Patterns

Warm Hands Review

Last summer I was delighted to get an e-mail from Kate Davies asking about a collaboration on a project she was working on with Janette Sloan. It turns out they had contacted 13 designers about doing 15 designs (they were each contributing one) for a new book to be published late 2019 – early 2020. Yes, I was a bit giddy, I have to admit. To be recognized by someone of Kate and Jeannette’s stature was a very thrilling moment for me. Needless to say I said YES!!! And to boot, I got to work with a new yarn […]

knitting in public

It’s Time! …

For what you ask? Well, for a lot of things! The first and most important is to let you know about the new look of my website. Okay, yeah, I guess you’ve seen it already. Actually, if you followed a link to this post directly, then you might not have. So after you read this one, click on the logo at the top and have a look around. I’d love any feedback on what you think – all comments are appreciated and I will use them to fine tune things. 🙂 It seems like I couldn’t have timed the […]

Those Calendar Men!

The boys are back in town! Well, the calendar boys that is! Actually, the calendar MEN! That’s right, it’s time for the 2015 It Takes Balls To Knit Scarf Calendar. Once again this year we have a 13 month calendar featuring  13 scarves, 13 patterns, 13 men, and not much else. This year we are also featuring guest designer Laura Patterson of Fiber Dreams who has designed 5 of the scarves in the calendar. Also this year, we have partnered with Kollage Yarns, who have generously supplied all the yarn for the scarves in the calendar. The scarves are […]

Barrington 3.0 Pattern is here …

I’m pleased to say that the pattern for the Barrington 3.0 is up! I’ll make this a very short and sweet post, as I think I’ve said everything I need to in the other previous posts. A special shout out to the peeps that made this possible … Amy Rampfl for her great photography work – check her out here … Amy Rampfl Photography Sarka, Eileen, Mitch, Stephanie, and Dino – you are the best models ever!!! Stephanie – for adding additional wardrobe options. You can check out her site here – Devil May Wear! Jacquie Howard – Thanks […]

A is for Apple Yarns!

If you haven’t seen it yet, the newest episode of the show  is up – An Apple A Day! You can click on the link at the end of this post to go there. Recently ITBTK went to Washington State to visit one of my favorite LYS owners, Andrea, in her store, Apple Yarns. If you’ve never been, you really have to go. They have just been named an official tourist destination and currently have signage on the street to point the way, and will soon have signs on the highway  to make sure you know where you are. […]