I can't quite manage to have all of you come over for trick or treating (but just imagine the size of that bowl of candy...), but this seems like the next best thing. Anyone with any level of paid Patreon membership can have the Ensorcellment pattern for free from now [...]

I've talked a lot about the annoying, unreasonable sort of pills that indicate a lousy garment, poorly made (you can see the shoddy Madewell sweater saga over here, should you wish to do such a thing). But some pilling is just part of the life of a sweater. And today [...]

The time has come, winter draws near, we must raid the Strategic Cashmere Reserves (aka the pile of sweaters old sweaters that don't fit well at the back of the closet) and cut one down to make this year's pajama sweater. The pinking shears are honestly just because they don't [...]

I have the weirdest favor to ask... It's time for me to reach out to yarn shops about the nifty little knitting multitool we're all so excited about. And while I caaaaan just send a bulk email about it, that's awkward as hell (I mean I've done it before for [...]

TL;DR up top for anyone in a hurry: The preorder for the knitting multitools is open! You can find it right here. More info for folks who want all the details: I made these for the mail club this summer, everyone loved them and wanted more, so now I've made [...]

TL;DR right up top for folks in a hurry: The metal tool cards are coming back! I've been getting constant requests for these since the summer, and I've finally found a place that can make what I want! In a day or two, I'll open a preorder. We're doing a [...]

Riiiight, so earlier this summer I played with indigo, dyed some napkins, dyed a bench, had a good time, made a big mess, and just sort of left everything set up in the garden and would give things another dip every time I wandered out there. And then events, as [...]

Ahem...please consider this a demonstration of why you need to swatch to figure out your needle size. A friend and I knit these swatches on the Exact Same Needles from different colors of the Exact Same Yarn, and look at the difference in the gauge. The yarn label says "Needle [...]

Were I to knit a sweater (which I certainly won't be doing until I learn how to use a knitting machines, an undertaking that is in and of itself far from certain), which set of colors would be the most fun? If (again, I emphasize the if of it all, [...]