Maker Faire 2009 really was an extraordinary event, and even bigger than past years. We met hundreds of people at the LBY booth and taught yarncrafting, knitting, and crochet. We also saw some amazing things (my favorites were the Tesla coils and the R2-D2s, both of which we also saw last year, in addition to…

Hi Everyone! I hope you’re having a great week! In our last installment of the Textured Circle Shrug KAL, we picked up all around the neck opening and started working on our ribbing. In this installment, we will proceed to Increase Round 1.  In this round, we work a few RLI (in every other knit…

Last Thursday, at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio in New York, we hosted an amazing night filled with stories, laughter, tears, and the common bonds of yarncrafters. Michaela Murphy and Jeffrey Rudell, both amazing professional storytellers (listen to them on The Moth Podcast), along with 5 of our customers whose stories were selected from dozens…

I was delighted to receive a beautiful thank you note from the Westchester Knitting Guild last week. It made my day to know that my hard work and efforts were so greatly appreciated. One of the greatest parts of my job is going to speak at guilds and other yarn-loving organizations because it allows me…

World Wide Knit in Public Day, celebrated annually, will actually be two weekends this year. Celebrate WWKiP Day on June 13, 14, 20, and 21! The goal of the event is to bring knitters together and raise awareness about the wide variety of people who love the craft. WWKiP Day celebrations will be taking place…

This year’s Maker Faire, the world’s largest do-it-yourself festival, was the best yet! While Zontee, along with Liz, Daniela, Karen, India, and Mandy recover from all of the fun and jet lag, here are some of your pictures from Flickr. By got2knit By den yoko By sleepgoblin

Hi Everyone! I’ve been on the road teaching a workshop for the last few days, so I apologize in advance for the quality of the photos in today’s post.  Since I was teaching all day, most of these were taken at night in the hotel. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to answer questions…

We’d love to hear your comments about where you purchase yarn, what’s your favorite place to shop and why.

A Brooklyn neighborhood has embraced the beauty of yarncrafting. The Montague Street Business Improvement District commissioned artist Magda Sayeg, founder of yarn bombing collective Knitta, Please, to cover a public space with knitted material. Around 50 knitters worked to create 69 colorful, creative parking meter covers. The covers will be on display until mid-June. Click…

Time to move on to to the SLEEVES section.  This week’s installment is pretty easy, technique-wise, but there’s a lot of knitting to do (both sleeves). The last time we talked about the sleeves, we had placed them on a length of scrap yarn to be worked later: Now transfer the sleeve stitches back onto…