I have some exciting events coming up! First: This Thursday, here in Portland, I’ll be at the Fluevog store on SW Stark, just a couple blocks from downtown Powell’s, for their Yarnie Evening! You can find details on facebook here, or in this ravelry thread here. I’ll have pattern books for sale, as well as someContinue reading “Fall season events and stuff!”
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Book review: Gertie Sews Vintage Casual
Book review time! First things first – the generous publisher sent me a lovely review copy of this book, Gertie Sews Vintage Casual by Gretchen Hirsch, which is why I’m blogging about it. That doesn’t mean it’s not an awesome book! Oh, it is! What immediately caught my eye was the artwork – so great!! TheContinue reading “Book review: Gertie Sews Vintage Casual”
leethal Knitter’s Tool Tins!
Exciting thing! The awesome knit designer Sarah Wilson (who I got to meet and hang out with awhile back), aka The Sexy Knitter, in addition to designing fabulous patterns (I love this and this!), makes these handy Knitter’s Tool Tins… And for this month only, there are 5 Tool Tins available featuring my photos! So cool!!Continue reading “leethal Knitter’s Tool Tins!”
Adventure Knit-a-long is moving along!
Now that we’re around halfway-ish through the knit-a-long (ravelry link), I want to show you some peeks of how it’s going! You can still totally join and catch up – we’re currently still in the section 1 week, section 2 goes out this Thursday, and section 3 next Thursday. Since section 1 has been out forContinue reading “Adventure Knit-a-long is moving along!”
Adventure Knit-a-long #2!!
It’s beginning! The second annual leethal Adventure Knit-a-long is now available for pre-order; cast-on will happen in August! (It’s here on ravelry.) If you have no idea what I’m talking about, the Adventure Knit-a-long is something I did last summer for the first time, and it was very much fun (it’s now on my siteContinue reading “Adventure Knit-a-long #2!!”
New pattern: Krewe!
I released a new single pattern – a lightweight cowl, perfect for some summer knitting! (on ravelry here) Krewe is made with slipped and twisted stitches (how-to included), and then full columns of stitches are dropped all the way down when you’re finished knitting, to make the beaded necklace inspired look: It’s designed to use multiple contrastingContinue reading “New pattern: Krewe!”
New pattern in the Betiko Collection: Lerro!
Lerro is here! (on ravelry here) The twisted+slipped stitch colorwork shawl design for the Betiko Collection (that means it has the same kind of modular construction as Betiko and Biratu; on ravelry here) has a fully patterned version, with twisted stitch patterns all throughout the body, and a simple variation with twisted stitch designs onlyContinue reading “New pattern in the Betiko Collection: Lerro!”
Stuff and things going on with me…
Hi! Things have been busy busy, as usual, and I just wanted to kind of catch up with you over here on the blog. If you follow me on instagram or twitter, you may have seen a lot of these updates – most of the photos in this post are straight from instagram… Here areContinue reading “Stuff and things going on with me…”
New Bulk Trio pattern: Wizzö!
It’s Wizzö! It’s super easy to knit, and SUPER fun to wear!! That quick look video (on youtube here) shows you tons of different ways you can wear it, by buttoning, lacing, or tying it together, using the eyelet holes which line all the edges of the piece and allow for basically infinite wearing configurations!Continue reading “New Bulk Trio pattern: Wizzö!”
Handspun Robin kits by Infinite Twist!
Do you know about Infinite Twist? It’s a yarn company that makes handspun, hand-dyed yarn in Shanghai, which not only produces beautiful yarns, but also provides living wages for local spinners. You can check out the video on the about page to learn and see more. Some of the yarns are spun by Qinghai Spinner’s Cooperative, whichContinue reading “Handspun Robin kits by Infinite Twist!”
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