another round of holiday goodies

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it’s wovember and open season for all-out knitting, when work on winter wearables or special holiday gifts begins in earnest. giving is always on my mind, but especially at this time of year when i ask you to join me in making a young person’s dreams come true. our 2017 red scarf scholarship fundraiser is underway now […]

three haps

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in april, just as the first bright greens of spring were emerging, we released three hap designs in our bare naked knitspot club to be knit in elemental affects shetland wool. and it is with great pleasure that i’m now able to offer these pattern for general release—they were very popular with our clubbies and […]

field and shore

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back in the winter, when i published my dock and cabin cardigan pattern, my good friend nancy said that she wanted a blanket pattern with all the same textures. funny thing was, i already had it in the works! several months before i had swatched the patterns in our stone soup DK yarn and the result […]

the true meaning of festivus

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hello friends! i’m so excited to be back in my blogging chair and writing about one of my favorite knitspot projects—our annual red scarf scholarship fundraiser. funding our scholarship has become a warm and inspiring tradition in our community, one that knits us together across the miles. i feel like it commemorates the fast and solid friendships we’ve […]