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Vancouver, WA
About Me:
I help spread the word about all of Knit Picks newest products and promotions as a member of the marketing department.

I'm a pretty new knitter so I like projects that are cheery, a little quirky, and quick and easy to make. Legwarmers, fingerless mittens a la Madonna, and pretty colors like Neptune and Moroccan Red are right up my alley.
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Angela

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

Angela

Speed knitting winners!

I am blown away by how many preemie hats you guys knit over one weekend, the grand total turned out to be 86 hats! Kate made this cool slide show of all your photos:


You impressed the folks at The Preemie Project too, they sent me this message, "I was just looking through all of the posts. How cool! We really appreciate it!".

Thank you to everyone who took the time to knit 1, or 6, or 11, or 13 hats for a good cause this weekend. Yep, I said 13. Ruthmci and Knit4Many each kni… Continue

Posted on June 16, 2009 at 2:30pm — 5 Comments

Angela

Okay all you speed knitters…GO!

To celebrate Knit In Public Day, we’re knitting preemie caps for The Preemie Project over the weekend! The knitter who completes the most preemie caps by 9am PDT on Monday morning wins! To participate, go here.
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Posted on June 12, 2009 at 4:00pm —

Angela

Summer of socks!!!

It's finally been heating up a bit here in the Pacific Northwest, and at least in our office as the temperature rises everyone's thoughts seem to turn to lace and socks. I guess knitting sweaters and lugging around half-knit wool afghans just doesn't seem very appealing when the thermometer hits 80 degrees.

To celebrate the long, lazy days of summer, we're releasing a free sock pattern once a week from now through August.
You can find the first one here-… Continue

Posted on June 3, 2009 at 4:30pm — 22 Comments

Angela

It's a sleeve!


Okay, I know a lot of you have probably knit dozens and dozens of sleeves in your time, so the fact that I finished one measly sleeve might not seem very newsworthy. But this is my first sweater! And I've finished my first sleeve! This feels like a major accomplishment. I'm on… Continue

Posted on May 29, 2009 at 10:00am — 8 Comments

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At 4:20pm on June 19, 2009, Tammy McNaught said…
I love the idea of charity knitting.
I have also given to charity. lately I have been trying to load up on baby gifts for my daughters freinds.
How do we join your charity group?
At 3:13pm on June 12, 2009, cellogirl said…
Thanks, Angela--the post just vanished--saw it on Kelley's page--thanks for policing the pages so promptly!!
At 7:05pm on June 4, 2009, Puffy Griffinclaw said…
Angela, I also wanted to mention that one of the other highlighted homework projects was a pair of socks knit in Felici Meridian using Grumperina's Jaywalker pattern. The knitter thought they looked like Ravenclaw colors so she knitted an eagle right into the heel. You have to go to Ravelry to check it out, look in the group HPKCHC (Harry Potter Knit Crochet House Cup), the thread called May Prizes. They are very clever!

I've seen a number of socks knit in Felici using that pattern, all very attractive. I got a couple skeins of Essential Multi Jester just because I liked the purple and green together. After a search for the right pattern, I had also decided on Jaywalker. In the Multi, it is very different from the striped effect but I'm still happy with them...if I ever get my Harry Potter homework done, I'll get back to them!
At 8:19am on May 30, 2009, cellogirl said…
Thanks, Angela--being the newbie is difficult when knitting has changed so much in the last 30 years!! I'm amazed to think that EZ was producing patterns while I was knitting my handspun --must have used some of them way back when!!
At 12:52pm on May 29, 2009, Susan the Blue Lake Knitter said…
Angela, Sorry if I made you feel left out, but everyone who responded was pretty favorable, then I asked the lady I'm doing it for and she told me she didn't need anything that "hard" to knit. Since she is a non-knitter, I had to explain how much more productive you are when doing something interesting than something too boring (like plain garter stitch). She agreed and I started knitting. I need to start another one for my best girl friend from work (I've known her for over 30 years), and she deserves something special. I will be using Red WotA for that one.
At 5:59am on May 26, 2009, cellogirl said…
Ok, Angela--I searched the site for Hemi facts,but can not find the size of needle nor the size of yarn--is it 900 yd. of lace weight, fingering weight, sport weight?? It does look like a doable first lace pattern?? Thanks for the info--the blog site is very entertaining!!
At 7:12am on May 25, 2009, cellogirl said…
I'm fairly new to the site and still exploring--the Hemi intrigues me and noticed another shawl mentioned on Brooklyntweed--Girasole--it's a really beautiful piece but payment only by paypal--Is there any way you (CT) could carry this in your designer patterns list??--it looks really great!!
At 11:34am on May 18, 2009, Susan the Blue Lake Knitter said…
Angela,
I'm thinking about knitting another Hemlock Ring Blanket for one of my guild buddies. She raises alpacas and has two patches of yarn (total 877 yards) from her first two alpacas, and wanted a throw or something like that. I have one ball of off white, and four balls of brown. The yarn runs between 14-17 wpi, and I did a test swatch and got 4-5 st/inch on US 7 needles. Do you think this would make a good Hemi? Any help is greatly appreciated. I wrote about this in my blog yesterday if you want to see the yarn.
At 5:19am on May 8, 2009, Susan the Blue Lake Knitter said…
Angela,
RE: Sheldon.... I have downloaded all of the patterns. Is there just ONE Sheldon... and then different outfits (all the other patterns)... I want to be sure I order enough yarn.
At 9:20am on May 1, 2009, Marta said…
Hi Angela! Just a big thank you and to stay the Handknit Heroes arrived safely yesterday! What great great fun. I'm really enjoying it. all best, Marta
 
 

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