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Outfit Along 2019 Begins + Resources
Andi,
The Outfit Along officially begins today! If you haven’t shared your own Outfit Along plans in the OAL thread in the Untangling Knots group or under the hashtag #outfitalong2019, now is a good time to let us know what you’re working on. My own plans for my outfit include a knitting WIP that’s a col…

The Outfit Along 2019
Andi,
Knit a piece. Sew a piece. Make an outfit. June 1st-July 31st. Get ready for the Outfit Along: WIP Cleanout! The Outfit Along is an annual craft-along thats pairs a sew-along with a knit-along to create a custom outfit, but this year we’re shaking things up and focusing on works-in-progress. The go…

How to Use A Photo Editing Software to Change A Knitting Design!
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Sometimes a pattern has everything. Well... maybe everything except one little thing. "Can I change it?" "Sure you can change it." "But what will it look like?!"' "I don't know... but what if you knit it and it's A TERRIBLE IDEA!" That was the oh-so-deep conversation I had with myself about Millsto…

April Hat
Alana Dakos,
I know I had said that I was going to be knitting up a second Thunderstorm Toque next… but then I saw this hat pattern… and well… I simply fell in love with those tiny textured flower stitches! This is the April Hat designed by Kelbourne Woolens. I wanted to gift a handknit hat to a friend that I …

Knit Stars!
Susan B. Anderson (noreply@blogger.com),
Hi, Knitters, I hope you are all having a good spring season so far. It's been going well around here and we are all plugging along. I am popping in here today to let you know about a couple of fun things that are happening right now. First, I have some exciting news about a teaching opportunity co…

The Thunderstorm is Over
Alana Dakos,
My beautiful Thunderstorm Toque is now complete and I couldn’t love it more! The fun textural changes of the stitches really kept things fun and interesting on the needles. AND THAT COLORWAY. :o As you can see… I like this color so much I have 3 skeins of it in the Super Silky fingering weight in …

A Thunderstorm is Brewing...
Alana Dakos,
I’ve got a pretty new hat on the needles that I just cannot get enough of. This is the Thunderstorm Toque in Emma’s Yarn Simply Spectacular DK in the “Nailed It” colorway. The texture on this is just purely addicting. I have to go now… I have more knitting to do. Pattern found HERE . Yarn found HER…

Alice Bunny
Hand Knitted Things (noreply@blogger.com),
Alice Bunny is a sweet little rabbit knitted flat on straight needles with double knitting yarn. She has a cute dress and matching shawl. The pattern is available from Ravelry and aimed at advanced beginners or intermediate knitters. To knit this bunny you'll need the following knitting skills: cas…

It Happened Again.
Alana Dakos,
As a vendor at Stitches West this past February I was excited to wear my favorite knitted pieces while working at my booth space. One that I chose was my Twigs and Willows Cardigan from my book Botanical Knits. I have always really really liked this particular sweater and when it was no longer need…

Perforation & Misdirection
noreply@blogger.com (Carissa),
Say hello to two more new patterns premiering at DFW Fiber Fest this weekend - Perforation ... ...and Misdirection ! I worked with Amanda of Lone Star Arts on both these designs, using her DFWFF show exclusive colorway along with a coordinating solid. A mixture of simple stitches and unusual constr…

A Short and Sweet MKAL: Gnatalie the Gnome in Rowan Denim Revive
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Meet Gnatalie, the adorable result of the mystery " Gnome MKAL " by Sarah Schira of Imagined Landscapes ! I only knew 3 things about the project before I started. First, that she was a girl gnome. Second, that she had a BRAND NEW BEARD compared to the rest of her family... 😁 ... and third that she …

Completed Projects and Cute Stuff
Alana Dakos,
I am happy to say that I have been working away on this sweater design and it is now…. … off the needles! How beautiful is this yarn combination held together? I love the texture and halo it creates! These are two Julie Asselin yarns.. Nurtured Fine and Anatolia. So lovely. I am now working up the …

Saving the Planet One Bag at a Time
MelsNattyKnits,
Earlier this year American Yarns, a Melbourne online yarn shop, contacted me to see whether I’d like to trial some of the their yarns. I jumped at the opportunity and decided to select a favourite cotton of mine, Lily Sugar … Continue reading →

So You Want to Be a Designer
Andi,
About a month ago, conversations on Instagram started popping up about why designers were so secretive about how to become a designer. My first thought was that it was a weird complaint because I picked up everything I knew from information shared by other designers, but then I realized that the us…

An Amazing Crochet Project for A Beginner -- I Swear!
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
Wow, right? Before making this blanket, my experience with crochet was limited to slip stitch seams, single crochet edging and the occasional double crochet bikini (oops, did I admit to that?!). So yeah -- I wasn't a crochet noob... but I wasn't an expert by any means. I didn't even really know how…

4 Sock Patterns by Helen Kurtz
Hand Knitted Things (noreply@blogger.com),
Images courtesy Helen Kurtz and Stylecraft Yarns Today's post features sock designs by Helen Kurtz who has the popular knitting blog called Josie Kitten . I know Helen through the Blogstars group and over time I've see the number of her lovely knitted sock designs grow, so I thought I'd share some …

Pool Shawl Pattern
Hand Knitted Things (noreply@blogger.com),
The shawl pattern I designed specially for Head Over Heels All Stars yarn is now available from Stylecraft website free (link at the end of the post). You can read about this yarn and how it was inspired in an earlier post I wrote here . Here are some details about the yarn: 75% super wash wool 25%…

2019 Goals
Andi,
At the beginning of every years, for most of the life of this blog, I’ve shared my goals for the new years relating to knitting and design work, and I’ve reviewed how I did with the previous year’s goals. At the beginning of this year, I decided to keep things simple and make my only […]

Woodland Walk Notebook
Hand Knitted Things (noreply@blogger.com),
At the weekend I attended the Stylecraft Blogstars seasonal meet up at Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire. It was lovely to catch up with the group, share updates and participate in various activities. The Saturday afternoon craft session was lead by designer Juliet Bernard and featured hand stitched no…

Introducing Rowan's New All-British Yarn: Moordale
Dayana Knits (noreply@blogger.com),
If you're a Rowan Yarns lover, you know that the brand evokes its Brit-ness through masterful woolen designs and prancing-through-the-heathered-hills photography. When I think of Rowan, my mind jumps to my first (and still favorite) Rowan Magazine 38 and this spread: I wanted to be that lady, in th…