🧶How did I get here?
CLICK HERE to listen to an audio version of this newsletter These days we’re all moving so fast…Many of us live in such a constant state of fight or flight, we actually become accustomed to fighting against what’s possible. When challenges pop up, we tell ourselves “I can’t” over and over.And then one day, we forget all our reasons for why we can’t do it. All of a sudden, we find ourselves doing the thing. We’re like, “Wait a minute! What’s going on? How did I get here?”It’s a beautiful transformation, to find yourself in a place...
🧶Steady through the storm
I’m writing this week’s newsletter by candlelight, looking out onto the south Florida sea as Hurricane Ian huffs and puffs out my window. When I moved a few months ago, I thought I was trading a lifetime of Oklahoma tornadoes for a hurricane or two here and there. Silly me! Last night Ian served up three tornado warnings, with one blowing right over our little place by the sea - thankfully, not touching down. It’s times like these when I’m extra grateful for my knitting.When my nerves get jangly as I stare out the window, watching the confused sea birds swoop...
🧶Before and after
This past week, we debuted the new Hot Loops Project Wall that we curated with Aimée from La Bien Aimée hand-dyed yarns. Apparently, this is what happens when you get a hot indie dyer, a bunch of awesome designers and 1,500 yarn lovers on Zoom all at once: To say I’m grateful to our amazing team and our loyal customers worldwide…well that would be the understatement of the year!More about some of the new projects and yarns in a minute…But first.Quite a few of you reached out to me by private message, commenting on how different I look.Well, I haven’t really changed anything on...
🧶Hot off the runway 🔥
It’s here! Last night, we revealed our 36th Hot Loops Wall.What started as my antidote to the frustration I experienced as a younger knitter - always struggling to find a cute pattern paired with the perfect yarn - has evolved into a sort of New York Fashion Week for yarn.On a live, global Zoom event, one by one, Aimée Gille and I revealed the projects and yarns we curated together. And we were joined by some very special guests - featured designers included Fatimah Hinds, Summer Lee, Ariel Gardner, Bernice Lim aka Yamagara, Nim Teasdale and Vincent Williams, Jr.! After each of...
🧶Making of a custom color 🎨
Have you ever wondered how a custom color is born? I get this question a lot, actually. People wonder how we work with indie dyers to develop our custom yarn colors. And the truth is, every collaboration is a little bit different. So this week, I’m sharing a couple behind-the-scenes stories of two very different, recent color collabs.Since our big Hot Loops Wall Reveal Event is coming up next weekend, let’s start with how I worked with Aimée of La Bien Aimée to develop our brand-new custom color…“I had the pleasure of making a beautiful, beachy custom color for Knit Stars,” Aimée wrote. “It...
From Paris with love…and yarn 💛
Y’all I am soooooo excited!Ahem, I mean…Je suie ravie!!!I could not be more thrilled to announce that our featured Fall Hot Loops Wall dyer is none other than La Bien Aimée!I met Aimée for the first time back in 2017 when my daughter Mallory and I were in Europe filming Knit Stars Season 2. I had seen Aimée’s stunning hand dye work and heard rave reviews of her bright-yellow-painted yarn shop on a bustling streetcorner in Paris. But nothing could have prepared me for the charm of the shop…the breathtaking beauty of the yarns…and the creative tour de force that is...