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I'm the Multimedia Director at Knit Picks - I write tutorials, create videos, produce the podcast, moderate Knit Alongs, and perform a number of different community-building and web 2.0 tasks.

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Everyone Needs a Goofy Hat

My ears were cold, and my mood was, um, a bit silly.

Who wouldn't want a hat that makes them look like an Emissary of the Elf People? The pattern is Sloochie (Ravelry link), the yarn is… Continue

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 10:30am — 15 Comments

Mary Scott Huff Event - Highlights!

We had an awesome event last night with Mary Scott Huff! Thanks to all of the knitters who showed up - the Knit Picks staff had a great time meeting everyone. Mary also has a blog post about the event - her blog (which I find hilarious) is definitely worth a read!

Here's a quick video of some event highlights:… Continue

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 2:31pm — 5 Comments

My Finished Grey Blanket

What was that?

Alison only uses three colors, and they're light grey, medium grey, and dark grey?

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Posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:00pm — 12 Comments

A-Hem!

This week's podcast featured Nina talking with Kelley about hems. Nina was kind enough to allow me to film her explaining three different hem types that you can use on your knitted sweaters. Also, I love her scarf. :)

(If you're interested in knitting any of these sweaters, check out our… Continue

Posted on October 1, 2009 at 1:42pm — 2 Comments

New Feature - Designer Interviews

Hey everybody! I don't know if you've seen this feature on the website yet, but we've started adding video interviews for each of the… Continue

Posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:51am — 12 Comments

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At 8:20am on September 16, 2009, Jared Sullivan said…: You gotta teach me that magic loop technique again, double pointed needles are way confusing for me, Brent has Kelley to teach him everything about knitting and I'm all alone down here... Help!

At 2:00pm on September 15, 2009, palsknitto said…: Love all the projects you always have lined up for us to choose from, serious or fun, I was shopping from Knitpicks a long time before I found the Community , and joined. Always loved the patterns , but most of all the yarns, Thanks. Irene, Palsknitto

At 12:46pm on July 6, 2009, cellogirl said…: Thanks Alison--I should substitute k for every other section( in the blue YO k2tog) directions?--sorry to be obtuse, but I' still a novice at this lace thing and I find her directions somewhat ambiguous?? Thanks again--happy stitching!!

At 12:09pm on July 6, 2009, cellogirl said…: Having the hemi almost finished--I'm looking for lace project #2 and your beautiful circular shawl looks like a good one for this novice?? Reading the chart on p.82 of Meg's pattern, It looks like solid lace, but the picture looks like everyother section is lace--what am I not reading correctly?
Is there any chance that KP could carry the Girasole pattern as a designer's special--it is beautiful, but pay pal seems difficult?

At 4:31pm on June 13, 2009, palsknitto said…: Your knitting is an inspiration to us all, love your sweaters, beautiful Irne

At 3:29am on June 8, 2009, Liz said…: Hi, Alison --

Thanks for the alert about the spammer you've banned. Was "Shawn C" the one responsible for the recent spate of emails I received telling me about huge discounts I purportedly was entitled to at certain businesses, each message incorporating my first name? I wondered about those.

At 7:49pm on June 7, 2009, cherylbwaters said…: Oh, I forgot to mention that Susan the Blue Lake Knitter mentioned she never received an email about the comment on her wall. Then I realized I never did either! Just wanted to let you know!

At 7:48pm on June 7, 2009, cherylbwaters said…: Alison, Thanks for being on top of this. I thought it fishy when I saw this on someone else's page. I can't even remember whose. I didn't think anything of it until teriknits sent me an IM questioning me about it. She had already reported it and I decided to do the same. Then I realized this was a weekend and I didn't want someone who might not be experienced with computers to end up with a virus of some sort. I looked at the all the members and realized I couldn't send messages to everyone because the 13,000+ are not all on my friends list. So when I saw that it seemed to be directed to those on the current KALs I decided the best way was to post a discussion on every KAL. So now I'm official a member of every one of them. I'll never get any knitting done! Maybe I should just become a KP employee! LOL.

Thank you for acting on this so quickly.

Cheryl

At 11:44am on June 4, 2009, cheryl tenbrink said…: THANK YOU! I'm going to set it up w/ball winder and give it a try...love the knit pick products and service
cheryl

At 5:45pm on May 30, 2009, Margaret said…: Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! Did you start yours sooner and what is a "lifeline"?

margaret