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…
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…
12 Weeks of Gifting — Week 11: Fizzy Drinks
With Christmas rapidly approaching, anything I recommend you knit has to be a really quick one, and this week’s special discount pattern certainly is! My Fizzy Drinks pattern creates a set of felted coasters (or a trivet,…
Twelve Weeks of Gifting, Week 7: Shattered Shale
This week’s discount pattern is the too-cool-for-school Shattered Shale Cowl. I loved challenge of adapting this woven slip stitch pattern into something that would really shine as a two-color repeat. It especially pleases me that I was…
12 Weeks of Gifting, Week 4: Dinkins Bayou Cowl
This week’s gifting pattern suggestion is the Dinkins Bayou cowl. It’s named for one of my favorite places: a still, quiet, little inlet just off Sanibel Island — a place where egrets and manatees flourished among the…
12 Weeks of Gifting, Week 3: Wanderoo
This week’s discount pattern is the Wanderoo sock pattern, another pair of sport-weight socks made with that fabulous Gator yarn from Morehouse Farm. How providential that these socks are coming up just when I’ve been back to…
12 Weeks of Gifting, Week 2: Wanderly
This week’s discounted pattern is another sock pattern, Wanderly. These socks, though, are made from sport-weight yarn, so they knit up quickly into the cushiest hiking socks ever. They are the perfect socks for all your loved…
The Empty Chairs
As I mentioned in my previous post, Pride Goeth Before the Shawl is this year’s Pride month fundraising pattern. Proceeds from its sale all through the month of June will be divided up between the Human Rights…
Tips and Tricks for Devious Knitters: Video Tutorials
Did you know that I have a series of free video tutorials available here on my website and on my YouTube channel? They cover a variety of subjects from a better way to perform Judy’s Magic Cast On or cinch a gusset…
