We received 21,599 entries for our Wish List Contest! The randomly selected winner was Laura Patterson! We have contacted Laura to let her know that she has won our contest.
Here is what was on Laura's wish list:
2 skeins of… Continue
I am so excited about the Mary Scott Huff event!
Here is a reminder of the event details:
Date: November 11, 2009
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Billy Frank Jr room at the Ecotrust building… Continue
Added by Kate on November 3, 2009 at 11:30am —
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Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year because I love to see people wearing crafty and creative costumes! Since Halloween is on a Saturday this year, we decided to come to work on Friday wearing our costumes.
This is the marketing department. From left to right, Kyle is a cowboy, Melissa is a c… Continue
Added by Kate on October 30, 2009 at 10:30am —
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It's officially fall, and it's time for me to pick up my City Tweed sweater that was a little too hot to work on over the summer.
City Tweed is a great yarn for fall knitting. It's warm enough to be outerwear before you have to break out the winter coat. It's soft enough to wear next to your skin, so you can be cozy in a sweater whether you are raking leaves or sitting in fro… Continue
Added by Kate on October 8, 2009 at 11:00am —
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In September, we announced a contest so members of the Knitting Community could help us find all of the pickle ornaments hiding in the Knit Picks online catalog. There were 20 pickles total, and we receive… Continue
Added by Kate on October 6, 2009 at 11:30am —
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We have sold out of our Little Bubbles kits, but now the pattern is for sale on our website for $4.99.
169 people have knit the Little Bubbles Kit and put pictures of their projects on Ravelry. Here is a sample of some really cute Little Bubbles ba… Continue
Added by Kate on September 14, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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If you haven't checked out the new fall issue of Knitty, here is the link. It's OK, I'll wait until you're done.
Now that you've looked at everything, let's talk about the patterns!
We have released the Montavilla Market Tote as a free pattern on the Knit Picks website. This was a very popular pattern, and I hope that more people knit this bag! I have knit several totes, and they are very handy to carry groceries, but they are small enough to fit several inside a pocket on my messenger bag.
Here is a gallery of finished… Continue
Added by Kate on September 2, 2009 at 3:15pm —
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One of my favorite features on Ravelry is that you can search for a pattern, and then see all of the finished projects that other knitters have made. For instance, I looked up Mr Foster, and there were 115 projects! Here is a sample of some really wonderful finished Mr Fosters. I've credited each knitter with their Ravelry screen name unde… Continue
The fall online catalog is about to be released, and we have created three new knit alongs (abbreviated as KALs) to support our new kits and yarns. The Learn to Knit KAL is for new knitters, people working on our Learn to Knit a Sweater kit or Learn to Knit a Hat and Scarf kit, or knitters attempting new techniques. We have posted video tutorials, a glossary of knitting terms, and there is a discussion board to ask ab… Continue
I went to craft day on Sunday at work, and made a lot of progress on my Vivian sweater. There are 6 different cable charts that I need to pay attention to for the body of the sweater, and some… Continue
I also went to Black Sheep Gathering on Friday with my friends Lee, Star, and Caitlyn. It was lots of fun! We saw a pile of baby goats (click on Lee's blog for the baby goat pictures), looked at lots of roving and yarn, and I bought a spinning wheel! Even though we went on a Friday, a lot of people were at Black Sheep. I ran into Kelley,… Continue
The funny thing about World Wide Knit in Public day (WWKIP), is that I almost always knit in public. I'm just not home a lot! I think the reason that I enjoy knitting so much is that it's portable. I learned to knit a few years ago while I was in college, and I particularly liked that I could pull out my knitting when I was riding the bus to class or making myself sit still while reading a big textbook in the library (that produced a lot of scarves). And now that I'm out of school, I'm still alw… Continue
