Holiday knitting

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…

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Fashion Friday: SSKAL Inspiration

Hello again! Lauren here. We’re still knitting away on our summer sweaters. If you follow the hashtag on Instagram or the thread on Ravelry, you’ll see quite a few sweaters in progress. For my part, I’ve finished the long-languishing sweater I mentioned in my last post, but haven’t blocked or…

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The Summer Sweater KAL is here!

Hello, lovely knitters! Lauren here. Summer sweaters and I have a problem. As you may remember from last year, I never quite nailed down the perfect summer sweater. I knit a linen tank, but it’s just a touch too long to feel right. As a result, I don’t wear it often. I…

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

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,…

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Knitter’s Toolbox: For more than just sweaters

Hi everyone! Just a quick post today before I head off to pack the car for my weekend teaching gig. If you’re going to be in or near Kent, come on by! At the same time as the retreat registration opens on Monday, 12pm EST, I’ll be chatting with Beth…

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make. wear. love. retreat: third annual east-coast edition

I’m so excited that the time has finally come for us to talk fall retreat. Knowing that we had lovely mid-coast Maine to look forward to definitely helped make re-entry after leaving Asilomar a little less harsh! This will be our third annual make. wear. love. retreat in Maine, and…

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We have a winner – and a new KAL!

You all did such a wonderful job commenting in the contest to win Knit Wear Love – thank you!!! I always love reading comments, but this time especially I had such a great time hearing about your style challenges and loves. Thank you for such an excellent and thought-provoking group…

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Catching up: Harrisville

Well, hello there! Long time, no see… 2015 has been incredible in many ways, but not so much on the sitting-in-front-of-the-computer front. Between my travel, the snow days you’re almost certainly sick of hearing about (or experiencing, depending on where you live!), and school vacations, this is one of the…

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CustomFit at Stitches West 2015

Looking for a little CustomFit motivation and encouragement? Lauren will be at Stitches West to spread some CustomFit cheer – so come say hi! With BIG thanks to the generosity of our buddies at The Yarnover Truck for letting us borrow a corner in their booth for a few hours, I…

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Where did January go? (a little giveaway!)

January hit us hard here at Amy Herzog Designs! After we got back from TNNA, I came down with a killer cold that laid me out for nearly a week. I could barely knit, which is the worst kind of sick. And just a few days later, my fiancé and…

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