Knit Stars Scoop

Urth’s Uneek self-striping sock kit in colorway “oranGGe.” Pattern is “Magnolia Socks” by Helen Stewart. This week, I’m on the confession couch…I’ve only ever knitted one sock.Not one pair of socks, mind you. One. Single. Sock.I needed to know I could do it, and it was fun to make…but the whole time I kept thinking, no one’s ever gonna see this! It’ll hide in my shoes and I’ll never get that “Whoa, did you MAKE that?” moment.So when I finished that first sock, I fell victim to “second sock syndrome,” cast on a sweater and never looked back.But now, two things have changed....

“Ms. Harrison, did you knit your shirt?”  “Yes! Yes, I did!”Is there any better feeling in the world than having someone notice your knits? Especially if you’re a teacher and it’s one of your favorite students on the first day back to school? 🥰Star Guide and high school teacher Amber, pictured above, wearing her hot-off-the-needles “Soho Top” by Caidree made with our Loops Luxe Chunky yarn in Loops Blue. (You’ll need 5-10 skeins depending on your size - note that the pattern calls for thinner yarn held double-stranded, so you can cut your yarn amount in half and just use one strand).Amber’s post ...

As I write this to you, I’m looking out over the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway in southern Florida. Watching a mama osprey and her baby, high in a nest above the water. Every morning, I rise before the sun and walk 4 miles across a bridge and back, pelicans and gulls gliding by lazily overhead.Six months ago, I would’ve never imagined living here. (And fun fact: I was deathly afraid of both bridges and birds.)Everything has moved so quickly and continued to speed up, while at the same time, somehow, life has slowed down My friend Michael told me recently, life is...

Watch this clip from Masterclass Season 5 and hear GG’s secret to authenticity. If you follow @ggmadeit on Instagram or YouTube, you know that Gaye Glasspie, the iconic orange-loving goddess and Knit Stars Star Advisor, has been seriously under the weather. In the hospital for 25 days with double pneumonia, followed by recovery at home for the past month.This week in her newsletter, GG shared something that really spoke to me personally:“Last week I had a meltdown because I felt like I should be more like my old self. I then saw a meme that said ‘when you come out of...

This week, Sunnie - our intrepid Project Manager - takes a turn at authoring the newsletter. We hope you love and appreciate her high-energy vibes as much as we do around here! - xoxo ShelleyIs your list of places you’d like to travel as long as your pattern queue?Mine certainly is. I absolutely adore traveling - seeing new sights, meeting new people, eating new-to-me food, and of course, checking out the local yarn stores.My last big trip was in 2018. I was a newlywed and my husband and I traveled to Korea so he could meet my halmeoni (grandmother) who...

How complicated is your life right now?…and how about your knitting?Personally, I’ve found that when my life gets more complex, my knitting has to get simpler. It’s like a seesaw. When one end is up, the other has to go down.Over the past few months, I’ve traveled to film in 5 countries, gotten divorced, debuted a project 17 years in the making (Knit Start), moved cross-country, fulfilled a lifelong dream of living on the water, fallen in love. Through it all, my knitting has gotten simpler. And simpler still.I’ve put one project after another into time out, my mind racing too...