• Why We Should All Be Going To Lambtown

    sign at lambtown festival

    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 and the spinning folks … we should all be going to Lambtown. Especially if you live in the Bay Area or within driving distance of the Dixon/Sacramento area… we should all be going to Lambtown. I’ve been to Rhinebeck, and I’ve been to Maryland, and last weekend at Lambtown I was looking around and realized that we’ve got all the pieces of a…

  • triangular rainbow knit shawl on the beach

    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…

  • several cakes of yarn and a neckline cast on in the round

    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…

  • an uncooked pie crust on the counter with a rolling pin

    Perfect Pie Crust

    I know that’s a big claim, perfect pie crust. Aren’t we all looking for it? And don’t we all have a different definition of what that is? My perfect pie crust is light and crisp more than…

  • Amy Snell is holding up to knit hats — Steven's Creek and Shot in the Dark.

    Which Hat? Which Yarn?

    I know, it’s so hard to choose! I always love to give you a choice, so I’ve chosen two cool hat patterns for our Fall KAL, and you get to pick which one you want to do.…

  • Off to See the Knitters!

    Today’s a packing day for me, as I’m getting ready for a very busy weekend. I’ll be teaching Friday at the Mountain and Valley Wool Festival in Santa Fe, Sunday at Lambtown in Dixon, California, and Monday…