I can’t believe it’s over! On June 20th. 140 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Corcoran KAL. Today, we have an amazing 392 knitters!!! At the midway point I wrote about their sweaters in progress, and now it’s time to award the final PRIZES!! Today is the last day you can still get the Corcoran KAL […]
Several years ago I was so honored when Carol Sulcoski asked me if I wanted to contribute to the next book in her “Yarn Studio” series, Lace Yarn Studio. The book was a wonderful exploration of all the things you never knew you could do with lace weight yarn. So, I was soooo excited when she […]
Many of you have sent wonderful suggestions for Tuesday Tips. There’s been a lot of interest in seaming and other finishing techniques. We’ve explored the shoulder seam, and we will be visiting other basic seaming techniques in future Tuesday Tips. Today we’re going to explore a really fun one, the . . . Chimney Graft
For those of you that have taken classes with me, you know all about “Patty’s Big Box of Knitting Fails”. I seem to have an example of something tragic I’ve done in my knitting for nearly everything I’m teaching. So, this blog series was born to dig into my knitting boo boos. Today’s episode . . […]
For those of you that follow my blog, you know I love cast ons and bind offs. I’ve posted many Tuesday Tips that go over some important cast on and bind off tricks. At Vogue Knitting Live Minneapolis I’m doing my Fantastic Cast ons and Bind offs class. Here’s my chance to share with you some […]
Six weeks ago over 140 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Corcoran KAL. Over the weeks to follow our ranks more than doubled (and continues to grow every day), and now over 360 knitters received the final clue. Last week I showed off some of the sweaters in progress. Through 8/15 […]
When I was working on my new class, “Let it Go: Drop Stitch Patterns”, I worked on more stitch patterns then I could possibly fit into one class. I also decided I was having a LOT of Fun with Drop Stitches
Last weekend 4 teachers, 55 knitters, and 10 bottles of wine got together for one AMAZINGLY fun weekend of knitting, sipping, learning, and laughing. I was so honored to join Melissa Leapman, Carol Sulcoski and Brooke Nico in our very first Sip Sip Knit Retreat 2016!
This will mean more to New Yorkers, but no matter where you live, we’ve all experienced the need to use Knitting for spacial justice. That’s right, I’m talking about Knitting on the subway.
A few weeks ago I was at TNNA (our trade show). I wrote about all the goodies I found here. One of the fabulous items I was lucky enough to try out was The Yarnit. Yarnit Giveaway