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March 29, 2016 by Amy

It’s been a busy spring — I can’t quite believe it’s April on Friday! And like most busy times, particularly with design deadlines looming, I’ve neglected the blog in favor of some fast-and-furious (but never quite fast-and-furious enough!) knitting: There are lots of exciting sweaters happening in the Cardipalooza thread…

3rd Annual Cardipalooza!

March 15, 2016 by Amy

Can you even believe it? Our very first Year of Sweaters KAL, Cardipalooza, kicked off on March 15, 2014. So much amazingness has happened since then, and I’m so grateful to still be here with you. I’m especially excited that it’s time to kick off our third Cardipalooza KAL: Cardipalooza…

New pattern: Hidden Ridge

March 4, 2016March 25, 2017 by Amy

There was snow coming down on my crocuses this morning, so I decided that today was a perfect day to release the pattern for one of my #wintersweaterkal sweaters: Hidden Ridge. Hidden Ridge is a cozy, luscious cowl with a super-subtle cable set into the front. For winter, I absolutely…

Dispatches from the field

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 by Amy

Hello from Tacoma! I’m here for the next few days teaching at the Madrona Fiber Arts winter retreat, and I’m so pleased to spend some time talking sweaters and admiring yarn. The retreat is in a lovely place, the Hotel Murano, and just a quick walk from the hotel are…

Friday Round-Up

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 by Amy

Hello, lovely knitters! We’ve been having a lovely time in the Deep Winter KAL thread on Ravelry, and beautiful photos are starting to pop up elsewhere, too. I don’t have any huge giant progress to share with you this week, so it seemed like a good time to do a…

Deep Winter KAL, Year 2

January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 by Amy

Happy new year! Today, we’re kicking off the next KAL in our Year of Sweater KAL series: Deep Winter. I love KALs. Love love love them – for a bunch of reasons: I get a huge feeling of camaraderie from knitting the same thing with a bunch of other knitters;…

Wrapping up the Rowan Options KAL

December 18, 2015December 20, 2015 by Amy

Hello, lovely knitters! This week, I got joyfully and utterly consumed by a project. I love that feeling, and this is a great project to sink my teeth into – I’m pulling the CustomFit site and this blog together into a single, coherent, cohesive whole. I have some work left…

Options KAL Video Installment 4 – Necklines

November 30, 2015December 21, 2015 by Amy

Hello, lovely knitters! I hope you all had wonderful weekends and are headed into the holiday season happy, healthy, and with a good handle on any gift knitting. (Full disclosure on that score: I haven’t been able to manage gift knitting for ages. I am amazed by those of you…

Waist Shaping for the Options KAL (and all sweaters)

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 by Amy

At this point in the Options KAL, many of us are in the long stretch of knitting the body pieces. I know I’m there! I’ve juuuust started the neck shaping on the front of my pullover: And so I thought this would be a great point to touch on why…

The Gift Sweater KAL

November 13, 2015 by Lauren

Welcome to our last KAL of 2015! The days are getting shorter, the yarn is getting bulkier, the firewood is piling higher. It’s time to cozy up for the next six weeks for a mini-KAL: we’ll be tackling the Gift Sweater! Amy talked about the magical, sentimental, heartfelt parts of…

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