Making Clothes (A CustomFit KAL)

On Saturday, CustomFit will be a month old. Jackie and I were talking about this on the long drive to NY last weekend, and about the next sweaters we plan to make for ourselves. You see, we’re using the same yarn. And I mean the exact same yarn. It’s the…

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Tearing along

The Knitter’s Review Retreat is a very special kind of event, for the teachers as well as the attendees. It truly carves out a separate space in time, special and honest and deeply personal. It’s a place for exploring big ideas, and reminding myself why I have made this my…

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Want to join the CustomFit team?

I’ve posted this in our Ravelry group, and I wanted to share it here as well. We’re looking for someone to join the CustomFit team! As I’m sure you all can imagine, since the launch of CustomFit there is a lot to be done around here. It’s become obvious to…

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FF: From Scratch, IV

I kind of miss doing the wardrobe style Fashion Fridays, but I didn’t want to pause the CustomFit profiles until I’d shared at least one more of our beta testers with you. This week on Fashion Friday, we see the three (!) sweaters the lovely Mollie has created with CustomFit’s…

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CustomFit: The Whys and the Recipes

Hello, lovely knitters! I’m returned from Rhinebeck, the email queue has been hacked down a bit (I’m looking at you next, Ravelry), and I’m settling back into regular life. I’ll do a proper festival post later this week once I’ve sorted the pictures and the jumble that is my mind…

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CustomFit and Rhinebeck

My Saturday Rhinebeck sweater this year comes to you courtesy of CustomFit, which is now open to everyone. (Please, come! Set up an account and if you’re going to the festival, spend your time dreaming about the yarn you love instead of worrying about what pattern you’ll use to knit…

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FF: From Scratch, III

It’s been awhile since we’ve done a “From Scratch” post here on Fashion Fridays! Unintentionally so – things have gotten super out of hand lately, and we’re far, far behind in sharing all of the wonderful sweaters people have been making with CustomFit. (Want to see the first two posts?…

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Did someone hear crickets?

Yeah, so in retrospect whoever thought that running a retreat at the same time I’m trying to finish the CustomFit website was a good idea? Should be fired. (Oh wait, that’s me. Oops.) Well, the good news is that the website is so so so close to ready, the sweaters…

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FF: From Scratch, II

Happy Friday! You all responded so very well to our first CustomFit sweater post, and the beta-tester sweaters popping up everywhere are so amazing, that I thought I’d make something of a regular series of these “From Scratch” profiles. So this week for Fashion Friday, let’s look at Kim and…

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