So excited! I made a video which gives you a little overview of the—not one, not two, but THREE class options I can now offer you in my Sock Heels-a-GoGo series! The very helpful folks over at the KnitGrrl Ning site gave me some great ideas and Shannon agreed to let me try this. It gives you more choices in price and toe-up/top-down options—and I’m all jazzed about both of those things. Here’s the video and below is a...

Destashing! So much must go, it’s shocking. For the next week or so I’ll be having a rolling sale on eBay, trying to relieve space issues in our very small basement. Sadly, I forgot how much work it is to post things on eBay. Thus the rolling sale. I can’t do it all at once. ¿C’est la Guerre, non?   In other newsy-news, I’m nearly done with a new pattern for Dragonfly Fibers in (OMGaw it is scrumptious) Super...

I’ve been designing! My new beastie is Wensleydale. He’s a Liliputian friend for Cheddar, the CraftLit Critter. I made mine with about 30yds of leftover sock yarn and finished him in one night of TV with the husband. Wensleydale Cheddar We’re also working on clothes for Cheddar (he might get chilled in the air conditioning, after all) so I’ve constructed a ruff for him. That pattern is free and you can download...

* * *  Newsy bits * * * Cheddar! What’s a Cheddar, you ask? Cheddar is my new buddy. I’ve got two (well, the second is getting his tail this evening). It was time for CraftLit to have a mascot, enter… Cheddar, the CraftLit Critter (pattern)! or get it by Subscribing (i.e., committing to a monthly payment) to CraftLit Or Purchase a completed,  knitted Cheddar from  Penny  for $36 via  little acorn creations  (coming soon!) He...

I have a new pattern for you—one that induced my husband to start calling me a Yarngineer. Life or Death socks for Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games series. In honor of the opening of the film, I wanted to design a pair of socks I thought would be worthy of Katniss—and able to stand up to the solid beating I imagine that young (hunted) hunter would give to her socks as she ran for her life. * * * Below please find specs I...

I have had the pleasure and honor of working with Ms Hunter Hammersen a few times and I am here to tell you that you will never be disappointed with her patterns. Why am I bothering to broadcast this to you now? Because her new book it out! Yes! The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet is a lovely concept and a lovlier book. Head over here, Ravelry: The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet, and have a...