Site Update and Pattern Release: Fallside

Happy spring, everyone! At least, that’s how I felt when I started writing this post yesterday – it was warm and sunny, and my wee crocucses and tiny hyacinth had popped their noses up from underground. Today, sleet. Ah, New England in March. Spring or not, I have a couple…

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Fixing Mistakes: Cider Mill

I recently discovered a mistake in my CustomFit measurement set – the length I had entered for tunic sweaters is a few inches shy of what I actually like in tunics. The good news is that once you discover a mistake, you can fix it! …the bad news is that…

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New Pattern Friday: Easton

Happy Friday, everyone! A surprise snow day seemed like the perfect time to share the snuggly cowl sweater you’ve been seeing in sneak peeks lately. I’m so pleased to share Easton with you: (Buy a copy of Easton for $8 by clicking here.) My very favorite sweater in the whole…

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Pattern release (and silence-breaker): Clearview

Hello, lovely knitters! And happy new year to you and yours. Looking back over the blog archives of the past couple of months, my silences have been stretching quite long. I apologize for that; I’ll admit that I’ve been struggling to find my voice here, lately. It’s been too easy…

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Pattern release: Verglas

Thank you all, so much, for your lovely email messages and comments yesterday on the changes to CustomFit. I appreciate all of you more than you know. Today, I have some more happiness to share with you – a new sweater! Please say hello to Verglas: (Make your own version…

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Gifts and Thankfulness

Hello, lovely knitters – nice to see you again! I won’t lie, November has been a really rough month, for a big and diverse set of reasons. I have wanted to re-emerge from my social media absence with a warm and happy set of things to share, and this weekend…

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New Sweater Thursday: Cider Mill

Hello, lovely knitters! It was snowing when I woke up this morning, and continued to do so all day long. I don’t mind it – I’m a pretty big winter fan – but the weather definitely sent me reaching for my new favorite sweater. And as the snow has continued…

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make. wear. love. fall 2016 – recap and patterns!

Hello, lovely knitters! Long time, no chat, huh? I feel like this happens every year – I spend August feeling like I have things pretty much under control, and then September comes and things get crazy. Crazy in the best possible way, of course, because I spend part of my…

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In defense of the un-tailored sweater (You Can Knit That, volume 1)

Happy Friday, lovely knitters! This week, I became a published author for the third time. I love writing books – and I always try to make my books as clear and accessible as they can possibly be. But it must be said (and was said, by my friend Beth, many…

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Pattern release: Shoreside Tank

Happy weekend, lovely knitters! I hope your weekend is full of great knitting and celebration, whether you’re celebrating Canada Day, the US Independence Day, or just plain weekend. I thought I’d break the blog silence, and kick off the weekend, with a pattern release – I finally got photos of…

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