Meghan and I just discussed our realistic-yet-still-ambitious Rhinebeck sweater goals, which can only mean one thing: Fall is almost here! We’re on the tail end of a completely insane eighteen months that included a lot of emotional ups and downs, a(nother) new baby for Courtney, and the design, marketing, and release of 4 new yarns….
Tag: Vogue Knitting

Designer Feature: Yoked Pullover by Norah Gaughan / Vogue Early Fall 2018
When Lori from Vogue came into our booth at TNNA and said “come with me! I have to show you something!”, I had no idea what to expect. We went over to their booth and – blammo! – she excitedly presented me with the Early Fall issue of Vogue Knitting with this spectacular design, the Yoked Pullover by Norah Gaughan,…

Designer Feature: #11 Diagonal Stitch Pullover by Sarah Hatton
The recently released early fall issue of Vogue Knitting included a lovely sweater designed by Sarah Hatton using The Fibre Co. Luma in sangria, and I am totally smitten for the vintage style! The #11 Diagonal Stitch Pullover has a romantic 1940’s-50’s feel with its texture rich pattern forming V shapes throughout with set in…

Courtney’s Fair Isle Cowl
Back in November, I was lucky enough to attend VK Live in Minneapolis as a teacher. It was a wonderful time, and in anticipation I participated in the Vogue Fall Knit-Along and knit Gudrun Johnston’s Fair Isle Cowl from the Fall 2016 issue of Vogue Knitting. I tried furiously to get it knit before the…
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…
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…
Designer Feature: #24 Eyelet Top by Yoko Hatta
Our daughter, Charlie, is in her first year of pre-school, and with it comes school holidays – something we were not accustomed to at her in-home daycare she attended the two years prior. It dawned on us (admittedly a little late in the game), that Charlie had most of this week off of school, so…
Vogue Winter 2015/2016: Fitted Hat
I was recently asked to design a project for the Bohus inspired story in the newest Vogue Knitting magazine, and immediately thought of creating a hat out of four shades of The Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering. Unlike the angora-heavy yarns of traditional Bohus, the Cumbria Fingering has a very subtle halo from the mohair, making…
Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2012: Lace Back Hoodie by Mari Tobita
The newest issue of Vogue Knitting recently hit the newsstands and the “Back Story” section features a beautiful hoodie designed by Mari Tobita out of The Fibre Co. Savannah in Pink Grapefruit. Not your typical hooded sweatshirt, the Lace Back Hoodie features three different lace patterns – an all over arrow lace on the back, graphic…
Vogue Knitting Winter 2011/12: Cable Brim Cap by Erica Schlueter
The newest issue of Vogue Knitting was recently published, and the issue is packed with effortless sweaters, accessories and items for the home designed to be lived in. In the “Soft Sculpture” story, the pages are filled with accessories in shades of purple, each designed with beautiful textural and design elements. The Cable Brim Cap,…
Vogue Knitting Holiday 2011: #7 Fair Isle Hat by Yoko Hatta
#1 Martha is on the cover.#2 There is an amazing Fair Isle hat knit out of Road to China Light by the designer of Kate’s long-time sweater obsession, the Squirrel Cardigan. Need we say more? This gorgeous hat, by Yoko Hatta for the “F is for Fair Isle” section of the Holiday issue of Vogue…
Vogue Knitting Fall 2011: #33 Leaf Mittens by Pat Olski
The Fall issue of Vogue Knitting is packed with tons of really great sweaters and accessories for fall and winter knitting. {including – be still our beating hearts – an entire story of Fair Isle in greytones, including a much loved reworked version of a “Squirrel Sweater” from the Japanese pattern book “Hand Knit Story”…
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…
New Design! Vogue Early Fall 2010: #19
The new Vogue Early Fall 2010 preview is up and we are excited to announce that Kate has a sweater she designed and knit out of Terra featured in “The Weekenders”, a collection of cardigans (her favorite!) The sweater is designed with a longer body, deep cable rib cuffs and hem and seed stitch body…
Vogue Knitting Fall 2009 – #13 Lace Beret
Kate was delighted when Tanis Gray approached her to submit a hat design for this Fall’s issue of Vogue Knitting. Not only was Tanis wonderful to work with, but it is a well-known fact that Kate loves designing slightly slouchy hats. For her inspiration, Kate thought about late summer and early fall knitting and what…