Spinzilla: Spinning for Knitspot Designs

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Are you a spinner that likes to spin with a knitting goal in mind? Do you have a competitive nature? Do you love being part of a team, especially a fiber-related one? Would you like to raise awareness of hand spinning? Then Spinzilla is for you! Spinzilla is a community-wide challenge hosted by The National […]

scotty

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knitters often ask me how i come up with ideas for new designs. while the answer varies, many times they simply “occur” to me, very much on the spur of the moment, a product of a happy confluence of circumstances. scotty is one such design—totally unplanned, it presented itself unbid and took hold of my needles, […]

among stones

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carol feller, one of my favorite designer colleagues, has published a new pattern booklet—among stones—which she describes as follows: “This book is filled with some of my favourite kinds of knits: simple, interesting, wearable. All photographed in some of my favourite kinds of places: secret, beautiful, tranquil. I hope you enjoy them as much as […]