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Between stranded colorwork projects with Palette, socks, and sweaters with sport weight yarn, I tend to do a lot of fine gauge knitting. I also tend to be a slightly loose knitter, so I often find myself using the smallest recommended needle size for a particular weight of yarn (or smaller) to get a fabric that I like. For some reason, my hands are just the happiest knitting with skinny yarn and skinny needles. As a resul… Continue

Have you seen all the new colors in our Palette line? I’ve known these colors were coming, so I’ve been holding off on starting my first real Fair Isle project until they were in stock – and now they are! The new heathers especially are so lovely; I enjoy examining each one closely to see the individual colors that were blended together to create the subtle richness of the heather color. I really want to do the Autumn Rose… Continue

Since we just launched the brand new colors of Palette, one of my favorite yarns, I’ve been anxious to use it, but I don’t exactly want to make a big stranded sweater in the middle of summer. The solution: colorful mittens & gloves. Robin Melanson’s Knitting New Mittens & Gloves has quite a few great colorwork designs… Continue