• 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…