make. wear. love. west retreat, 2016: Registration is open!

Registration is now open for the make. wear. love. west retreat for 2016! Click here to register! We can’t thank you enough for letting us be part of your knitting lives, and we hope to see many of you next April. We’re counting down the days – and until then,…

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The MWL Fall 2015 retreat returns: Small Point Pullover

As we here at AHD impatiently wait for tomorrow to come, I thought it was a great time to share the final retreat design from our fall 2015 retreat with you all: The Small Point Pullover. At last year’s Asilomar retreat, I decided to step outside my usual wheelhouse and…

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make. wear. love. west retreat 2016 – join us!

I have been waiting for so long to share this news with you!   Of all of the many favorite parts of this job, the make. wear. love. retreats have to be at the top. These intimate weekends in gorgeous places steep you in the best our craft has to…

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Options KAL, Part II: Sweater Modifications

  Hello, lovely knitters!   This week, I’m sitting down at my desk with 5 straight days of non-traveling work ahead of me for the first time in ages. To say I’m in heaven would be an understatement. I’ve already spent some time looking at the gorgeous garments taking shape…

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Rowan Options KAL

Rhinebeck was completely and utterly lovely, and I can’t wait to show you the pictures – but until tomorrow, let’s talk about the exciting thing waiting for me when I came home: The Rowan Options KAL is officially live, and we’ve kicked off Week 1 with the pattern and a…

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Sweater Week, Round 3: The make. wear. love. fall 2015 retreat designs.

For round three of this year’s sweater week, I want to share the sweaters I designed for the fall 2015 make. wear. love. retreat in mid-coast Maine. I love designing sweaters for our retreats each year. Coming up with a theme (this year: chilly-beach-walk clothes), playing around with the colors…

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Sweater Week, Year 2, Day 2: Options KAL with Rowan

Earlier this year, the wonderful people at Rowan approached me about doing a KAL. When they released Pure Wool Superwash Worsted, the incredible Martin Storey did a Mystery KAL for the new line. They were releasing a DK version of the Pure Wool Superwash this fall, they said – the…

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Online sweater seminars with Amy!

Happy Tuesday that feels like a Monday, knitters! As Amy said last week, one of her favorite things about her job is teaching. Live online classes, which we started offering this past winter, are a great opportunity to bring Amy right to your living room. A live online class is…

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Sweater Modifications for a Custom Fit – Final Giveaway!

Edit: Marie is our winner! She had some great thoughts: I’d like to learn to not be scared & wait for my ideal shape (that probably won’t happen) & to go for it. To learn to knit for me now, to enjoy it and be proud of my attempt/creation! As…

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Sweater Modifications for a Custom Fit: Craftsy Class!

Update, 08/31: The class is live! You can find it here for 50% off! We’ll also give away a copy of the class on the blog on Friday. One of my favorite things about my job is teaching. I love teaching the love of sweaters to knitters all over the…

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