• 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 11-day cruise leaving out of San Francisco. Onboard we’ll have three terrific instructors: me, Xandy Peters, and color aficionado Karen Heitkamp, and so much knitting and crazy fun planned! The itinerary includes Glacier Bay, which I’m really excited about, plus Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, Victoria, B.C., and cruising through the Inside Passage. It also includes plenty of sea days for knitting classes, lectures, parties,…

  • 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…

  • Time for Another Knitalong!

    I think fall is a great time to knit hats. It’s getting cooler so we might need a new one, and it’s also the time of year when we might be starting to think about holiday presents.…

  • a knit sweater collar in two colors of Atlas yarn still on the needles, in front of several cakes of Atlas yarn

    Yarn Review: Atlas

    I’ve got a new pattern on the needles, and a new-to-me-yarn that I’m excited to review for you: Modern Daily Knitting’s Atlas. I don’t often have time to knit up non-design work, but at the most recent…

  • Thank you

    This post is a thank you — and a story, the story of the symbolism of my Pride Like the Wind shawl. I was at the Strungalong knitting retreat last week, and someone there asked very kindly about…