Knit along with me?
I was thinking about something the other day. Designing a book is great fun behind the scenes: choosing yarns, working with dyers, taking some GORGEOUS photography (if I do say so myself) But you know...
View ArticleMitts mitts mitts
I’m wicked excited about our mitt-along*! I’m even more excited now that I’ve started my own pair of mitts. You know how I have a LOT of trouble following patterns? Well I’m doing it again. Instead of...
View Articlemitt along update
I’m working steadily along on my mitt-along mitts. I’ve finished the first and I cast on for the second one during a lab meeting yesterday. If you check in on Ravelry you’ll see that quite a few folks...
View ArticleMitt along wrap up
The ravelry knit along for my mitt patterns wrapped up today. And I want to send a special thanks to The Unique Sheep for sponsoring my knit along and offering up a prize! They’re sponsoring CraftLit...
View Articletwo WIPs and an FO
If there’s one thing this gift-along has been good for it’s my knitting mojo. Nothing like whipping out a few accessories to help me remember how much I love knitting from other people’s patterns! I’m...
View ArticleLaura of Cosmicpluto
I’m super-excited to share today’s interview with you all. I had the opportunity to speak with Laura because she’s also participating in the gift-along! You can check out her designs on Ravelry, and...
View ArticleRestful
I hope you had a good thanksgiving, my family’s massive gathering was made slightly more exciting by that snowstorm that blew up the coast. But when you’ve been gathering as a clan for more than 30...
View ArticleMeg Roke knits
Today’s interview is with Meg of Meg Roke knits! All her lovely designs can be found on Ravelry. Remember that all designer’s for-sale patterns are qualified for our knit and crochet -alongs where you...
View ArticleWIPs
In case you were curious, I did NOT get all my knitting done over Thanksgiving break. In fact I got less than even I expected (nevermind what I packed for…) Windsor came down with a bug thursday and...
View Articlethree more
I’ve got three more FOs to show off! The boot toppers, in their natural environment And two little bubblicious hats for two lucky babies. This is the perfect sort of baby pattern. Quick enough I didn’t...
View ArticleGift along cables
The first three mondays of the gift along I posted three designer interviews. To continue the gift-along theme today I’m going to highlight a handful of lovely patterns from other gift-along...
View ArticlePretty colors
Well, sometimes the weekend just gets away from me. I’m sure you know how that goes. One second it’s friday evening. Then there’s a blur of cookie making, snowpants, glittery christmas decorations, and...
View Articlewrapping it up
I hope you had a wonderful holiday no matter what you were celebrating this week and this month. We celebrate Christmas, and with Windsor and her cousin (a year older than her) underfoot it is a very...
View ArticleKnit along time!
I’m really excited about this part of having a new book: the knitting part! (Yes, I know, I haven’t done a full book post here yet. I’m waiting for it to be available to buy online. Don’t worry, it’s...
View ArticleCast Iron, Cast On – available!
I’m psyched to announce that my book: Cast Iron, Cast On: cooking and knitting through the seasons is available on Amazon now! If you just want the ebook I recommend Ravelry – and it’s available there...
View ArticleDecember KAL
The November KALs are going nicely, lots of folks from the Peace Fleece group are knitting Cervus, but Oleracea has a knitter too. If you still want to join, two weeks is plenty of time to knit a hat....
View ArticleGift along 2015
I’ll be participating in the Indie Designer’s Gift Along again this year, and it starts this evening! If you haven’t heard about this before it’s a group of indie designers (over 300 this year!) who...
View ArticleInterview: Triona Murphy
Every year around the Indie Gift-Along I like to do some GAL inspired features. I’ll talk about some GAL patterns I love and GAL designers who inspire me. Today I’ve got an interview with Triona!...
View ArticleGift Along FO
Like many other designers I use the gift along as a great excuse to kick back and knit other people’s stuff for awhile. The first project off my needles this season is for Windsor. The silly girl LOVES...
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