People often ask how we develop color concepts for yarn. In fact there are several paths that we follow. Life itself is the greatest inspiration, where color merges with underlying meaning. We may find a leaf or a pebble or peek through a fence at a garden, and this begins to shape a new yarn. [...]
In a world where praise is rare, it is both a pleasure and privilege to offer it. This post is wholehearted, unabashed praise for the work of another knitter/blogger, Smashingpuffin, from London. We can say little here to compare with her own words (here, here, and here), so please go to her blog and read [...]
Forrest knew he wanted to learn to knit as soon as he entered the store. “I’d like to knit a sweater!” he said to me. I said it sounded pretty ambitious, but anything is possible. His grandmother Carole had come to buy some Artfibers yarns to make items to sell. I could see that she had passed her ‘focus’ gene down to ‘almost seven’ year old Forrest when we sat down for his first lesson.
His first knitwear design was actually a scarf in 3 beautifully chosen colors of Satori and Kyoto yarn. I showed him the cast on technique and he said “is it like tying my shoes – because I haven’t learned that yet.” I cast on about 16 stitches slowly so he could see that process, then showed him each subtle step to making a knit stitch. I gave him the needles and guided him a little on the first few stitches of his own.
