make. wear. love. west: retreat design collection

Happy weekend, lovely knitters! Today, I have triple-happy news for you: the make. wear. love. west 2017 retreat collection is now live! (From left to right – Point Lobos, Point Pinos, and Lucas Point.) I like designing all kinds of sweaters, but when it comes to what I wear every…

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make. wear. love. fall 2017 – Registration is LIVE!

Edited on Thursday, April 27 to add: Wayfarer registrations are now closed. There are still student spots; anyone wishing to register only if they can do so as a wayfarer should drop me a note at [email protected]. Thanks for your interest! ***** Happy Wednesday, lovely knitters! I’ve got one major…

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announcing the 5th annual make. wear. love. fall sweater retreat

Happy Friday – and how time has flown! I can hardly believe it, lovely knitters, but this fall will be my fifth annual make. wear. love. fall sweater retreat. These retreats have become such a big part of what I do, and such a joy to share with you all.…

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make. wear. love. west wrap-up

Hello, lovely knitters! I’m freshly back from the make. wear. love. west retreat, followed by a few days of romping through California’s central coast with my boys. I’ll admit to having some trouble adjusting to regular life again! When you get to experience over a week of views like this:…

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Site Update and Pattern Release: Fallside

Happy spring, everyone! At least, that’s how I felt when I started writing this post yesterday – it was warm and sunny, and my wee crocucses and tiny hyacinth had popped their noses up from underground. Today, sleet. Ah, New England in March. Spring or not, I have a couple…

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Fixing Mistakes: Cider Mill

I recently discovered a mistake in my CustomFit measurement set – the length I had entered for tunic sweaters is a few inches shy of what I actually like in tunics. The good news is that once you discover a mistake, you can fix it! …the bad news is that…

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New Pattern Friday: Easton

Happy Friday, everyone! A surprise snow day seemed like the perfect time to share the snuggly cowl sweater you’ve been seeing in sneak peeks lately. I’m so pleased to share Easton with you: (Buy a copy of Easton for $8 by clicking here.) My very favorite sweater in the whole…

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Year of Sweaters, 2017

Hello, lovely knitters! I so appreciate all of your lovely comments on Clearview, and my last post. Today, I’m here to kick off another year of my Year of Sweaters KALs. Some of you have noticed that we’re overdue for the “Deep Winter KAL”, which would ordinarily have started a…

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Pattern release (and silence-breaker): Clearview

Hello, lovely knitters! And happy new year to you and yours. Looking back over the blog archives of the past couple of months, my silences have been stretching quite long. I apologize for that; I’ll admit that I’ve been struggling to find my voice here, lately. It’s been too easy…

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End of year quick fix: Deep Current Cowl

Happy new year, lovely knitters! It’s not widely known, but I do occasionally knit things that aren’t sweaters! Sometimes, like all knitters, I get gripped by the need to knit something incredibly soft, quick, and gratifying. This holiday season has been one of those times, for me – a few…

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