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 […]
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KOEL Issue 3
KOEL Issue 3 has arrived and celebrates the simple pleasures of a Nordic summer, blending Scandinavian and Asian influences into a beautiful collection of projects. KOEL takes a different approach to the needle arts, selecting projects to create a handmade home rather than a handmade wardrobe. Each issue has a variety of knitting, crochet, latch […]
Project of the Week featuring Hazel Knits Cadence: Spate
One of my all time favorite yarns has returned to space: Hazel Knits Cadence. This lovely worsted weight yarn is made of 100% superwash merino, and it’s tight spin creates wonderful stitch definition. Combine that with Hazel Knits’ incredible color palate, and you have the perfect recipe for our project of the week: Spate by Jane Richmond. […]
New Arrival and Project of the Week featuring Periwinkle Sheep: The Italian Job
Now that Christmas has passed and we’re partway through Hanukkah, it’s time to think about treating ourselves and returning to the realms of selfish knitting. Enter The Italian Job by Nancy Vandivert. This beautiful two color asymmetrical shawl incorporates mosaic knitting, which is a fun colorwork technique where you only work with one color at […]
Book Guide – Within: Knitting Patterns to Warm the Soul
Jane Richmond and Shannon Cook have come together to create Within: Knitting Patterns to Warm the Soul, a knitting book with patterns to inspire and stunning photography that will make you want to turn through its pages over and over again. With every project designed in a worsted weight yarn or heavier this book is […]
Holiday Gifting for Stitchers
Whether you stitch or not, finding gifts for stitchers in your life is always tricky. But fear not! Here in space, we have many great gifts for both the knitters and crocheters in your life that they will use and love! Crochet hook and interchangeable needle sets are some of the hottest gifts, and […]
Things Stitchers Do: Massage Therapist
If you see Maggie Wissert in fibre space, you might just want to say hello. Why? Well because it’s always good to make friends with a massage therapist. Maggie has been in the business of soothing muscle malaise for nearly 19 years. Her Touch of Peace Massage Therapy is located in Del Ray (2402 Mt. Vernon […]
Yarnista Files: Our favorite ways to cast on
For the longest time if a pattern didn’t call for a specific cast on I was a long tail girl, every time. After coming up short one too many times, I switched to backward loop cast on. Yes, it’s even more basic than long-tail. Of course the big drawback is it can look a little uneven […]