Crafting

Your new favorite neck & shoulder knitting patterns.

The weather suddenly turns from sunburn-inducing to just slightly chilly and suddenly, it's autumn! You might be feeling the urge to cast on something new and you'll need something that works up q...

How to knit an A-line mod on bottom up garments.

Want an A-line in a bottom up garment and don't know where to begin? Try this mod. Modifying knitting patterns helps you get the perfect fit.

How To Style Old Favorite Knits For Autumn 2023

Oh my goodness. It's full on fall colors outside, and we just had the most satisfying rain. I am loving all of it and it's inspiring me to put together outfits from my existing knit projects to li...

3 changes to make for more inclusive test knits

I’ve talked previously about designer pay, and how designers need to be paid more for there to be a chance for marginalized folks to enter and stay in the industry. This remains true in 2022, and ...

Why these yarns for the Coloring Book Tee?

One of the things I see a lot in our knitting community online is anxiety over ethical purchases. We put ourselves through “no buys” with mindsets borrowed from diet culture, periods of compulsive...

Don't give up on beauty in times of darkness.

My friends, don’t give up on beauty in times of darkness. Yes, rage into the night. Yes, protest the injustice in the world. Yes, perform civil disobedience, if that is something within your ab...

Being bad at capitalism from a business perspective.

When I first started my knitting design business, it was to support my friend Jen at 626 Yarn and her Thai Iced Tea gradient sock set. We ended up raising funds to donate towards organizations tha...

Making better sock choices: How I think about yarn.

Now that we've talked about all the ways to evaluate a yarn for sustainability reasons and for our personal values, why we shouldn't be horrible to other people who make different choices than we d...

6 ways to measure environmental impact by fiber.

Disclaimer: If you're new here, don't forget to read the previous posts in this series for context. We don't do yarn snobbery here so please do not take any information from my work to go and be a...