I’ve been back in this time zone for just over a week now, but I’m still getting my butt kicked by jet lag. I’ve never been so envious of people who can sleep on planes and never get jet lag! In any case, I came back and found this delightful news in my inbox. A…

Kate Atherley has a new book out! Knit Accessories: Essentials and Variations is Kate’s second book after last year’s Beyond Knit & Purl. Knit Accessories is a great fundamental book to have in your library. It very practically does what it says — it’s all about essential accessories (socks, hats, mitts, cowls and legwarmers) and their…

Feeling pretty blessed that I got to spend some time up at Whistler this weekend. In my dream version of my life, I’d spend 100 days on the mountain every year… but in reality, it’s more like ten days. I spend so much of my waking hours thinking about the mountain, that it just seemed…

We’re launching the first of our spring and summer patterns now, and more will be release in the upcoming weeks! This is one of our first patterns for spring… something fun to knit and maybe a new technique for you to try, if you haven’t tried short rows before. Designed by Jennette Cross, these Tilt…

I have nothing but admiration for career knitwear designers. It is hard work. I enjoy design, but I know that I’m not efficient at it. And if I’m not particularly efficient at it, then I tend to procrastinate. And that’s what happened with this particular design. Generally for each TNNA trade show, I’ve designed a…

Lynette Meek is a knitwear designer on Vancouver Island who also works at one of our retailers, Mad About Ewe Fine Yarns in Nanaimo. Her first published pattern of 2013 is the Espresso Shawl, designed and knit in our CashSilk Lace yarn. The Espresso Shawl is a traditionally constructed Shetland Lace Shawl, starting from the…

New designs launched while I was out of town, out of the internet’s reach! Fiona Ellis designed this gorgeous cabled hoodie for the Winter 2012 issue of Twist Collective. Already it’s one of the most popular designs on Ravelry from this issue! Here are the details: Finished measurements: Bust: 32 (35, 38, 42, 46, 51)”…

The talented ladies of Tin Can Knits have launched a new collection of designs just for the holidays! And they’ve designed a pullover in our Superwash DK that is all at once classic and fun. Have a look… Great White North adorable gift knits by Alexa Ludeman and Emily Wessel Alexa and Emily are dreaming…

During the haze of Knit City, designer Laura Chau of Cosmic Pluto announced the launch of her newest pattern collection, Afternoon Tea Volume 2! It’s a collection of six garments that are at once classic and pretty. Laura’s used one of my favourite techniques — carrying two strands of different colours and knitting them together…

At long last, I can start to show you what we’ve been working on with the ever so fabulous, Tabetha Hedrick. She’s designed this elegant lace stole for us in our CashSilk Lace and the pattern has launched on Ravelry and our website too. Marietta is a deceptively easy lace pattern with eyelets and decreases…

I met Grace last September when I came down to visit her shop Wildfiber in Santa Monica and go to Vogue Knitting Live in LA. She is a firecracker… and funny… and an awesome knit designer. At the January TNNA in Phoenix (I think… all these events sort of blur together), Grace came to me…

One of my favourite things to knit is multiple ends of yarns together to make a new marled yarn. Watch the shades and hues blend and blossom. Two ends, three ends, seven ends… you build and layer on the colours and textures in a way that helps break up shockingly vivid variegated yarns and subdue…