Color Conduit by Christine Guest, the first release in Attached and Apart: First Course

Attached and Apart First Course

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I’m so excited to be releasing this collection with Christine Guest and Jill Wolcott Knits. The first release in our collection, Attached and Apart: First Course is now live! Color Conduit (shown above) was designed by Christine Guest and is an easy project that will teach you a few great tricks. Christine includes photo tutorials and IG reels to show you multiple ways of accomplishing the look so you can pick the method you like the best. As a shawl, Color Conduit is an excellent choice for mini skeins, advent sets, or leftover yarns. Go for a monochromatic color scheme to let the joins really shine or go bold with color to create a 70’s style wrap that’s sure to …

Honeycomb Breeze back

Taming My Mane

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HOTN – I’ve just finished the last project in Sizzlin’ Stitches and am so excited to show off my FOs!   Porto, designed by Jill Wolcott, knit in Ella Rae organic cottonWith Porto, I learned a new stitch! Such an exciting experience – Fisherman’s Rib is now in my collection of potentials for future designs. I was asked if Fisherman’s Rib and Brioche are the same – they create a similar fabric, but the methodology is different. Watch my quick review on the differences here. Honeycomb Breeze, designed by Orchard House Editing, crocheted in Amano Yarns organic cottonIt felt like EVERYTHING about this design was new to me. Okay not everything – I have crocheted before, but it definitely stretched …

Patio Bandanna ties under your hair

Patio Bandanna

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Fun in the sun, but not without my handknits! While constructing a “knitting patio” on our new land, my hair kept getting in the way. Enter Patio Bandanna! This fun quick brioche knit keeps the hair tamed for heavy-duty yard work and relaxing stitching, alike. If you need something to tame your mane and don’t want to live without your hand knits, cast on a Patio Bandanna today. The tech edited and test knit easy (not beginner) level pattern is fully written with a how-to blog for customization suggestions. Available exclusively in the Sizzlin’ Stitches multi-designer eBook! Sizes:XS (S, M, L, XL) Finished Measurements:12.25”/ 31.5cm (13.75”/ 34.5cm, 15”/ 38cm, 16.25”/ 41.5cm, 17.75”/ 45cm) across top, not including I-cord, by 9”/ …

Sizzlin Stitches eBook cover

Sizzlin’ Stitches

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Are you ready to tame your mane with your handknits this summer? Sizzlin’ Stitches is a collection of 5 hair taming, quick projects – 4 knitting designs and 1 crochet design – from Jill Wolcott, Orchard House Editing, and yours truly. . $17.00 First up, Patio Bandanna – Fun in the sun, but not without my handknits! While constructing a “knitting patio” on our new land, my hair kept getting in the way. Enter Patio Bandanna! This fun quick brioche knit keeps the hair tamed for heavy-duty yard work and relaxing stitching, alike. If you need something to tame your mane and don’t want to live without your hand knits, cast on a Patio Bandanna today. Next: Porto from Jill Wolcott Knits …

Keep W NC Warm infograph (c)Snickerdoodle Knits & Hearts of Fiber. Used with permission

Keep Western NC Warm

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Calling all crafters!  Check out this donation call from Jessica (snickerdoodleknits) and Hearts on Fiber yarn shop.  To help warm up those impacted by Hurricane Helene, they’ve arranged the NC located Hearts of Fire LYS to be a donation location for your warmup knit donations! For those of you who’ve donated time and / or money – thank you!  If you who are still looking for a way to get involved or involved more, perhaps this is what you’ve been looking for? https://www.snickerdoodleknits.com/keepwncwarm Some additional tips – several designers are offering a discount on patterns or complimentary patterns for charity (only) knitting purposes.  I’ve started an IG story highlight and will post up as I find them.  Feel free to …

fawn close up

Catching Up

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A few weeks back I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Antionette of Hookin & Stitchin Island Style (https://www.youtube.com/@HOOKINSTITCHINISLANDSTYLE).  The premiere is today!  If you’re available, join the chat at 1pm EST!  Antionette and I will both be on to answer your questions. Looking forward to seeing you!  If you missed the premiere, don’t worry, the link will remain live for replay. Happy knitting! The deer pic for the blog is because Antionette lives on Deer Island ;-).

Holyrood Hooded Scarf by Sue McCain, photography by Avi C. Dascaloff

Holyrood Hooded Scarf Technicolor Movie Night Release 8

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The final release in our 8-pattern collection is Holyrood Hooded Scarf by Sue McCain.  Like Rannoch Moor Swing Coat, Holyrood Hooded Scarf was designed for horseback riding through the Scottish moors but works equally well here in the US.  I love the extra depth this hoodie has so you can really tuck back inside against any violent winds… or to keep a clandestine identity 😉.  The geometric stitch pattern is a lovely coordinating pattern to that in the coat as well.  Layer them or wear them individually! Buy your copy today here on Payhip – https://payhip.com/b/g5IKC Or Ravelry – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/technicolor-movie-night Technicolor: Movie Night includes 2 patterns from each of the following 4 designers – Carol Herman of Knit Equals Joy, …

Rannoch Moor Swing Coat by Sue McCain.

Swinging into number 7 Rannoch Moor Swing Coat in Technicolor Movie Night Release 7

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Horse enthusiast, knitting magazine & book pattern tech editor, and all-around talented knitwear designer, Sue McCain contributes the last 2 designs in our Technicolor: Movie Night collection.  Sue was inspired by a rather famous series, Outlander, as well as her favorite Scottish moors. The flared of Rannoch Moor Swing Coat is all about riding through the moors on your faithful steed!  But Sue did an excellent job transforming the functional design element into multiple venues.  It works great for chasing kiddos at the park or afternoons snuggled up by the fire. My favorite part is her use of one of the stitch patterns from this collection.  The strong geometrics in that rich golden color so speak to her inspiration! Buy …

On the Silver Screen close up

Behind On the Silver Screen Technicolor Movie Night Release 6

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After a couple of years in production, I’m thrilled to finally be able to introduce On the Silver Screen.  It was a mental puzzle that I eagerly dove into solving – how to take a scarf, On the Set, and convert it into a seamless sweater.  More than once my dyslexia had me jumping through hoops, but in the end with lots of photos to remind myself of knitting orientation, the scarf became a garment of beauty to wear! Glamour One of the ways my fellow indies enable me to join these collections is through yarn choice.  As animal-fiber-free in a woolly world, opting to pick a yarn company with a “Lindsay friendly” yarn was such a blessing.  Malabrigo was …

On the Set styling pic

On the Set of Technicolor Movie Night Release 5

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I can’t believe it’s November and the time for my two releases in Technicolor Movie Night.  On the Set first premiered in Technicolor Matinee but is actually knit into my new release for Movie Night, which comes out next week.  I don’t’ want to give away any secrets on that design, so I thought I’d share some behind the scenes fun from On the Set. Picking the photoshoot location my mind’s eye went back to the wedding scene in Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire.  I looked all around and down a gravel road near the Watauga River was a historic church with the quintessential “old gate” in front.  The church didn’t look much like that in the …