We’re excited to welcome debut offering by Finnish knitwear designer Anna Johanna. Hailing from Central Finland, Johanna’s previous work in mathematics shows through in her precise, elegant patterns featured as yokes, sleeve details, and hems. Strands of Joy features seamless top-down colorwork sweaters and cozy accessories to keep you warm all winter long. The book […]
Book & Magazine Guides
Just Landed! Norah Gaughan’s Twisted Stitch Sourcebook
Just landed! Norah’s Gaughan’s Twisted Stitch Sourcebook is a veritable tome of stitch patterns featuring simple twisted stitches. This new book features 125 stitch patterns, both charted and written out row by row. Fifteen customizable garment patterns will give you instant inspiration on how to use these beautiful textures. Knit them as written or choose […]
Knit Happy with Self-Striping Yarn – Let’s get colorful!
Just landed! This joyful book by Stephanie Lotven of Tellybean Knits takes self-striping yarn beyond the sock. Knit Happy with Self-Striping Yarn is a trove of patterns for bright, fun and colorful sweaters and accessories. Watching a pair of gorgeous handknit socks disappear into her shoes inspired her to create new ways to use those […]
Ready, Set, Raglan! Yarn Guide
This follow-up to Knit How from Pom Pom Quarterly takes the straightforward raglan-sleeve pullover as a blank canvas and walks you through all the ways to make it your own. It has blueprints for 8 distinct raglans and coaches you through choosing perfect-for-you necklines, hemlines, ribbing, stitch textures, and fancy raglan increases. It also shows […]
Making No. 10 – Intricate
Here’s our yarn guide for the latest issue of Making Magazine: No. 10 – Intricate! Some of these yarns are available on our webstore. All of them are available in our brick and mortar store. This Fall issue is a collection of handcraft and knitting patterns inspired by all things warm and cozy in hues […]
Our yarn guide for Harry Potter: Knitting Magic
We’re raving about the awesome new book, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic, from local knitting master Tanis Gray. She’s conjured up some truly magical patterns with designs from Tiny Owl Knits, Sara Elizabeth Kellner, Dianna Walla, Dana Williams-Johnson, Susan Claudino-Aguilar, Lindsay Henricks, SpillyJane, Casapinka, martaschmarta, Stephanie Lotven, Jennifer Lori, Joan Forgione, Heather Zoppetti, and Susanna IC. […]
Welcome Making Stories!
If you have spent any amount of time at the shop you know that we are huge supporters of indie designers and have an extensive library filled with inspiring designs. When we first heard about Making Stories, a woman owned knitwear design publisher, and saw the classic designs featured in their first book, Woods, we […]
Laine, Issue 2: Spring/Summer 2017
Issue 2 of Laine Magazine is now available! This issue focuses on all the joys of a Nordic summer where you can let your mind wander, enjoy nature and stitch away. This issue features a variety of lightweight sweaters, comfy accessories for cool summer nights and even a cozy colorwork sweater for when fall begins […]
Making No. 3: DOTS
Making No. 3 has arrived with a classically fun theme: dots! Every project and pattern in this issue somehow incorporates dots, whether that’s traditional polka dots or more creative uses of these simple circles. Making features plenty of beautiful knitting and crochet patterns along with some lovely, sewing, embroidery, needle felting, weaving and baking projects […]
Introducing Cocoknits Sweater Workshop
We are very excited for our newest edition to our library: Cocoknits Sweater Workshop by Julie Weisenberger! This book introduces the new Cocoknits Method of knitting sweaters, that transforms traditional top down sweater construction into a less boxy, customized construction that is designed to hug your exact curves. The method has 4 shaping steps that […]
Just Landed! Capsule: Michele Wang for Brooklyn Tweed
Brooklyn Tweed‘s Capsule collections each focus on the work of one independent designer, bringing their own unique vision to Brooklyn Tweed’s palette of all-American wool yarns. The just-released second book in the series, Capsule: Michele Wang for Brooklyn Tweed, features new patterns by designer Michele Wang, whose classic cabled designs such as Rowe, Stonecutter, and Snoqualmie are already BT fan favorites. […]