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Knit and Crochet Now! Ending after Season 13

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Annie’s has announced that the latest season of “Knit and Crochet Now!,” which is the 13th, will be the last. The show, which has aired on PBS stations around the country, is currently midway through the season, which will wrap up at the end of April (at least on my local station)

According to a statement on Facebook, Annie’s decided to cease production, but all episodes of the series are available for viewing by members of Annie’s Creative Studio.

“After 13 wonderful seasons full of creativity, excitement and love for all things knit and crochet, we would like to extend our thanks to all of our excellent instructors, and to you, our loyal fans,” the post said.

“Knit and Crochet Now” is a program focused on building knit and crochet skills and demonstrating patterns on a theme. A changing set of hosts and guest instructors has been on the show through the years, with some of the current series instructors including Lily Chin, Britt Schmiesing, Lena Skvagerson, Kristin Omdahl and Rachel Alford.

Annie’s Creative Studio is a monthly membership program that gives people access to more than 1,900 videos and 1,500 patterns related to knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting and home decorating. New content is regularly added to the platform.

Annie’s is currently offering a 15-day free trial of the program, which costs $7.99 per month. You can also purchase individual episodes for $3.99 each if there are only a few episodes you need access to.

The plan is to keep the Knit and Crochet Now Facebook and Instagram pages open so people can continue to share and learn in those communities.

While it’s always sad to see fiber arts publications and programs go away, “Knit and Crochet Now” has been a great resource and introduction to the fiber arts for many crafters over many years and we are thankful for its legacy.

[Photo via Knit and Crochet Now Facebook page.]

 

Comments

  1. Beautiful shrug. I like how you made such a versatile use of a little bit of yarn. I don’t have a Sentro (yet) but I do have 2 flatbed knitting machines and love to design garments on them, a real superpower of these machines!

  2. Thank you! I have a flatbed machine as well and I need to do more patterns for it. You could definitely do this on a flatbed, you’d just make one long flat piece and then fold and seam the sleeves.

Have you read?

Book Review: Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond

When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round. 

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles. 

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends. 

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time. 

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up. 

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round. 

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try. 

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.