Every so often a knitter will come into the local yarn shop where I work and admire some of my crocheted samples (both my + others’ designs). They’ll ask if there is a way to create similar textures in knitting, and until now, there really wasn’t a good reference I could give them. Enter Kristin [...]

Today we  have a special post with designer Karen Ratto-Whooley, author of I Can’t Believe I’m Crocheting Socks! The book is a great learn-to guide if you have never crocheted socks before. Karen starts you off slow with DK weight yarn and step-by-step photos that show the anatomy of the sock by changing colors between [...]

I was excited to see my Raindrops Falling on My Head Hat on the cover of Crochet Today, along with Robyn Chachula’s pretty vest.

I called the hat “Cabana Hat” as I’m not sure how weatherproof it would actually be, but you get the idea. The colorwork is done with basic embroidery and surface slip stitches.

I [...]

Okay, so I’m woefully behind on posting about wintery holiday related things, but in my defense, I’ve had a lot going on (work and otherwise) in the last few weeks. Top it off with a nasty cold and my impending deadlines calling to me before I leave for TNNA this weekend and I’d say I’m [...]

Between a last minute trip to North Dakota, a planned trip to Montana and an upcoming trip to Long Beach in January, I feel like I’ve been all over the map lately! I saw these fiber snowman in the window display at the Yarn Shop I once worked at in Bozeman–it was so nice to [...]

If you’re looking for a fun and easy pattern for last minute gifts, the folks at Simplicity have put together a whole collection of slippers that can be made using their slipper soles.

There are some really funny and clever patterns included, in both knit and crochet (Yay!) and they are all free. Unshaven in Winter [...]

I first met Robyn Chachula a few months ago at TNNA, but I’ve been a fan of her crochet work for much longer than that. I started to take notice a few years ago, and was thrilled when her first book, Blueprint Crochet: Modern Designs for the Visual Crocheter, came out–she’s a kindred spirit in [...]

While walking the floor at TNNA (The National NeedleArts Association) this summer, a friend told me about a new magazine venture called Spool. I went over to the booth and the design of the promotional materials caught my eye, but De Selby, the editor, was away from the booth. I left my info and said [...]

I’m teaching the Baby Sweater from my Layette Set in Knit Simple Fall 2010, and I decided to go ahead and work up a sample for Yarnivore while I teach. Knit Simple was kind enough to temporarily lend me the actual sample to display in the shop, which is great–but this one can live there [...]

I’m excited to announce that three of my hat patterns are now available for just $1.99 a pop at KnitPicks.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what this means for the other places where my patterns are for sale, and have decided to leave the pricing (which is more than $1.99) the same. I [...]