In defense of the un-tailored sweater (You Can Knit That, volume 1)

Happy Friday, lovely knitters! This week, I became a published author for the third time. I love writing books – and I always try to make my books as clear and accessible as they can possibly be. But it must be said (and was said, by my friend Beth, many…

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SSKAL Pattern release: Zinger

Happy Monday, lovely knitters! I spent the weekend with my Olympics knitting project for the Ravellenic games – I’m on Indigodragonfly’s team, in the sweater event, working on my design for the fall make. wear. love. retreat in her yarn. Are you knitting during the games? I’ve been having a…

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SSKAL Catch-up

Hello, lovely knitters! Summer is zooming by, and while I’ve been busy with my needles, and some programming tasks, it’s been tough to stay at the computer for a second longer than necessary! My garden has been a definite joy this year: And I’ve been having a complete blast with…

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Summer knits, summer knits, sum-sum-summer knits…

Summer is here! And I, for one, am relishing the chance to soak up the sun’s rays, dig in my garden, and knit on the patio. I know that summer is traditionally a slower time for knitting, but as in past years, I’m out to change that: That’s right, it’s…

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Stay on target… stay on target…

Everyone struggles with focus, right? I know I do. Today, I’m struggling because I’m thinking about all of the shiny new things I could be doing with my needles, rather than finishing the “tired boring old tank” I’ve been knitting on for what feels like forever. …except, well, it’s neither…

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Acclimation

Hello, lovely knitters! Long time, no see! Thanks to everyone for your lovely comments on CustomFit’s A-line designs, I’m so glad you like them. I’ll be adding more A-line designs to the site over the next few months, and I can’t wait to see the sweaters start to pop up.…

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Registration is live!

Hello, lovely knitters! Thanks for all of your lovely comments on the designs yesterday! Today, there’s just one piece of news: Registration is now open for the fall make. wear. love. retreat! Click the link above to register. If you’re hoping to join us as a student, you’ll need to…

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Flurries

Hello, lovely knitters! Thankfully, I’m not talking about the white stuff that falls from the sky – we haven’t seen any of that since the day I left for the make. wear. love. west retreat! But since returning from beautiful, amazing, inspiring Asilomar, I’ve been busy as a bee. I…

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Out & About

It’s been a busy spring — I can’t quite believe it’s April on Friday! And like most busy times, particularly with design deadlines looming, I’ve neglected the blog in favor of some fast-and-furious (but never quite fast-and-furious enough!) knitting: There are lots of exciting sweaters happening in the Cardipalooza thread…

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Mojo

Sometimes, with no real warning, rhyme, or reason, my writing mojo is gone. I’ll sit down here at the computer, and try to work through a tutorial update, or a blog post, or fleshing out the outline for my next book, and find myself staring off into space instead. And…

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