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GIVEAWAY || BETSY FARMER DESIGNS JEWELRY GIVEAWAY

Once in a while I spot a piece of jewelry and I just fall head over heels in love! That kind of love where you stop everything you're doing - yes, even your knitting - and say out loud "I need that in my life". 

That's what happened to me when I spotted Betsy Farmer Designs yarn necklace. I loved it. I wanted that rose gold in my life next to my skin...lol (I've been crushing on muted pinks lately). So you guys know what that means right? If I love it so much it means you may love it t...

KNIT ALONG || VOTE FOR EXTENSION

Our Tops, Tanks & Tees Knit Along deadline is just around the corner which  means it's time for our vote for an extension to the deadline! It's where you get to choose if you'd like another week or so to finish up your garment!

There have been so many gorgeous WIP's and FO's and the chat thread has been alive with games and friendly chatter - I love it! We really want to encourage you in a non-stressful way to successfully finish and photograph (remember we may show off your pic on our Star...

EVENTS || WITHIN BOOK SIGNINGS & TRUNK SHOWS

We're so excited to announce that we've been able to reschedule our trip to visit some of our favourite yarn shops - Churchmouse Yarns & Teas and Tolt Yarn & Wool, with our newest book - Within: Knitting Patterns to Warm the Soul, and it's trunk show!

We love getting a chance to visit both of these inspiring and gorgeous shops and getting to see all of you! We'll be bringing the trunk show for our newest book - Within: Knitting Patterns to Warm the Soul so you can see the pieces from the boo...

KNIT ALONG || KNITTING STRIPES WITH GUEST TIN CAN KNITS

Each year I get so excited whenever Tin Can Knits does a guest post on the blog for our KAL's! I love these gals and really enjoy the wealth of information on their blog! There is always something new to learn or a skill to perfect and Alexa and Emily are wonderful at teaching knitters how to take these new techniques on and perfect them for our own knitting! 

I'm happy to have Alexa here today chatting all about STRIPES! I love stripes and so do they and so we thought it would be a fun topic...

WITHIN || KNIT.WEAR SPRING/SUMMER 2017 FEATURE!

That moment when you flip open the new issue of Knit.Wear and see your book on Page 5 with Norah Gaughan!!!!! Seriously friends! Can we just say I about passed right out?! Pinch me now!!!! I must be dreaming!! 

This is such a huge highlight in my career and one that means so much to Jane and myself. Owning a small, independent publishing company (Marian Rae Publications) and seeing our book featured in a huge magazine was a moment that I'll never forget! I'm truly beyond thankful for all of...

SEWING || MAKE MY WARDROBE - PHINNEY RIDGE CARDIGAN

If you've been following along on social media and my newsletter you will have seen that my friend (and fellow knitwear designer) Andrea Rangel and I are getting each other motivated to build our handmade wardrobes by having a casual sew along/knit along called "Make My Wardrobe". We've got a plan to examine our current wardrobes and get making the pieces that are missing! I'm so excited! Our focus will be on pieces that compliment the clothes we already have, in particularly our lovely handm...

KNIT ALONG || TOPS, TANKS & TEES - KICK OFF DAY!

It's here! Today is the start of Tops, Tanks & Tees Knit Along 2017!!! Woot woot! It's time to cast on all those gorgeous garments that will make your warm weather handmade wardrobe shine!!! The #TTTKAL17 will run from April 10th - May 8th this year so mark your calendars! We've got some fun stuff planned! 

DATES

April 10th - May 8th 2017

HOW TO SIGN UP

Pop on over to our Tops, Tanks & Tees Knit Along Landing Page to find everything you need to know about the TTTKAL! You can sign up there, sup...

KNIT ALONG || TOPS, TANKS & TEES 2017 - IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!

It's that time of year! The cherry blossoms are blooming, the sun is shining and the cold weather is slowly dissapearring and you know what that means......it's time for the Tops, Tanks & Tees Knit Along! One of our big annual knit alongs where we encourage you all to knit garments to wear during the warm weather months! 

Never thought you could rock a hand knit tank top? Dying to try a new fiber like linen? Now's the time! We'll have tons of info to help you on your way and a fun group of f...

KNITTING || stEEk-ALONG! TAKE THE FEAR OUT OF STEEKING!

So I'm turning 40 this year and I thought it would be fun to tackle my "I'd love to learn..." list! One of the top things that I've been wanting to finally get the courage up to learn is steeking! Yep - you got it! The dreaded cutting of our knitting! It sounds and looks scary but also fun! I remembered when I first learned to sew I thought zippers and buttonholes would scare me forever...but guess what - they aren't so bad once you learn. So once I reminded myself the same goes for steeking...

KNITTING || SKOGAFJALL WIP - THAT TIME I KNIT SLEEVES FIRST & FAST

Oh my gosh you guys - I literally kicked ass on the sleeves of my Skogafjall for Tolt Icelandic Wool Month. I knit these in 2 days! One sleeve during a tv binge and another at Beauty in the Beast (which we adored btw)! The fastest sleeves I've ever knit I tell you! 

What I've now realized is that if I'm A) not doing two at a time I B) need to knit my sleeves before I knit the sweater. It was a big revelation for me. See I hate knitting sleeves. I've always hated it. But this time I rather en...