Knit Stars Scoop

To make Shelley’s version of “The Shift” by Andrea Mowry, you’ll need one skein each of Spincycle Dyed in the Wool “Starstruck,” Spincycle “Wilder” and 2 skeins Sweet 16 “Sea.” Nearly a year ago, I left Tulsa - the town  where (not counting college) I’d lived since birth. The town where I raised my children, the town where I opened my first yarn shop.The town where I started a movement to knit the world together.Why did I leave?I fell in love. First, a long time ago, with a dream of living by the sea. And second, much more recently, with...

Thank you for a beautiful response to Moving the Needle last week. Your words filled my soul and I am so grateful that people take the time to read this newsletter. It’s always amazing to hear from you! Although we did receive a little bit of backlash over the fact that the newsletter was exclusively crochet, I stand by my words. I am passionate that crocheters and knitters have more in common than not - and what’s not more connecting than our common thread of fiber? Here at Knit Stars, we believe so strongly in connection and are continuing to build our Yarniverse to foster...

The pattern is the Edith Dress by Dominique Calvillo and I used a DK weight cotton in the photo above. BUT you could gauge swatch, potentially use a smaller hook, and try our beautiful Plant Based Princess! Hello Fiber lovers and HAPPY CROCHET MONTH!Sunnie here, and when I heard March was crochet month, I was elated.Why, you ask?Because last month, I finished my FIRST crochet garment… …and yes, it was a full on gown (with beading because this lady LOVES a challenge!)But that is what making is all about, isn’t it? Exploring, trying new things, messing up, tinking back (do crocheters tink??!)...

Catch the replay of this week’s Yarniverse LIVE with Ann + Kay of MDK here Remember when there wasn’t enough knitting content out in the world? This past week we did a really fun Yarniverse LIVE with Ann + Kay of Modern Daily Knitting. And we were musing back 10 years, when we were all so desperate for new pattern inspo, we’d all wait on pins and needles (pun intended) for the Rowan magazine to come out.Nowadays, if you’re like me, your feeds and channels are flooded with more patterns than you can ever make. It all flows by so fast - there’s no...

Photo courtesy of Caitlin Hunter via Ravlery Just the other day, an email from a faithful newsletter reader named Dez dropped into my inbox. She was responding to a recent issue of Moving the Needle titled The sweater you’ll wear 24/7. I’ve excerpted her very thoughtful letter for you here.“Thank you for calling my attention to the Granito pattern! Looks like an excellent wardrobe staple,” Dez wrote.“I think, however, that it might be a good topic one day to talk about WHY so many knitters only wear certain garments to knitting events like Stitches or fiber festivals. What stops some people from...

Don’t look now but it might be… The Alpaca-lypse! 🦙In this week’s Yarniverse LIVE!, hosted by Knit Stars Gaye Glasspie (@ggmadeit) and Louis Boria (@brooklynboyknits), there were so many great moments. Louis gave us a sneak peek of his runway look for VK Live… He talked about why he said “yes” to Knit Stars… (spoiler alert: “Why not?!”)He opened up his project bag and showed us his “notion commotion” including his favorite stretchy stitch markers that looked like little hair ties…And then he showed what he packs in his carry-on when he travels from Spain to the US, saying "I pack...