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Sweater Week, Year 2, Day 2: Options KAL with Rowan

October 13, 2015October 15, 2015 by Amy

Earlier this year, the wonderful people at Rowan approached me about doing a KAL. When they released Pure Wool Superwash Worsted, the incredible Martin Storey did a Mystery KAL for the new line. They were releasing a DK version of the Pure Wool Superwash this fall, they said – the…

Sweater Week, Year 2: The New CustomFit Basics

October 12, 2015October 13, 2015 by Amy

Much like last year at this time, I find myself with a ton of sweaters to tell you about, just in time for one of the biggest sweater events on this coast. (Will you be at Rhinebeck, too? If so, we’d love to see you! Amy and Jackie will be…

Up and comings.

September 25, 2015 by Amy

The photoshoot for my next book is over and the sweaters are done: Which means it’s time to share our next big news! We’re very excited to announce that we’ve got a big redesign of The CustomFit site coming on Monday. There are a bunch of new features we think…

A lesson learned from our (amazing) beta-testers

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 by Jackie

(Before we get into the heart of this post, I just want to give a shout out to Lisa of Indie Untangled and the Rhinebeck Trunk Show she’s hosting in Kingston that weekend! We’re happy to be sponsoring the event this year, and as part of the event Lisa asks all…

Holiday knitting

July 3, 2015 by Amy

Happy Friday, and happy holiday weekend to those of you in the US! I’ll be knitting this weekend (I know, you’re shocked), but while knitting is my job, don’t feel too sorry for me for having to work! In some ways I’m on a little bit of a holiday because…

CustomFit “Mash-Ups”

June 19, 2015September 30, 2015 by Amy

Well hello, there! Squam was a glorious oasis of stillness and joy: (Photo courtesy the amazing Clara Parkes.)…before coming back home to the gauntlet that is the final week of school when you have elementary-aged children. Things have settled down into “summer vacation” now, and we’re all enjoying a few…

make. wear. love. west coast: the retreat designs

May 27, 2015 by Amy

Each year, I create a design mini-collection for our fall retreat in Maine. Some of my favorite sweaters come from these little collections, and so when we decided to run our first west coast retreat, my brain immediately went to sweaters. Drawing on my own knowledge of the Monterey Peninsula,…

Pattern (and yarn!) Release: Foyle’s Sweaters

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 by Amy

So if you head on over to Clara Yarn today, you’ll notice a breathtaking new offering: This is Shetland 1.0, a naturally-colored Shetland woolen-spun yarn. DK weight, blooms like nobody’s business, a sweater yarn to end all sweater yarns. As Clara herself said: “Don a sweater out of this yarn…

The best kind of Monday

April 6, 2015 by Amy

I know that Mondays are some people’s least favorite day. But I love them – they always fill me with promise and excitement for the week ahead. This week, there’s a little more than usual to be excited about! The handy knitting calculators app we’ve been writing is finally almost…

Drumlin Cardigan

April 2, 2015 by Amy

How is your Cardipalooza cardi coming along? I’m pretty excited about the one I just cast on, but I’ve actually already got a couple of cardigans to share with you! The first is the Drumlin Cardigan: Cardigans are such essential sweaters for most of us, aren’t they? The design for…

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