Year of Mittens: January Mittens

Happy New Year! We are ringing in 2017 with a new mitten pattern to get you through the chilly January days and nights ahead. January's mitten features Latvian inspired color...

Year of Mittens: January Mittens

Happy New Year! We are ringing in 2017 with a new mitten pattern to get you through the chilly January days and nights ahead. January's mitten features Latvian inspired color...

Free Pattern: Holiday Cheer Ornaments

Free Pattern: Holiday Cheer Ornaments

Our daughter Charlie is at the age where she’s really starting to “get” holidays. Easter and Christmas are current favorites, but what we enjoy most is hanging out together, decorating...

Free Pattern: Holiday Cheer Ornaments

Our daughter Charlie is at the age where she’s really starting to “get” holidays. Easter and Christmas are current favorites, but what we enjoy most is hanging out together, decorating...

Working From charts: Alternate Colorways

Working From charts: Alternate Colorways

The vast majority of all of our charted patterns use the colors as shown in the sample. This method of charting colorwork works very well for a variety of reasons:...

Working From charts: Alternate Colorways

The vast majority of all of our charted patterns use the colors as shown in the sample. This method of charting colorwork works very well for a variety of reasons:...

Two Stitch Cables

Two Stitch Cables

The October Mitten begins with a knit/purl lattice stitch pattern at the cuff that grows into a flowering cable. The floral pattern of the mitten is created by 1 x...

Two Stitch Cables

The October Mitten begins with a knit/purl lattice stitch pattern at the cuff that grows into a flowering cable. The floral pattern of the mitten is created by 1 x...

To Swatch, or Not to Swatch...

Yesterday, we posed a little question to the Twitter-verse: What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns? Needle size doesn’t matter, people, gauge does! #youbetterswatch...

To Swatch, or Not to Swatch...

Yesterday, we posed a little question to the Twitter-verse: What would people do if we just stopped putting needle sizes on patterns? Needle size doesn’t matter, people, gauge does! #youbetterswatch...

Seaming Perpendicular Pieces

Seaming Perpendicular Pieces

Different than mattress stitch, where two pieces of parallel knit fabrics are sewn together with the same number of rows, seaming pieces of knitting together where one is held horizontally...

Seaming Perpendicular Pieces

Different than mattress stitch, where two pieces of parallel knit fabrics are sewn together with the same number of rows, seaming pieces of knitting together where one is held horizontally...

Swatching: Get to know Keystone
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Swatching: Get to know Keystone

Join us as I spotlight each Kelbourne Woolens yarn, discussing the characteristics, gauges, and go over a few different swatches and stitch patterns. Want more? View previous Get to know... posts...

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Kelbourne Visits Donegal Mill

Kelbourne Visits Donegal Mill

As you know from Courtney’s post, in order to develop we decided we needed to visit Donegal Yarns mill. Besides the opportunity to visit Ireland, we were so excited to...

Kelbourne Visits Donegal Mill

As you know from Courtney’s post, in order to develop we decided we needed to visit Donegal Yarns mill. Besides the opportunity to visit Ireland, we were so excited to...

Kelbourne Goes to Ireland!

Kelbourne Goes to Ireland!

We took an amazing whirlwind trip to Ireland last December.Myself, Kate (who is sitting a couple rows back so she had her own row!), and Meghan flew into Dublin early...

Kelbourne Goes to Ireland!

We took an amazing whirlwind trip to Ireland last December.Myself, Kate (who is sitting a couple rows back so she had her own row!), and Meghan flew into Dublin early...

Swatching and Measuring Gauge in Cable Pattern

Swatching and Measuring Gauge in Cable Pattern

The August Mitten features a unique diamond cable flanked by two 4 stitch cables on a reverse stockinette stitch ground. The palm and gusseted thumb are worked in a lovely...

Swatching and Measuring Gauge in Cable Pattern

The August Mitten features a unique diamond cable flanked by two 4 stitch cables on a reverse stockinette stitch ground. The palm and gusseted thumb are worked in a lovely...

Cables Made Easy

Cables Made Easy

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, there are two older but still incredibly useful tutorial related to the August Mitten pattern that you might find helpful. Both are helpful in effectively...

Cables Made Easy

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, there are two older but still incredibly useful tutorial related to the August Mitten pattern that you might find helpful. Both are helpful in effectively...

Picking Up Stitches From Waste Yarn

Picking Up Stitches From Waste Yarn

Picking up stitches from waste yarn is most commonly required when knitting thumbs on mittens or gloves using the Afterthought or Gusseted styles. It is worked by first knitting the...

Picking Up Stitches From Waste Yarn

Picking up stitches from waste yarn is most commonly required when knitting thumbs on mittens or gloves using the Afterthought or Gusseted styles. It is worked by first knitting the...

Year of Mittens

We're delighted to introduce Year of Mittens, a year-long knit-along! Launching August 1st, we will be releasing a new mitten pattern on the first of each month through July 2017!...

Year of Mittens

We're delighted to introduce Year of Mittens, a year-long knit-along! Launching August 1st, we will be releasing a new mitten pattern on the first of each month through July 2017!...