Showing Up
I’ve had mixed feelings about Pride month this year. As always, I want to celebrate, but so many scary things are happening in our country right now that adversely affect the LGBTQIA+ community that it’s hard to…
Pride Like the Wind
As you know, I release a Pride fundraising pattern every year in June. Last fall I was at a show where I met Heather and Danielle of Purly Shell Fiber Arts and learned that they, too, do…
Stitches: Exit Stage Left
Two days ago XRX, the parent company of Stitches Events, declared its immediate dissolution and bankruptcy. Shock waves from the announcement are making their way through the entire knitting industry, and many small business — mine included — are…
After the Whirlwind…
Whew! I’ve had a bit of adventure of late. After so long without much travel, I had three trips in a row over the past two months. It was supposed to be four, but, well… things got…
Live and In Person
As much as I love that I can teach and spend time with all of you via Zoom, there is something really special about attending a live knitting event in person. Events like last weekend’s Stitches West…
Long-Tail Cast-On: Not Just for Knits!
Did you know that the long tail cast on isn’t just for knits? You can work it for purling, too, which means you can work a ribbed cast on that perfecting matches the patterning in your knitted…
Chief Cook and Bottle-Washer
That’s me… chief cook and bottle-washer and everything else around here at the Devious Knitter. I’m a sole proprietor, so that means every part of my business, everything you see, that all comes from me. It makes…
Secret Knitting
It can get tough to find content to share when everything I’m knitting is a secret. I don’t mean a secret from the recipient, although that happens sometimes too. I mean that often when I’m designing something…
