This week I will be launching the long in the making VERSACIKNITS woolfolk collection. In anticipation, I thought it would be fun to showcase a different design each day leading up to the launch! Today we will look at the most complex of the designs, reverso. Reverso is a reversible (front-to-back), top-down, all-in-one-piece sweater with […]
As many of you know, the last few months have been complicated, so I am thrilled to finally launch rubus. Named after the genus of flowering plants that produce berries, the pattern stitch of rubus reminds me of cool summer days picking blueberries in Maine. Knit in one of my favorite yarns, The Fibre Company’s […]
Yarn Cupboard Retreat – April 25th – 27th, 2014 Very few of you know this, but when I was in college I trained to be an elementary school teacher! I have often said that this was the most useful experience of my career. I did not, however, expect to be standing in front of a […]
At heart I am a New England girl! Although I have lived most of my life in Princeton, NJ (which I must say is as close to a New England feel as you can get in NJ), my early roots were in Rhode Island. I couldn’t help being influenced by guernsey and cable knit sweaters, […]
I met Yuki on my first day of work on Wall Street back in 1979. By just looking at her, you knew she was unusual. Born of a Japanese mother and African American father and raised in the Quaker tradition, Yuki was, on the one hand, steeped in diverse heritages and, on the other, embarking […]
The lovely ladies from Kelbourne Woolens (that’s Kate below wearing lite while we set up for TNNA) featured VERSACIKNITS newest sweater, lite, and an interview with me on their blog today. We are so excited that we are giving away 3 skeins of the exquisite Fibre Company, Meadow, on the VERSACIKNITS Facebook page. Read the article here… … then”Like” VERSACIKNITS page, […]
con·flu·ence noun \ˈkän-ˌflü-ən(t)s, kən-ˈ\ 1: a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point 2: the flowing together of two or more streams The event… The TNNA meeting in June is the largest needle arts trade show of the year. It is an opportunity for local yarn stores, designers and other participants in […]
It seems like it has been a long time since I knit with just plain wool. So many of the fibers that we use today are chemically coated to make them super wash. While this is great for the longevity of hand knit garments — I can’t tell you how many baby and kid sized […]