Taking on Red Alder
February 17, 2025I've been keeping a secret for a very long time... my business partner Karen and I are officially taking on the leadership/organization of the Red Alder fiber arts festival in Tacoma, Washington! Red Alder is one of my favorite events of the knitting year. It's always been a chance for me to connect and play with some dear knitting friends, as well as a place where I got to both learn and teach. Over the years I've been lucky enough to take spinning and dyeing classes there with the esteemed Judith MacKenzie, and to teach some of the most well-prepared…
The Zugzwang Shawl: Cozy Knitting for Winter
Introducing my newest shawl pattern: Zugzwang. It's a triangular shawl knit from the coziest of fibers, with interesting moves in the stitches and between them. Best of all, it's exactly the sort of thing you want to…
Sneaky Santa Virtual Greeting Exchange
Would you like to join me for a virtual holiday greeting exchange? I have mixed feelings about Secret Santa exchanges. They can be lots of fun, but also I hate going to the post office to mail…
Why We Should All Be Going To Lambtown
It’s been a week, and I can’t stop thinking, “We should all be going to Lambtown.” By that I mean that the West Coast knitting community, the fiber arts community, the crochet folks and the weaving folks…
Meet The Teachers for the 2025 Alaska Knitting Cruise
Are you getting excited for our 2025 Alaska Knitting cruise? Me too! I thought it would be fun for everyone (whether you’re already registered or not) to have a chance for Q&A with our three teachers. So…
Happy Pride!
Happy Pride! As you may recall, for each of the past few years I’ve released a Pride-themed rainbow pattern in June, with proceeds from the sale of the pattern going to the Trevor Project, the Human Rights Campaign, and Knit…
Sailing Away
I’ve been working behind the scenes to organize something really big, and I’m so excited to share the news with you all! In August of 2025, I’ll be hosting the KnitNorth 2025 Alaska knitting cruise — an…
Knitting Along
In deference to the New Year’s resolution I made about my knitting (you can read about that here if you missed it), I’m giving myself permission to knit things for fun this year, and sometimes that means…
New Thoughts About New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year, knitters! Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I generally don’t, but I was thinking about them in new ways, particularly in terms of my knitting, and realized I did have things I wanted to…
Come Sail Away With Me
If you don’t already know this about me… my happiest place is by the water. So when the Cephalopod Sisters of Northwest Yarn & Fiber asked me to be the knitting instructor on their August 2024 nautical…
What’s the Buzz?
There’s a lot of buzz this week as TWO different gift-a-longs are starting up. That means fun, prizes, and plenty of pattern discounts! In fact, these are the deepest pattern discounts I offer all year, so if…
