For the last two weeks, I have exclusively been working on the Barnelopper (Baby Fleas) cardigan by Ann Myhre (Pinneguri) in Navia Duo as part of the Fringe and Friends Steekalong. I originally picked the design with the intent to use Navia Uno, but the range doesn’t come in the bright pink and mustard I…
Category: WIPs
Work in Progress Wednesday
12.28 Kate is spending a relaxing week in Vermont. A predicted snowfall of 1-3″ turned into a full foot and a whiteout for most of the day – perfect for relaxing and knitting! One of the many projects currently on her needles is an Oscilloscope Shawl {rav link}, now available in the newly published Best…
Work in Progress Wednesday
An incredibly adorable pair of baby booties, the December Booties by Carrie Bostick Hoge, knit by Kate out of Acadia in Driftwood.
Work in Progress….Thursday…*
A pair of mittens, knit by Kate out of Road to China Light in Ruby. There is something super fun on the other side, too, we promise! *{We’ve been pretty busy around here. On the plus side, the weeks go by fast….on the minus side….well, the weeks go by fast!}
Work in Progress Wednesday
11.16 The unbearably adorable Pikku-Pete {rav link} {web link} by Lene Alve knit by Kate out of Canopy Fingering in Aloe. A tiny hat, perfect for for the impending wee little sporeling.
Work in Progress Wednesday
11.9 Kate is on a bit of a garter stitch kick lately. This week’s project? A hat, knit out of Terra in a brand new color, Belladonna.
Work in Progress Wednesday
Swatching, swatching….. We’re in San Francisco for the day before we teach at Interweave Knitting Lab visiting Margaux. So far, the day has entailed delicious Indian food, corgis, a trip to the Painted Ladies (more on that later!), and now we’re happily knitting and eating pie (and having a few libations). Not too shabby, eh?
Work in Progress Wednesday
Kate took a trip to Vermont this weekend for a mini-vacation away from the home renovations that have rendered her kitchenless for the last month. {Really. No kitchen to speak of. Even for someone who isn’t really into cooking, the whole thing is getting a bit tiresome}. Somewhere along the NY/NJ border she started crocheting…
Work in Progress Wednesday
The wildly popular Rocky Coast Cardigan {rav link}, by Hannah Fettig from the book Coastal Knits {web link} by Hannah and Alana Dakos, knit by Kate out of Organik in Crater Lake.
Work in Progress Wednesday
9.28 A new design by Courtney knit out of Acadia in Driftwood + Kelp.
Work in Progress Wednesday
Knitting samples on the train as we run errands….Courtney is working on a new (secret) design in Canopy Fingering in Aloe, Kate is knitting a “step-out” in Canopy Worsted for a very exciting soon-to-be released project!
Work in Progress Wednesday
Something….striped!…knit by Courtney out of Canopy Fingering in Palm Bud + River Dolphin.
Work in Progress Wednesday
8.17 A striped swatch by Kate in Acadia, colors Granite and Summersweet. What will it become?
Work in Progress Wednesday
7.20 Another sample of the Baltic Beret from Vintage Modern Knits, knit by Kate out of Canopy Fingering in Quetzal, Chiclet Tree, Orchid and Sarsparilla.
Work in Progress Wednesday
7.13 A new design, by Kate, knit out of Organik in Seawater, Oahu, Arctic Tundra, Lichen + Atoll.
Work in Progress Wednesday
6.29 You know we’re busy at the warehouse when you get two Work in Progress Wednesday’s in a row! We’ve been so busy with post-TNNA shipping that I think this is the most knitting Courtney’s done since our return. Luckily, it’s lovely and meditative to help take the edge off at the end of a…
Work in Progress Wednesday
6.22 A sweater, knit by Kate out of Acadia in Wild Onion. The garter rib is addicting. And the resultant fabric is beautifully soft and squishy.
Work in Progress Wednesday
6.15 Swatching, swatching, swatching….what will it be? You’ll just have to wait to find out!
Work in Progress Wednesday
06.01 A new free pattern designed and knit by Courtney out of Road to China Light in Blue Tourmaline.
Work in Progress Wednesday
5.25 A new free pattern designed by Kate out of Acadia {did you hear? Its our brand-spankin’-new yarn for fall!} in Summersweet.
Work in Progress Wednesday
5.18 A new sweater design, knit by Kate out of Savannah in Sycamore.
Work in Progress Wednesday
4.27 We’ve been doing a lot of traveling, and knitting, lately. Both are great and we relish the long flights to get a lot of work done. So, our apologies in advance for the iPhone photo, but this was taken on the plane! Courtney is reknitting the Lace Cardigan #28 in the Spring/Summer issue of…
Work in Progress Wednesday
4.20 A new design, knit by Kate out of Savannah in Natural.
Work in Progress Wednesday
A new accessory, designed and knit by Kate. Finishing up our samples for the new Fall collection. We’re super excited about this one and hope you will be, too! Update: Find the pattern here!
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.30 Remember this? We’re deep in deadline knitting for our next for sale pattern collection, but during much-appreciated spare moments (or when her brain is just…broken..) Kate works happily away on her Adelaide for the VMK-KAL. And don’t forget! If you, too, are participating in the KAL, please “tag” your project with”VMK-KAL” so we can…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.23 Courtney’s Vintage Modern Knits-A-Long version of the Brigid Jacket from Vintage Modern Knits, shown in Terra in the color Black Walnut. A she is completely unable to knit the same thing twice, Courtney is planning some modifications to the cardigan, having already knit the version that is shown in the book. She is making…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.16 Swatching colors for Kate’s version of Adelaide for the Vintage Modern Knits Knit-A-Long! She found a winner with Black Walnut, Sorrel, Nettle, Olive Leaf + Anemone…now onto the knitting! —- And, on a similar note, we will be chatting it up with Planet Purl tomorrow at 8 pm EST – sign in for the…
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…
Work in Progress Wednesday
3.1 A new design for our upcoming collection, knit by Courtney out of Canopy Worsted in Wild Ginger + Ipe (and probably more…can you guess what wacky intarsia animal she is going to slap on this one? Moose? Platypus? Corgi?)
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…
Work in Progress Wednesday
2.16 Swatching. Swatching. Swatching. A new Kelbourne Woolens design, knit and designed by Kate out of Organik in Highlands.
Work in Progress Wednesday
2.9 Adult version of the Fiddlehead Pullover, knit by Courtney in Canopy Worsted in River Dolphin. The body and sleeves are finished, now it’s on to the yoke! View it’s first WIPW appearance here.
Work in Progress Wednesday
1.26 Crochet! A striped cowl, designed by friend of the Fibre Company + Kelbourne Woolens, Maura Kirk, crocheted by Courtney out of Road to China Light in Lapis, Sapphire + Blue Tournaline.
Work in Progress Wednesday
1.19 An updated version of Courtney’s Sugar Mountain Beret to be re-released in Organik. Shown in color Magma and knit by Kate.
Work in Progress Wednesday
1.5 Cables + Lace Beret (rav link) by Michele Wang, knit by Kate out of Road to China Light in Carnelian.
Work in Progress Wednesday
12.22.2010 Inspired by Kristen Rengren’s Jasper Diamond Hoodie and knit in Canopy Worsted, color Blue Crown. A gift for Kate’s very lucky cousin!
Work in Progress Wednesday
12.15 Something a little different…. A large Organik order! Its own special work in progress…counting, organizing, packing, shipping… …made even more exciting by the new colors that came with it!
Work in Progress Wednesday
11.8 Adult version of the Fiddlehead Pullover, knit by Courtney in Canopy Worsted in River Dolphin. Pattern available soon!
Work in Progress Wednesday
12.1 Look familiar? The Yangtze Cardigan, knit and designed by Courtney in Canopy Fingering, is in Vintage Modern Knits. Now she’s knitting one for herself using the color Laguna.
Work in Progress Wednesday
11.24 Now with more innards! Meritursas, knit by Kate in Canopy Worsted in a Selbu Modern inspired combination of Orchid + River Dolphin.
Work in Progress Wednesday
11.10 A very special work in progress, the Moody Kerchief designed by Kristen Kapur. Knit by Courtney in Savannah in Sycamore and Organik (to come) in Crater Lake. All of the proceeds from the sale of the pattern go directly to helping Justine’s husband, who is recovering from a serious accident. A phone call from…
Work in Progress Wednesday
11.3 Lace scarf for our new pattern collection to be released Jan 2011, knit by Kate in Terra in Nettle
Work in Progress Wednesday
10.27 Striped Top Down Pullover. Knit by Courtney in Road to China in Garnet + Hematite. *** What the heck is Work in Progress Wednesday anyway? You can find out more about it here.
Work in Progress Wednesday
It is hard to believe it was over a year ago that we were starting the process of knitting the designs for our book, Vintage Modern Knits. While we absolutely loved the design process, it left little to share with our readers in terms of our current knitting projects. Fast forward a year, the projects…
Fiddlehead Pullover on The Purl Bee
We are very excited to share a Purl Bee exclusive, the Fiddlehead Pullover with you! I designed this sweet pullover for infants 0-6 or 6-12 months and it was featured last week on the Purl Bee website. The Fiddlehead Pullover uses Canopy Fingering, just 2 or 3 skeins. For more information on Canopy Fingering, check…
In the beginning…
…there’s always a swatch. Or, I suppose I ought to say there should always be. I always swatched…a little bit. But honestly, after the 5th time ripping and re-knitting one starts to see the obvious advantages to taking a few days extra to perfect the swatch. I have become a painstaking swatcher – a relatively…
Ysolda visits Kelbourne Woolens!
Philadelphia was lucky enough to be one of the stops on Ysolda’s whirlwind United States tour. Although we experienced a heat wave of insane proportions over the weekend, we were able to show her a pretty great time! Sunday began with a day at Rosie’s and ended with delicious drinks and tapas at Tria where…