We are so looking forward to diving into Something To Knit Together, Winter Edition with you in just over a week’s time, and we hope you are too! To whet your whistle while we wait (try saying that three times fast), today, we’re bringing you an interview with Something To Knit Together, Winter Edition designer Natalie Warner. Natalie was kind enough to answer some questions by email for me last week, and I really enjoyed hearing about her path into designing and her design process. You can catch up with Natalie on Instagram where she is natalieinstitches, on her website natalieinstitches.com, and see her designs on Ravelry.
Read moreSomething to Knit Together, Winter Edition
Winter is coming … and for many of us, it’s going to look very different from years past. Some things, though, are constants for me. As we enter the coldest and darkest part of the year, I get the desire to whip up the squishiest knits I can manage for myself and those I love. And I particularly love to do that knitting in the company of friends. So I am very excited to tell you that, tomorrow, we’re launching a new ebook that really delivers on these fronts: Something to Knit Together, Winter Edition, a new capsule collection with designs by Natalie Warner!
Read moreIncandescent Intarsia with Kaffe Fassett!
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Modern Daily Knitting’s little Field Guides around here. Each time we get news of a new one, there’s excited chatter around A-C Knitwear HQ about just how lush the latest offering is. We eagerly await the first sneak peek for wholesalers, then it’s a matter of counting the days until we can share the beauty with you all. For this latest offering, keeping mum was especially hard. Joyous, riotous, genius — all words we’ve been throwing around to describe Kaffe Fassett’s impeccable, irresistible designs for Field Guide No. 16: Painterly. Buckle your seat belts, this is going to be a wild ride.
Read moreFinding Joy in Socks – and a video tip
I have to admit that my socks isn’t generally the first place I look when I need something to give me an injection of joy! But it has been my go to so far this month…
I’m not talking about my sock drawer, although as a knitter with a penchant for self-striping sock yarn, there is certainly joy to be found there! I am of course talking about my current knitting project: Dambisa Socks by Noma Ndlovu (Etsy link) (Biggerthanlife Knits on Instagram).
Read moreThe Hitchhiker Collection – Now Available in the Online Shop!
I’d be willing to bet that nearly everyone reading this blog has at some point or other encountered, if not made, Martina Behm’s Hitchhiker shawl. Published a decade ago this month, it is a pattern that has had enormous staying power: a fixture of yarn shops, hand-dyers’ show stalls and, of course, our necks! It’s spawned a whole host of clever patterns, and these little masterpieces (along with three brand new ones!) come together to form Martina’s latest book, The Hitchhiker Collection: 20 Knitted Shawls. It’s a cornucopia of delights for shawl lovers!
Read moreFinding Joy in My WIPs
The November Bringing Joy KAL is getting going over on The Knitalong Hub, and I’ve been really enjoying seeing people plan joyful projects to see them through this month. I’m finding joy by practising patience and giving a deserving WIP some attention.
Read moreAnnouncing the November Bringing Joy Knitalong
The Knitalong Hub is open for chatting, and we’re celebrating with a new knitalong all focused on what brings us joy this month!
Read moreIntroducing: The Knitalong Hub!
It may have seemed a bit quiet around here lately, but that’s because there has been a lot happening behind the scenes! We’ve been in the midst of an office move and beavering away on a special collection (more on that soon) as well as our next Big Book (you’ll have to wait a little longer to hear about that …). In between all these things, we’ve also been at work on a project that I’m super excited to share with you today: a brand new, all-our-very-own forum space: The Knitalong Hub!
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