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Inside Peek: the Knit Picks Staff Blog

Just in time for summer! (hehe)

At long last, the Calluna sweater pattern is available!

Well, you may not have been waiting for it, but I have! We had hoped to release this pattern when City Tweed was first launched, but w… Continue

Posted by Kerin on July 2, 2009 at 12:26pm — 5 Comments

Mr. Foster Halloween costume contest!

Mr. Foster likes to plan ahead. It's only July, but he's already wondering what he should wear for Halloween this year.

He thought you guys might be willing to help him out. So here's your mission from Knit Picks and Mr. F, if you choose to accept it-

1. Create a handmade… Continue

Posted by Angela on July 2, 2009 at 11:00am — 14 Comments

Podcast Episode 102: Summer Knitting

Knitting Lesson
Kelley gives tips and tricks for taking your knitting with you to summertime events.

Interview with Star Athena
Kelley interviews designer Star Athena about running the Tour de Fleece spinning event that runs throughout the month of July. They also discuss the sock design class that Star will be teaching at… Continue

Posted by Knit Picks Podcast on July 1, 2009 at 11:30am

Winner of the "Wackiest Re-Use" contest is...

AmongTheRoses for her idea to make paper out of dryer lint!

AmongTheRoses had several really great entries for this contest, including:

Her son using bottle caps as "army guys," and he stores them all in an old coffee can when not in use
She uses old pantyhose as shoe shiners
Her and her children saved cellophane candy wrappers to complete a "stained glass" project
And she uses any possible scrap paper, from holiday wrapping paper to shredded junk mail to pack up her moving boxes.

Even though… Continue

Posted by MarciH on June 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

Getting the hang of these charts!

I went to craft day on Sunday at work, and made a lot of progress on my Vivian sweater. There are 6 different cable charts that I need to pay attention to for the body of the sweater, and some… Continue

Posted by Kate on June 30, 2009 at 11:00am — 8 Comments

Wearing Lace Shawls

I've heard a lot of people say they don't know how they would wear lace shawls, and that keeps them from knitting them. We think lace shawls are infinitely wearable (you don't even have to look like an old lady when you do wear them!), and here is Nina to demonstrate:

The shawls shown, in order, are:
Chinook Shawl - from the Lace Yarn Sampler Kits, shown in the Deep Sea colorway… Continue

Posted by Tina on June 29, 2009 at 1:45pm — 10 Comments

Podcast Episode 101: Knitting Repair

Knitting Lesson
Take a deep breath and gather your courage! Kelley talks you through fixing mistakes and missteps in your knitting. You can do it! She also chats with Knit Picks employees Kerin and Kate about their own knitting disasters.

New Podcast Segments… Continue

Posted by Knit Picks Podcast on June 24, 2009 at 1:00pm — 10 Comments

It Counts as Lace, right?

With all this recent talk of lace and socks and warm-weather knitting, you might think that I'd forgotten about my City Tweed sweater. Well, I HAVE slowed down a bit, but progress is sti… Continue

Posted by Nina on June 24, 2009 at 12:00pm — 8 Comments

Wearable Lace

I love lace knitting, but I'm already the proud owner of four lace shawls, so I wanted to knit something else in lace. When I saw the Essential Tank Top by Laura Zukaite in the book Lace Style, I knew that was the next lace thing I HAD to knit! (It is image #1 under View More Images,… Continue

Posted by Tina on June 23, 2009 at 4:00pm — 7 Comments