It’s time to clear out the warehouse and make room for new, beautiful yarns and products! Join us on May 11, 10 am -5 pm for our quarterly warehouse sale. We’ll have piles and stacks of sale products, including: yarn FREE knitting patterns signed books coned yarns mill ends mugs, pins, and more KW merch!…
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Kelbourne Woolens at Vogue Knitting Live – Minneapolis!
I just returned from Vogue Knitting Live in San Francisco, which was my first teaching foray post-baby! It was a success, and I’m busily preparing for Vogue Knitting Live in Minneapolis. If you’ve never attended a VK Live, I highly recommend it. It is one of my favorite events to teach at, and the events…
Yarnporium 2018 (AKA Finally a Trip to The V&A!)
As long as I can remember, I have wanted to go to the Victoria and Albert Museum, specifically their Textiles Collection. I have been lucky to have traveled quite a bit in the last ten years, and spent a semester in Florence in college, but somehow London has never been on that list. That is all going…
And That’s a Wrap! TNNA Weekend Re-cap.
Kelbourne Woolens just wrapped up our Summer TNNA trade show in Cleveland, OH! While I was home, anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new baby, this stellar team was at the show all weekend. From left to right we have Britta Kremke from BC Garn, Paula and Kris á Torkilsheyggi from Navia, Kate Osborn and Meghan Kelly…
Courtney at Vogue Knitting Live: San Francisco!
UPDATE! You can sign up for classes at 50% off using my teacher discount code, TEACHER50 at checkout! View all the VK Live SF class offerings here. This September I’ll be travelling to San Francisco to teach at VK Live! I’ll be teaching my favorite classes, alongside some of the best knitting instructors in the…
The Rare Stitch
We all know that knitting can bring together communities and form bonds of friendship with other knitters all over the country, and the world. I think it’s one of the reasons we all like to knit! We can feel a closeness with people we otherwise might not have had the opportunity to meet, and our…
Knit Night at Slip Knot
Last week after a short 20-minute drive, Linette and I arrived at one of our favorite local yarn shops just outside of Philadelphia. One of my jobs greatest pleasures is chatting with shop owners and managers on the phone. So it’s really a joy to actually be able to speak in person. Run and owned…
Courtney’s Teaching at Yarn Fest!
I love to teach, I love travel, and I love my knitting friends. So when I was asked to teach at Yarn Fest I immediately said yes, even though I was expecting in early February. Since we now have a new (adorable!) addition, I am bringing the family along. (Bonus: If you’re in one of…
Kelbourne Woolens at VK Live in NYC!
Next month I’ll be headed up to New York for Vogue Knitting Live, and I couldn’t be more excited about this little mini-getaway. I’ll be teaching my favorite class, Bohus Knitting, on Saturday January 14 – the best day of the year. It’s my birthday! Bohus knitting is essentially your run-of-the-mill stranded color work, but…
Rhinebeck Round-Up
I made a quick jaunt to the NY Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY last weekend! It’s always such a highlight of the fall, getting to see and experience all the sheep, the alpacas, the yarn, the fiber, the apple cider donuts, and the best sweater watching all year. I brought along a friend…
Nordic Knitting Conference
Courtney and I spent last weekend at the Nordic Knitting Conference held at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle. We planned the trip with friends Jaime Jennings and Karen Templer, and scheduled our time around learning as much as humanly possible about the history, craft traditions, and techniques of the (widely disparate) people who fall…
Geometric Cowl KAL with VKLive and Gudrun Johnston!
The most recent issue of Vogue Knitting has arrived, and it has a new look and fantastic content! We are so pleased to have a design using The Fibre Co. Acadia in the issue by our friend Gudrun Johnston. Vogue is hosting a Knit-Along for the cowl as part of their upcoming VK Live event in Minneapolis. I’ll…
Kelbourne Woolens at VK Live Minneapolis!
This November, I will be headed to Minneapolis to teach three classes at Vogue Knitting Live! I’ll be flying solo on this trip, as Kate stays home to hold down the fort at one of our busiest times of year. I’ll be teaching some of our all time favorite classes, and they are all color…
See you at TNNA!
We’ve been super busy the past week as we prepare for the upcoming TNNA show in Washington, DC! TNNA is a industry-only trade show that happens twice a year, and it’s our opportunity to show our retailers what we have available for them for the upcoming season. We will be in Booth 578, and if you’re…
See you at TNNA!
We hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing holiday break and your New Year’s Eve was as thrilling and ridiculous (or boring and low key) as you wanted it to be! We’re gearing up to head to the Winter trade show for TNNA, The National Needlearts Association trade show. TNNA is a wholesale-only trade…
Come learn from us at Interweave Yarn Fest
We’re delighted to be teaching again at Interweave Yarn Fest in gorgeous Colorado. Like last year our classes are a combination of knitting and crochet, with a heavy emphasis on historical techniques and skill building. We will be teaching six classes throughout the weekend: First Steps in Crochet (Thursday, 9am – 12noon)Do you like crochet, but…
Rhinebeck Round Up!
Like many of you, we spent the last weekend in Rhinebeck, NY to attend the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. It couldn’t have been better sweater weather – it even snowed! – and like everyone else, we got the chance to wear the sweaters we were saving for the occasion. As always, the sweater game…
Rhinebeck Weekend!
Today at noon, our office is headed up to Rhinebeck, NY for the the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival at the Duchess County fairgrounds. We aren’t going as vendors – we’ll leave that to the growers, spinners, and craftspersons – but we are going to walk around, eat doughnuts, drink hot apple cider, and dream of…
Happy Valentines Day…SALE!
Last year we had the honor of teaching our own class on Craftsy, New Directions in Lace: Hats, which we were urged to do by our friend and Pathways Collection designer Laura Nelkin. (Laura has taught several classes on knitting lace and beaded lace, and we encourage you to check them out!) We couldn’t agree more…
Join us at Yarn Fest!
We’re delighted to share that we will be teaching this spring at Interweave Yarn Fest in Loveland, Colorado. A combination of knitting, spinning, weaving, and crocheting, the weekend will be full of spectacular classes, a unique marketplace, and special events. We’re changing up our teaching slightly, and on the heels of an amazingly fun Crochet Summer…
Fall + Winter Events
It is hard to believe it, but fall is almost here! As I type this, I’m cosied up at my desk in my Fable cardigan and some shearling slippers, and couldn’t be happier! While we take the summer off from teaching/traveling, our fall + winter schedule is in full swing and we have lots of…
Kelbourne Woolens at Squam Art Workshops
Last weekend we had the pleasure of traveling to Holderness, NH to attend the Squam Art Workshops on Squam Lake, participate in the Ravelry Revelry and evening Art Fair. We rented a house in Holderness on White Oak Pond, and arrived a day early so we could have a mini-work retreat to do some planning for…
KW on the Move: Fancy Tiger Crafts
This weekend we’ll be hosting a great event with the lovely crew at Fancy Tiger Crafts in Denver Colorado! We’ll be hanging out and as a special treat we’re hosting a workshop featuring one of our favorite patterns, Springtime Bandit. For more details on our event at Fancy Tiger head on over to their website…
Kelbourne Woolens is on the move!
After taking time off in 2012 after a heavy {and exhausting!} travel schedule celebrating the release of Vintage Modern Knits, we’re happy to be able to add some exciting event dates to our calendar this spring! Our first trip brings us to Washington state to attend VK Live and teach two classes on April 4th…
New For Sale Pattern: Fable Cardigan
A long time coming {Kate knit the original version back in July of 2010!}, the Fable Cardigan, our latest pattern to be published from our Boathouse Collection, is the perfect sweater you will reach for time and time again. Knit using terra in anemone a wonderfully soft single ply blend of alpaca, merino and silk…
NENA
NENA is the New England Needlework Association’s annual trade show in Sturbridge, Mass. A regional trade show, NENA gives us the opportunity to connect more personally with the shop owners and employees in the New England region. It is also special because it is a cash-and-carry show, meaning we can create specialty products and kits…
Interweave Knitting Lab: New England
Teaching at Knitting Lab in California last year was a really wonderful experience, so we are delighted to announce that we will be attending Knitting Lab again in 2012 as instructors! What’s more, we’ll be a little closer to home at the New England event from October 4th-7th, and are slated to teach through the…
Kelbourne Woolens + Vogue Knitting Live!
We’re gearing up (or, in other words “running around frantically tying up all loose ends and making a million lists”) in preparation for our trip to Los Angeles for Vogue Knitting Live LA! We had a wonderful time at the NY event this past January, and are really excited to be headed to the west…
The Fibre Company, Vintage Modern Knits + Knit/Purl!
We are getting super excited for our trip to Portland, Oregon next week to teach a weekend of classes at Knit/Purl! On Friday, June 24th, we will be at the shop from 5-7 for a book signing, trunk show, and to answer any questions you may have. Then, Saturday and Sunday are filled with 4…
California Dreamin’…
Well, what can we say? In a word, our trip to California was awesome. Awesome hostesses, awesome knitters, awesome friends, awesome yarn, awesome wine, awesome students, awesome weather. We began the trip at A Verb for Keeping Warm. The first thing we saw after stepping foot in Oakland? This graffiti: Quite uplifting after over 10…
Bloomin Yarns Weekend!
As we mentioned, our trusty little camera decided it did not have enough time to see all the sights in Pittsburgh, so it stayed to hang out for a little while. It has safely come back home to us (thanks, Michelle!), so we wanted to share photos from our fabulous weekend at Bloomin Yarns. From…
Kelbourne Woolens + Purl Soho!
We had a wonderful time this past weekend at Bloomin’ Yarns. The classes (Roositud on Saturday and Fair Isle on Sunday) were filled with really lovely, enthusiastic, fun knitters, and the staff at Bloomin’ were incredibly accommodating and splendid hosts. Our camera decided it did not want to come home with us, so once it…
Interview Answers!
Thanks so much to all of you who entered our Blog Tour Contest and asked such great questions! We have compiled all of the questions and our answers below. Enjoy! Dotti asked: Was there any specific era and/or design book that inspired your book? Kate + Courtney: Not one specific decade or time period, but…
Our Trip to Space!
Yesterday we did a book signing and Yvette Roositud (rav link) workshop at Fibre Space in Alexandria, VA. Our morning began with a quick (but delicious!) brunch at Vermilion Restaurant right around the corner from the shop. The food was excellent. While we were at Vermilion, the Fibre Space staff was hard at work setting…
A moebius cowl, VK Live, Meg Swanson + The Farm
Not a bad lead in for a post, eh? And not too shabby for a Saturday. How did it all begin? Well, as you know, we wrote a book. (Officially released today)! And this winter and spring we are going on a little tour to promote said book. The first stop on the tour was…
Vogue Knitting Live + Knitty City!
Just a quick note to let you know (or remind you!) that we will be signing copies of Vintage Modern Knits at the Knitty City booths (2301, 2303, 2305 + 2307) at Vogue Knitting Live tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 pm! We will also have a trunk show with all of the patterns from the book…
Thanks Patricia’s Yarns!
We had such a wonderful time this Saturday at Patricia’s Yarns, spending time with old friends and new! Thanks so much to everyone who came to hang out and to our 8 amazing students who took the Meritursas Fair Isle class with us. For those of you who couldn’t make it, here is a little…
Patricia’s Yarns Event!
This Saturday Kate and Courtney will be at Patricia’s Yarns in Hoboken, NJ! We will be arriving at 1:00 pm armed with a trunk show and ready to hob-knob until class starts at 4. If you come hang out with us, we will be happy to answer any questions you may have about Kelbourne Woolens,…