Alt Fiber on Treehugger.com / Baacode

Hurray! Treehugger.com, one of my favorite eco-websites, wrote about Alt Fiber! Their fashion section always has really great stuff, for example th...

Natalie Dee: The Miracle of Blocking

(doesn’t that sound like it should be some kind of childrens’ play?) nataliedee.com Share This

If only I’d had these earlier in the summer!

The ingenious Sivia Harding has come up with the most perfect summer knit ever: tiny little sockies to wear under sandals. Think tabi sock done sma...

“A Nation of Crafters” article + ALT FIBER IS OUT!

Interesting article yesterday in Publisher’s Weekly called A Nation of Crafters, on many topics dear to the Knitgrrl heart (such as my new bo...

Upcoming TV appearances + DVDs

I just got my DVD of Knitting Daily TV, which has started airing on PBS stations everywhere. In case you’re wondering, I’m on Episode 1...

Contest: EL GORGO-rumi!

My boyfriend is so awesome it hurts. El Gorgo issue #1 is done! Mike (his best friend) writes it, and Tamas draws and letters everything. I could ...

Kindlegrrl, or knit + Kindle = yay!

The nice thing about teaching the same group of people nearly full time for 6 weeks is that it gave me a lot of time to think during the commute, e...

Because I’m just fancy like that

I’ve also made the Snake in the Woods charts available as a free download on my Ravelry store, and I’ve been working on updating my pat...

Yarn soothes all hurtiness

First of all, I am losing my mind here. It seems everyone in the universe (ok, ok, my friend Julie and my agent) has a hard copy preview of Alt Fib...

How to Knit in the Woods updates

Several of you have asked about the red scarf the model is wearing on page 39 of How to Knit in the Woods. Here’s my editor’s reply: Th...

Twist Collective

Wow. Wow. And double-wow. Twist Collective is live and you owe it to yourself to check it out. I’ve already ordered four of the patterns myse...

Three little sweaters…

(Well, they’re not so little, trust me). In case you wonder how I get so much done, it comes down to having help from my friends when I need ...

Felt/Yarn School registration is open!

Hurray! Registration is now open for both Yarn School and Felt School! If you haven’t checked out The Harveyville Project yet, you really sho...

Bazaar Bizarre Cleveland summer show

If you’re in Northeast Ohio this weekend or within a reasonable driving distance, you should come on down to the Ingenuity Festival! I’...

Joss Whedon

Update: Yay! It’s on CRAFT now! Many, if not all of you, know that I have some serious Joss Whedon fangirl issues. If you’d forgotten t...

The Big Mitten Give

This is cool. Remember my review of Robin Melanson’s fantastic book Knitting New Mittens and Gloves? (buy it now!) STC is giving away the pat...

Free Tai Shan hoodie pattern

My favorite shot. Modeled by the lovely Gina DeSantis. Front view, now with 100% more product placement! (Hi, Lexie!) The Tai Shan hoodie pattern ...

Happy Fourth!

My first day off in forever and what do I do? Work. Yup. Wrote an article this morning, and am about to clean the house. Meanwhile, I’m think...

I’m old + the 80s are back

This week, I started teaching my fashion/fiber program at ArtWorks. Things learned by the Master Teaching Artist, or MTA (that’d be me): pres...

Dolores says “Gimme.”

I got Franklin to draw this for me at the Interweave party. Dolores has her badge holder on — the fun thing about TNNA badge holders is that ...

The weekend where Shannon lost her voice

Hiya. Just got back from TNNA last night and oh, was it a fun time. It’s always fun, but this time was somehow…umm… “funner...

Knit So Fine blog tour stop

Hello and welcome to the sixth stop on the Knit So Fine blog tour! Andrea, the Rosie’s blog, Faina, Kat and Lynn have hosted the tour so far&...

Knit So Fine blog tour

Starting tomorrow, the authors of Knit So Fine: Designs With Skinny Yarn (Carol, Laura and Lisa) will be embarking on a two-week blog tour around t...

Say hello to my little friend(s)

I finally did it. I broke down and bought a color laser printer. That’s it at left. Here’s the thing: I hate inkjet print quality, but ...

Guess what I found? KnitKnit #7!

There’s some benefit in having a messy studio, my friends. I just found a cache of KnitKnit #7s, including the limited edition cover ones. I&...

Benefit auction for Pippi

Amy-Boogie of Spunky Eclectic and I were wondering just what had happened to our friend Pippi Knee Socks, aka Symeon North. You never know in those...

Almost home…

Hello from the Chicago airport! I just wrote a really huge reply in comments on the last post which would have probably been better off as a whole ...

Take action today!

Ok, I realize I just wrote about a week’s worth of posts into one post just now, but this is too important to put off. If you believe in the ...

Cupcakes and book reviews and yarn (oh my!)

Crafty Dabbler asked (in comments on this post) for my Earl Grey cupcake recipe. Admittedly, I took the cheater way out, but you can adapt my metho...

Seriously, Maryland, what the…?

Shannon’s pattern in CRAFT magazine

My Fat Quarters Yukata Jacket is in CRAFT magazine issue 7, on page 68. If you’re a digital subscriber, you can find it at that link. The cov...

How to Knit in the Woods finally in stock!

How to Knit in the Woods is finally in stock on Amazon. Thanks, Stariel, for pointing that out! (She has a vested interest, after all — there...

More Big Girl Knits party, in pictures

First, let’s establish where the party took place last Saturday: Yes. It was at Lettuce Knit. Second, the cast of characters: Amy and Jill...

In The Loop Café, Toronto

Ok, I’m catching up with my Toronto-related postings bit by bit. First, let’s do my book signing for The Pillow Book at In the Loop Caf...

Tonight: The Knitgrrl Show from Baghdad

Proof positive you can knit anywhere if you set your mind to it — the below photos are of Lorie Jewell, tonight’s guest on the Knitgrrl...

Toronto torment

I’m off to Toronto in a few days, and there is a LOT going on. The title’s a joke, as the torment is mostly the pleasurable kind (save ...

Architecture-inspired knits

I’m working on a series of Cleveland architecture-inspired knits right now. Ever since I got the idea in my head, it just won’t leave. ...

Knitting IS good for you. Amazon says so…

My book Alt Fiber is slightly miscategorized on Amazon: Popular in this category: #54 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Nutrition >...

A revealing Twitter conversation:

Even though I have a Twitter account, I almost never use it. The other night, though, while prepping materials for a television appearance, I felt ...

The Knitgrrl Show #9: Knitting in Baghdad

Yes, you read that correctly. Show #9 will be coming to you live from Baghdad with US Army specialist Lorie Jewell and her knitting friends. I firs...

New online knitting mag

Knotions. Check it out! I returned from teaching outside Boston Saturday night bearing really good news — my former housemates successfully b...

How to Knit in the Woods coming soon

Just in time for tax season, when all you really want to do is run away and live in the woods for a while, it’s How to Knit in the Woods, my ...

How deadlines sometimes feel

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Green books

Well, we’ve almost made it through Green Season (March/spring is traditionally when all the magazines do their “green” issues), b...

Shop locally

I don’t think I need to tell you, my knitterly friends, how very important it is to support your LYS (after all, who else is going to open th...

Superexciting news!

Xan and I just learned that our thrift store sewing book AlterNation has been picked up by all 900 Jo-Ann fabric & craft stores! You can find ...

April Fools?

Congress To Raise Alpacas To Aid Struggling Economy. Share This

Tell me what to do. You know you wanna.

In response to a number of requests which I am finally now taking seriously, I’m considering producing a how-to DVD. Presumably, you all know...

Noro sock yarn report

Like a field of tulips in the spring, it blooms! Man oh man does it. Andi gave me my Monkey socks and they are spectacularly awesome, but she hadn&...

Be the Nina to my Heidi

I’m teaching this summer for ArtWorks in University Circle (Cleveland), doing a fashion/fiber-related program. It’ll be up to the appre...

A cast-on question for you

If a pattern told you “cast on X stitches provisionally” but didn’t specify the method, what would you opt for by default unless ...

PBS’ing, teaching, etc

Of all the days to go downtown to tape an episode of Applause (our local PBS affiliate’s arts show), they picked St. Patrick’s Day. Now...

Couldn’t resist posting this:

In wonderful news, my new pattern (the one the Secret Decoder Ring knitters have been testing) is very nearly ready. I’ve been blocking the l...

Shades of my Knitty Gritty episode!

Martha Stewart is on Conan O’Brien’s show right now talking about spinning her chow chow (dog’s) fur into yarn. Well, having it d...

Stitch ‘n Beach photos are up!

Check ‘em out!. Lots of water shots (you can’t tell I’m all about the water, can you?), and beachy, knitty goodness. Among the h...

My ABCs today: Alt Fiber, Breeders, comatose

Alt Fiber is now on pre-order! Click here to get it. Kelley Deal of the Breeders is publishing a knitting book and they have a new album coming out...

Stupid blizzard, fun cruise

Hello! I’m back! Well, except I’m not. Technically. Ok, let me explain… Robert Frost: “Home is the place where, when you ha...

Hi! and bye!

Hello from the ms Noordam, currently sitting at NYC’s cruise ship pier. Internet is 40 cents a minute, so don’t be expecting too many p...

Free range, eco-friendly, fair trade knitting teachers

I have a question for you. Why do so many of us put so much thought and effort into buying free range chicken, eco-friendly yarn and fair trade cof...

I can has Monkey!

Andi’s been knitting me a pair of Monkey socks. Last weekend, a customer came in with a Noro bag she’s been doing in the same colorway ...

Knitgrrl’s editor is funny

I’ve just returned from the Craft and Hobby Association tradeshow in California, and all I can say is this: we knitters have nothing on the s...