I’ve stumbled across some beautiful independently designed patterns lately, all making great use of Berroco yarns. Some are available online, and a couple are included in Weekend Hats, a brand new book by Cecily Glowik MacDonald and Melissa LaBarre. Here they are, in no particular order: First up, Xandy Peters’ lovely Nouvelle hat knit in Flicker.… Continue reading Great Independent Designs
Blocking Wires
Rachel of inspinknity.com recently offered two sets of her premium blocking wires to the Berroco Design office, and we’ve been finding lots of great uses for them. Each set contains eighteen wires in different lengths: 36”, 24”, and 12”, along with a set of T pins. For an in-depth wet blocking tutorial for lace using… Continue reading Blocking Wires
The Making of a Kid’s Book – Part 2
Picking up where I left off (see Part 1 for a refresher), let’s look at a few more photos while I share some more stories from the photo shoot for Booklet #320 Big Kids/Little Kids. Of the eight kids who modeled for us, there were two sets of siblings. Can you guess which ones are… Continue reading The Making of a Kid’s Book – Part 2
A Valentine
These yarns are red, Our logo is blue, We knit every day, And hope you do, too! Happy Valentine's Day! Amanda
The Making of a Kid’s Book – Part 1
Making Booklet #320 Big Kids/Little Kids, one of our spring 2012 pattern booklets, was an adventure. We designed 27 different patterns (more than 3 times what we usually include in a pattern booklet) and began planning our photo shoot. We hired a mix of professional models and friends to wear our designs, and secured a beautiful… Continue reading The Making of a Kid’s Book – Part 1
TNNA in Phoenix
Norah and I returned to the office last week after our most recent trade show, The National Needlearts Association’s winter show, where yarn shop owners got to learn about our new products for spring 2012. The event was held at the convention center in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and with the high temperatures reaching 70 degrees… Continue reading TNNA in Phoenix
VK Live
Norah and I just returned from a fun and busy weekend at Vogue Knitting Live in New York City. We had a wonderful time meeting enthusiastic knitters and sharing our Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 designs with them. In addition to a great Berroco fashion show on Saturday, Norah gave design retrospective lectures to a… Continue reading VK Live
Norah’s Christmas in Latvia
I had the pleasure of spending Christmas in Riga, Latvia this year. What a beautiful place! The city is so walkable too. We strolled from Christmas market to Christmas market (there are a lot of them!) from museum to museum and from lovely restaurant to lovely restaurant.... viewing SO MUCH amazing architecture along the way.… Continue reading Norah’s Christmas in Latvia
Happy 2012
A brand new year is here! We’ve got lots of exciting things planned for this month. We’ll be attending Vogue Knitting Live in New York City next week, then we’re going to Phoenix the week after for The National NeedleArts Association’s winter trade show, where we’ll be showing our new spring yarns and patterns to… Continue reading Happy 2012
A Very Lacey Christmas
Kathie, one of Berroco’s craftiest employees, was decorating her Christmas tree recently and discovered that our Francis scarf pattern (worked in Berroco Lacey, our elegant new ruffle yarn) can do double-duty as a garland! The Francis scarf pattern is printed on the back of every Lacey ball band, and is also available on our website.… Continue reading A Very Lacey Christmas
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