Knit Stars Scoop

Wowza...we’ve had so much fun with our first-ever Knit Stars Free Preview week! The free previews have been shared far and wide...and just as we’d hoped, they’ve spread creative joy and hope throughout - and well beyond - the fibersphere. 🌎❤️(Heads up: If you haven’t had a chance to watch the free videos, you can still do that by clicking here until we close our Masterclass sign-ups this Thursday, October 28 at midnight Pacific.)But did you know that Knit Stars is even more than movies and masterclasses?There's also yarn. So much YARN! 🤩 Each Star partners with an indie dyer to create...

A few weeks ago, I was chatting over Zoom with my friend Michael who lives in Queensland, Australia. I was telling him about the upcoming Season 6 of our Knit Stars Masterclasses, trying to convey how amazing the documentary videos were turning out. I couldn’t find the words.“Is it okay if I just show you one?” I asked Michael.“Yes please!” he said.I showed him the first one, where Jeanette Sloan talks so transparently about her beautiful bald head (her choice, ever since she survived multiple battles with cancer) and why she’s chosen to embrace her creativity and stand out.A few...

The beans have been spilled. And it took everything I had not to spill a few tears, too...  After a very full year of dreaming, signing on lots of dotted lines, and taking leap after leap of faith...it’s here. The Knit Stars Flagship Store is finally open. The magical stardust is still floating in the air...and I have a feeling that the magic is just beginning. Tuesday, we held our biggest Virtual event to date, with a tour of the store, the new LolaBean Hot Loops Wall, plus another wall-full of our own Loops Luxe yarns.(Did you miss it? You can still access...

Oh how I love a new cast-on. There’s nothing like a new project. Pulling the first strand from that fresh cake of yarn and making the slipknot. All the hope of a new beginning. A beautiful clean start.At the opening of our new Knit Stars Flagship Store, someone said to me, “Does this feel like the the fruition of a lifelong dream?” And my answer was, it feels like the beginning. Last year, smack-dab in the middle of a pandemic, I signed a lease on a 6,200 square foot space - a former gym that had sat empty and abandoned...

SIX DAYS! 😅We’re just 6 days away from opening the doors to the culmination of a lifelong vision. The new Knit Stars Flagship Store is my 6,000-square-foot celebration of yarn lovers everywhere. A place where we can come to connect with others like us. Squish the yarn. Play with color.Create. Dream. Stargaze.There are 3 ways for you to celebrate with us...you can do 1, 2 or even all 3!1. Join us for the In-Person Event along with 10 Knit Stars this Friday or Saturday, Oct. 1-2. RSVP and grab your time slot here. (sparkly star masks will be offered at the door 😊)2. Join us for...

    It’s getting real... and really REALLY exciting!We’re just a couple weeks away from the Knit Stars Flagship Store Grand Opening, October 1-2.Folks from all over the world are flying and road-tripping in. Including 10 of my favorite Knit Stars and dyeing Stars. We just found out Tina Tse is joining us too!And the most important Star we hope will join us is YOU! ❤️ We understand that, with the pandemic and with life, you might not be able to make the in-person celebration. So we’ve set up a way for you to experience the new Flagship store, right from your...