Monthly Archives: April 2013

Addi SOS …

You might remember a series of posts I did a while back on interchangeable circular needles. I pointed out the pros and cons of some of the most popular circular needles on the market. One of my main critiques was that a lot of the companies seemed to be missing one major thing in their kits. Of course they all had the basics, which were needles, cables, and connectors. But then one would be missing different materials in their needles, and another had limited sizes, and so on. I kept looking for one company to put it all together […]

VKL report …

Well, another Vogue Knitting Live has been had, and it’s great to see that even though it was a new venue, this event keeps getting better and better. This last VKL was in Bellevue, WA – just minutes from Seattle –  at the Meydenbauer Center. The venue was great, and the event was even better. As usual, there were lots of instructors teaching everything from casting on and learning to knit, to advanced design techniques that you could incorporate into your next project. The Marketplace was great with a lot of exhibitors – some of the usual suspects and […]

Ashley is here …

So, ever since I published the pattern for Elementary, I was asked to make a pattern for the slouchie that Lucy wears on the show as well. I’d like to announce that I have a pattern that I am 100% satisfied with. Creating it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would have been. As a matter of fact, it took 6 tries and 3 different yarns until I finally settled on a pattern I was happy with. The pattern is written with 1 set of instructions, but there is advice on how you can change the size of […]