Category: My Designs

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

by Amy

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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Acclimation

by Amy

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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Revisiting MWL West: The 2016 Retreat designs!

by Amy

With registration opening tomorrow for the fall make. wear. love. retreat, I thought today was a great day to share three of the designs I made for April’s “make. wear. love. west coast” retreat: Please meet Spruce Point, Curlew, and Oak Knoll. I work up special retreat designs for vendor…

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Flurries

by Amy

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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New Pattern Monday: Cypress Cove

by Amy

Snow has returned to my neck of the woods today, which makes it seem like a great time to head to the make. wear. love. retreat in California! In fact, I’m just about to head to the airport – but I didn’t want to head off without telling you that…

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Out & About

by Amy

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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New pattern: Hidden Ridge

by Amy

There was snow coming down on my crocuses this morning, so I decided that today was a perfect day to release the pattern for one of my #wintersweaterkal sweaters: Hidden Ridge. Hidden Ridge is a cozy, luscious cowl with a super-subtle cable set into the front. For winter, I absolutely…

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Shapely straight sweaters: The lowdown

by Amy

I’ve been touting the virtues of waist shaping for years now, and I stand by what I’ve said: No matter who you are or what your shape, if you want to look shapely in a sweater, waist shaping is your friend. …but with the inclusion of straight designs in CustomFit,…

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Pattern release Friday: Copper Mountain

by Amy

Happy Friday, lovely knitters! I absolutely love Friday. There’s such a feeling of relaxed anticipation on Fridays, at least for me! Every week, I envision kicking up my feet with a fire (or fire-pit, depending on the season), snuggling up with my yarn, busting outdoors and hiking around somewhere, waking…

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Mojo

by Amy

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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