Summer is right around the corner and with it comes travel! Jen, a Knit Picks team member and experienced knitting traveler, joins Lee and Stacey to chat about planning, packing, and knitting on the go! They discuss planning for the worst, with plenty of notions and plenty of projects, and planning for the best, with room in a suitcase for souvenir yarn.  Plus, as always, Lee and Stacey share their updates on their personal projects and crafty fun. Mentioned in this Episode Lee’s crocheted cardigan project (Ravelry link) Hummingbird Cardi pattern City Tweed DK yarn Swish DK yarn Humming ..read more

Happy May! We have your free monthly calendar wallpapers. Enjoy these May 2024 wallpaper images (free download for you!) — featuring a variety of yellows, greens, pinks and blues with Twill Fingering in Rose Water Heather, Palette in Clarity, Peapod, and Safflower, Dishie in Mint and Conch, High Desert Worsted in Blue Sky and Chanterelle, Provincial Tweed in Rose Quartz, Queen Bee and Seaweed Salad, Luminance in Joy, Reflection and Innocence, Galileo in Cordelia, Meteor and Orion, Stroll Tweed in Dogwood Heather, Dill Heather and North Pole Heather, Comfy Fingering in Sea Foam, Honey and Peapo ..read more

You’ve got your sock pattern, yarn, and needles that provide the correct gauge, but what else do you need to knit a pair of socks? These are our essential tools for knitting socks that you’ll want to have on hand when getting started. The essentials are surprisingly basic, and odds are good you’ve already got options on hand! But once you fall in love with sock knitting, there are even more tools that you’ll want to collect. We consider them nice to have, because you can complete a pair of socks without them, but they truly level-up the knitting sock experience! Essentials A Ruler Many sock ..read more

Our sock obsession continues, and we naturally had to have sock expert Julie Ann Lebouthillier of Twin Stitches Designs join hosts Lee and Stacey to talk about her own new sock book, Knit a Box of Socks! Julie is a talented sock knitter with an amazing YouTube channel, and we love every chance we get to work with her. Tune in to this episode to find out more about her background as a designer! Plus, Lee and Stacey chat about their current projects, new colors of Aloft, and the new Knit Picks subscription newsletter, Knit Peeks, hosted on Substack. Mentioned in this Episode Disco Fibers  ..read more

We’re all about sock knitting in the spring, and the first step in casting on a pair of socks is choosing your yarn. Knit Picks has a huge selection of fingering weight sock yarns, with plenty of variations beyond just the dye options! Some of our socks are spun extra tight to create super-dense yarns with fewer yards per gram to wear like iron, and some are decadently soft but delicate with the addition of luxury fibers. Some come exclusively in their natural bare color for you to dye at home, and some come in up to six different dye methods. To help you get to know all of our unique sock ya ..read more

Spring is almost here, and we invited designer Joy Friedman on the podcast to talk about her design work and pattern in our new collection of cotton tops, Afternoon Tees! Lee and Stacey ask Joy about her background, and they discuss a handful of our favorite patterns she designed for us. Plus, as always, Lee and Stacey share what they’ve been working on in their free time and dive a little bit into the story of how Afternoon Tees was created. Mentioned in this Episode Hummingbird Cardi crochet pattern Lee’s crochet project (Ravelry link) Tuff Granny Throw pattern Sockhead Hat pattern Lee’s i ..read more

Aloft, our beloved Kid Mohair and Silk yarn, creates a beautiful, sheer fabric when knit solo, but Aloft is also known for playing well with others! Pairing up Aloft with another denser yarn creates an opaque fabric with a Mohair halo and the strength of silk. It looks so good with so many other yarns, that it can be challenging to choose one, so we’ve put together six swatches with Aloft and other styles of yarn to show just how versatile it can be! Don’t recognize all of the colors? New shades of Aloft are coming on March 27th, 2024! Matte Solids and Heathers Aloft adds softness and dimens ..read more

Spring is coming soon, which is the perfect time of year to think about getting your sweaters ready for the end of sweater weather. To dive into sweater care and maintenance, Lee and Stacey are joined by producer Andi and coworks Jen and Regan to discuss how we care for garments.  Plus, Lee and Stacey chat about their current knitting projects and the movies they watched while working on them. Mentioned in this Episode Hawthorne DK yarn Deep Winter Hat pattern Lee’s movie theater sweater project (Ravelry link) Lee’s Letterboxd Lee’s movie theater tee project (Ravelry project) Samia yarn ..read more

It’s National Craft Month! Crafting should be celebrated every day of the year, but March is a great time to show extra love to crafts. We’re all knitters and crocheters here at Knit Picks, so we thought the beginning of National Craft Month would be the perfect chance to share just some of the other crafts we do. Get to know our team, and check out the diverse set of skills they have! Lee, Graphic Designer I’ve sewed a little all my life, but I started sewing from patterns in 2018, completely fell in love with creating my own clothes from scratch, and I pretty much stopped buying clothes in ..read more

Happy March! We have your free monthly calendar wallpapers. Enjoy these March 2024 wallpaper images (free download for you!) — featuring a variety of yellows and greens to get you ready for Spring with Wonderfluff in Green Tea Heather, Wonderfluff Ombré in Kale Heather and Beehive Heather Ombré, Shine Sport in Green Apple and Dandelion, Wool of the Andes Worsted in Peapod, Comfy Fingering in Peapod and Honey, Mighty Stitch in Canary, Heatherly Sport in Lemonade and Cardamom, Hawthorne in Foster Powell Multi, and Palette in Custard, Honey, and Alfafa. How to get the Wallpaper: To get the free d ..read more