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…

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…

Listening to audiobooks is a fun way to keep your ears busy while yarncrafting. Now, Audible has a special offer just for Lion Brand customers so that you can combine these two hobbies – get a FREE download of the best-selling Harlequin romance, Sweet Talk, by Susan Mallery by clicking the link below. This special…

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…

My friend Daia stumbled across this photo and thought that I would find it of great interest since I am in the yarn business. The photo features the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor as newlyweds. I always find it exhilarating to see famous people knitting, so you…

Just to recap: last week we cast on for the shrug, knit the yoke, and tried on the shrug to make sure it fits. In today’s post, we will go through some of the possible fit problems that you may have run into while trying on your shrug after last week’s installment. Once we do…

BK4K (By Kids, For Kids) is our monthly kids’ newsletter that’s perfect for kids and the adults that craft with them, from parents and grandparents to teachers and scout leaders. Spend those long summer days crafting! This month’s BK4Kis all about showing appreciation to your dad, so enjoy your summer vacation by making him a…

In this week’s post, we will cast on and work through the YOKE of the shrug.  The yoke of the sweater is the part that contains the cast on edge, the beginnings of the sleeves, and the top part of the body. Now that you’ve found the perfect yarn, the correctly-sized needles, made your swatch,…

Hello and welcome to the Textured Circle Shrug Knit-Along!  This is one of my favorite patterns from my newest book, Glam Knits, and I’m so happy to get to share it with you here. Before we get started with the knitting, let’s take some time to gather up our materials and all of the information…

Our last knit-along of the Cable Luxe Tunic, was a big hit, and we’re ready to start another one! This time we will be working on a very special pattern — the Textured Circle Shrug from the book Glam Knits! We’re so excited to offer you this pattern for FREE, courtesy of North Light Books.…