If you haven't heard, our latest knit-along started this week featuring our new free pattern, Udina. This beautiful sweater - designed by the one and only Norah Gaughan - features an interesting new cable pattern that requires two cable needles for one of the stitches. Luckily, it only sounds hard! Watch Emily's How-To Video: Typically, we… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Udina KAL
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Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Barrison 2.0
After taking several trips with Barrison Bear last year, I'm really excited to finally be knitting a Barrison of my own! To start, I should mention that I’m using Berroco Marmot instead of Berroco Nanuk, which was recently discontinued. Find a LYS: Store Locator I was able to get a very similar gauge (12 stitches by 20 rows)… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Barrison 2.0
Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Caley
I pretty much knew I wanted to knit Caley from the moment I saw it on our model last spring. It's the only garment designed with our new fall yarn Berroco Brio, and it was just the kind of mindless knitting I needed after (finally) finishing my Merle from our Knit with Norah KAL! I cast… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Caley
Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Merle Progress & Prize Info
Finally, I'm making some progress. If you read my last post, you'll recall I was feeling somewhat defeated by all the increases. Turns out, I was doing twice as many increases as the pattern called for....grrrr. After some frogging and a lot of re-knitting, my Merle is back on track! And I'm starting to see… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Merle Progress & Prize Info
Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Merle & the Never-Ending Increases
I've paused my knitting to write this post, set my needles adrift in the sea of stockinette stitches that is my Merle project. It's two weeks into our Knit with Norah KAL, and I'm losing momentum with every eight stitches I add to my increase rows. I never realized how depressing increases could be! It's… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Merle & the Never-Ending Increases
Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Merle Modifications
Have you cast on for our Knit with Norah KAL yet? The project is Merle from Norah Gaughan vol. 13 and Norah is sharing special designer notes along the way! I'm really excited, not just to knit with Norah, but also because this project offers a few new knitting challenges for me. It's my first cable sweater… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Merle Modifications
Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Herbie
I was really excited to get to work today and cast on for our Berroco Karma Knit-Along! So excited, in fact, that I forgot my needles at home (mental head slap). Off to a great start! Luckily, we have plenty of spares in the design office. I borrowed a pair, I wound my first hank… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Herbie
Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Vizcaya
I finished my second garment last week and I really think I'm starting to get the hang of this knitting thing! That's not to say it was without mistakes, though. I'm pretty sure I created the most massively horrible dropped stitch of all time (I haven't done any research on this, but I'm confident it'd… Continue reading Ashley’s Adventures in Knitting: Vizcaya
