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Celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day (Week)

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are you knitting in public for world wide knit in public day?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 makes sense, I suppose). The knitting event is dedicated to “better living through stitching together” and it’s all about meeting other people who knit as well as raising awareness of knitting within your community.

People in cities all over the world are hosting their own knit-in-public events, and you can search for an event near you or start your own if you don’t see one listed where you are.

I took part in a local KIP a few years ago at our farmer’s market and it was a lot of fun.

Are you planning to join in? I’d love to know where you’ll be hanging out.

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  1. This sounds super fun! My friends and I knit informally in coffee shops and sometimes even bars in downtown Seattle a couple times a month. Maybe we will organize something for this! Thanks for the information.

  2. We’ll be knitting at the Cherry Hills Library in Albuquerque, NM, from 1 to 3 pm. We meet there weekly from 10 until noon on Tuesdays, but Saturday we’ll be knitting out in the main library. I even got the day off from work so I could go knit! Everybody I tell about it says, “But you always knit in public!”

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Book Review: Knitovation Stitch Dictionary

There’s always room for more stitch dictionaries on your shelf, but Andrea Rangel’s Knitovation Stitch Dictionary is unlike those stitch pattern books you might already own. That’s because this one is full of colorwork stitch patterns rather than textured stitches, lace or cables, so the designs are ripe for adding to hats, sweaters and other projects with a stockinette stitch background. 

The book starts with a quick introduction to knitting colorwork that’s also unlike what you’ve probably seen before, because it’s less about the colors themselves and more about the kinds of fibers you choose, how the yarn is prepared and the gauge you’re working at and how those things all change the look of a design. 

Most of the book is filled with motif designs and swatches. The motifs were designed and named by Andrea’s husband Sean, who is an artist and brings a bit of whimsy to the designs. 

You’ll find some classic looking leaves and flowers, mosaics and waves, but also rubber ducks, penguins, puzzle pieces, cherries and cows, snails and teapots, eyeballs and chess pieces, to name a few. Many of the designs also have funny names, like a fish named toilet bound, or cats in suits called corporate fat cat.

Of course you can use the designs in any way you want on any project you like, but there are also three patterns in the book — for a hat, a sweater and a pair of fingerless gloves — plus discussion of how the motifs were added, adjusting patterns for a different size or gauge, and adding your own motifs. 

If you like adding a bit of colorwork to otherwise plain projects that other people have designed, or you’re ready to start making your own designs with fun motifs, this book is a great place to start. The fun and funny motifs are sure to inspire you to want to pick up your needles and add a little more color to your projects. 

About the book: 160 pages, hardcover, 150+ motifs and three knitting patterns. Published 2023 by Interweave, suggested retail $28.