Read More ...
Knit Baby Booties in an Hour with Stefanie Japel
Craftsy has started three new You Tube series, including one for knitters all about one hour projects (really). The first one is a pair of super simple but really cute booties from Stefanie Japel.
The video component is two minutes … Read More ...
Knitting Daily TV Back This Weekend
I never remember to set my DVR, but I’m still excited to know that the new season of Knitting Daily TV hits public television starting this weekend. It’s the 11th season of the program, and the last one with Eunny … Read More ...
Vickie Howell to Host “Knitting Daily TV”
I’m sure you all know about “Knitting Daily TV,” the fiber-arts-focused show produced by Interweave for PBS. The show is in its 11th season and has been hosted all that time by Eunny Jang, who was editor of Interweave Knits … Read More ...
Read, Knit and Hang Out with CraftLit
Do you know about CraftLit? It’s a really fun podcast that’s all about the intersection of crafting and reading. Or, as the show’s tagline puts it “stick a book in your ear” because ” you might want to use … Read More ...
Enter to Win a Year of Craft Daily
Spinning Daily is giving away a free year of access to Interweave’s video on demand service Craft Daily to three lucky winners.
That’s a $200 value and will get you access to hundreds of hours of videos on all sorts … Read More ...
Check Out Craft Daily for Tons of Crafty Videos
Interweave has just launched a new subscription video site called Craft Daily, where you can access hundreds of videos with instruction on knitting, crochet, beading, mixed media, sewing and more.
An unlimited number of videos can be viewed for … Read More ...
Knitting Daily TV Celebrates 10 Seasons
It’s not quite a 10 year anniversary, but the good people at Knitting Daily TV have just released the tenth season of that series, which delves into knitting and crochet techniques, fiber education and more.
I have to admit to … Read More ...
Check out Kristin Nicholas’ New Fair Isle Hat Class
I don’t know how the online crafty classroom Creativebug escaped my notice for so long, but I was led there by something earlier this week and noticed that they have a brand-new class from Kristin Nicholas all about knitting a … Read More ...
Lion Brand Introduces Video Course
Video instruction is a big deal across education on the Internet, but particularly in crafting instruction. Craftsy is of course the major player, with 28 different classes just about knitting and more classes in all crafty genres being added all … Read More ...
Check out Knitting on Dr. Oz
I heard a rumor (via the Vogue Knitting Facebook page) thatThe Dr. Oz Show is going to feature knitting this Wednesday.
The show, apparently, will have segments on the health benefits of knitting as well as a look at … Read More ...