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Kelley Petkun

Are you ready to cast-on and start knitting some mittens? Join my KAL as we begin our mitten lessons today!

I am thrilled with how excited and enthusiastic everyone is at my Knittin' Mittens KAL!



I just launched two videos for casting-on and knitting the cuff ribbing. Please join us or even just follow along over the next few weeks. You will learn something whether you actually have some yarn and needles in your hands or not.



Posted by Kelley Petkun on February 9, 2010 at 4:07pm — 3 Comments

Alison

Sneak Peak - New Spring Yarn

It's that time of year again! We have some great new cotton and lace yarn coming in for Spring 2010. Diedre handles all of our yarn orders, and she places a separate order for an early air shipment of samples so we don't have to wait until the container of yarn arrives by boat. This system lets us keep the shipping costs for the bulk of the yarn low, but we get to use the samples ahead of time for catalog samples, kit development, and other projects.





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Posted by Alison on February 8, 2010 at 11:00am — 12 Comments

Kelley Petkun

Ideal Knit-A-Long (KAL) for first-timers!







I launched my Mitten Tutorial KAL last week and, after reading the posts, I r… Continue

Posted by Kelley Petkun on February 8, 2010 at 5:30am — 5 Comments

Kerin

Don't believe that groundhog!

Maybe it's just foolish optimism, maybe it's the strangely calm winter we're having here in the Pacific NW... But I say, spring is coming early! Early, I say! Hear that nature?

Why so excited about spring? Well, because I can show off my Fancy Feet!

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Posted by Kerin on February 5, 2010 at 6:24pm — 12 Comments

BabblingStacey

Interview with Erica Jackofsky

Erica is definitely a favorite around the Knit Picks office - she was one of the first designers we contacted for the Independent Designer Partnership Program after seeing her beautiful designs on her website and on Ravelry. And not only is she an wonderful designer, she's an incredib… Continue

Posted by BabblingStacey on February 5, 2010 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Knit Picks Podcast

Podcast Episode 130: Remember When

Kelley chats with Stacey, Angela, and Alison about how they learned to knit and the tricks they learned along the way.


3 easy ways to listen...

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Posted by Knit Picks Podcast on February 4, 2010 at 7:52am — 9 Comments

Kelley Petkun

Mitten, mitten, who's got the mitten?



Well, I have been working on a mitten knitting video series, and a Knit-A-Long so that we can all have mittens!!

I think the middle of winter is a perfect time to learn something new and quick to… Continue

Posted by Kelley Petkun on February 2, 2010 at 3:00pm — 18 Comments

BabblingStacey

Interview with Talitha Kuomi

As the coordinator for the Independent Designer Partnership program, I've seen so many fantastic patterns & met so many wonderful people that I'm so happy to share with the knitting world! As an ongoing series, I'm going to be posting interviews with many of the designers, to get to know them & see what motivates them in their designing.

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Posted by BabblingStacey on January 29, 2010 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Knit Picks Podcast

Podcast Episode 129: Color in Design

Kelley chats with Christina, the new Catalog Manager for Knit Picks, about selecting colors and projects for the print and online catalogs.



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Posted by Knit Picks Podcast on January 28, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

Nina

Beep Beep! Transportation Playset!

This was just way too much fun to design!



Kerin and I collaborated on the Land and Sea Playset kit, and it was a realy treat, since this is exactly the kind of toy my brother and I loved as children! I wrote the patte… Continue

Posted by Nina on January 28, 2010 at 7:00am — 4 Comments

 
 

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