Mattress Stitch
Seaming. Some people love it (ME!), some people hate it. I truly believe that properly seaming a finished piece of knitting makes the difference between “hand made” and “home made.”...
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Introducing Kelbourne Woolens Scout
2018 marks the ten year anniversary of Kelbourne Woolens and we are celebrating this milestone with something we have been dreaming about for a long, long time: Our own line...
Introducing Kelbourne Woolens Scout
2018 marks the ten year anniversary of Kelbourne Woolens and we are celebrating this milestone with something we have been dreaming about for a long, long time: Our own line...
Courtney's Carbeth Cardigan
Every now and then a pattern hits you like a ton of bricks, and you stop everything you’re doing to cast on. Image: Kate Davies Designs Years ago I knit...
Courtney's Carbeth Cardigan
Every now and then a pattern hits you like a ton of bricks, and you stop everything you’re doing to cast on. Image: Kate Davies Designs Years ago I knit...
Bobbles
The basic concept for all bobbles - regardless of their size - is that one stitch is increased multiple times, worked for a few extra rows, then decreased back down...
Bobbles
The basic concept for all bobbles - regardless of their size - is that one stitch is increased multiple times, worked for a few extra rows, then decreased back down...
Kelbourne Woolens at Vogue Knitting Live - Minn...
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...
Kelbourne Woolens at Vogue Knitting Live - Minn...
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...
Scout Collection: Rainier
I tend to be pretty hard on myself when it comes to my designs. By the time the swatching, sketching, knitting, un-knitting, re-knitting, blocking, and finishing happens, the stress of...
Scout Collection: Rainier
I tend to be pretty hard on myself when it comes to my designs. By the time the swatching, sketching, knitting, un-knitting, re-knitting, blocking, and finishing happens, the stress of...
Increasing Within charts
Working from charts seems to cause the most joy and consternation for knitters. We here at KW are fully on Team charts. I would never consider knitting anything but the...
Increasing Within charts
Working from charts seems to cause the most joy and consternation for knitters. We here at KW are fully on Team charts. I would never consider knitting anything but the...
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Germantown: Redesigning a History
It’s not often in life that one gets to have a dream and follow it all the way to reality, and I feel extraordinarily lucky to have done just that....
Germantown: Redesigning a History
It’s not often in life that one gets to have a dream and follow it all the way to reality, and I feel extraordinarily lucky to have done just that....
Ninth Annual Pro-Verbial Yarn Club
I have something a little bit different for you today - an announcement of the opening of the Verb for Keeping Warm Pro-Verbial Shawl Club! Courtney and I are excited...
Ninth Annual Pro-Verbial Yarn Club
I have something a little bit different for you today - an announcement of the opening of the Verb for Keeping Warm Pro-Verbial Shawl Club! Courtney and I are excited...
Andorra Feature in Interweave Knits!
We were thrilled to open the pages of the new Interweave Spring 2018 to find an article about our new yarn, Andorra! I mean, it’s good business practice to send...
Andorra Feature in Interweave Knits!
We were thrilled to open the pages of the new Interweave Spring 2018 to find an article about our new yarn, Andorra! I mean, it’s good business practice to send...
Andorra Collection: Delia
When we received the samples for Andorra (at that time only referred to as “Courtney’s Yarn”), I knew I wanted to make a hat. Partially because I love knitting hats,...
Andorra Collection: Delia
When we received the samples for Andorra (at that time only referred to as “Courtney’s Yarn”), I knew I wanted to make a hat. Partially because I love knitting hats,...
Picot Bind Off
The picot bind off is a lovely, simple, decorative bind off that adds small picots at the edge of your piece. We frequently use this bind off when working shawls,...
Picot Bind Off
The picot bind off is a lovely, simple, decorative bind off that adds small picots at the edge of your piece. We frequently use this bind off when working shawls,...
Andorra Collection: Evangelina Shawl
I love traditional triangle shawls. I love that they have a dual nature; they are both contemporary and historical, functional but also a little frivolous, completely approachable while also a...
Andorra Collection: Evangelina Shawl
I love traditional triangle shawls. I love that they have a dual nature; they are both contemporary and historical, functional but also a little frivolous, completely approachable while also a...