Ysolda at VK Live!

Some of you might already know that Ysolda’s over in the US at the moment, and this weekend she’s teaching at the first Vogue Knitting Live event to land in Chicago! Classes have just got underway,...

Self published Orchid Thief

Orchid Thief was first published in the book Brave New Knits a couple of years ago and it remains one of my favourite designs (shhh… don’t tell the others!). It’s one of the few of my own patterns...

Marin for everyone

Last year I posted a video of my friend Kristine from A Verb for Keeping Warm dyeing some yarn with indigo. That was the beginning of this design, as we worked on possible colours for their shawl...

Happy Birthday to me, pattern discount for you!

In keeping with tradition, we’re celebrating my birthday today with a sale on all individual patterns. Just enter the code “27″ when you check out to receive your 27% discount on as many patterns...

Stitch Red

Some of you have already noticed that Ysolda has contributed a pattern to Knit Red, a new book of 30 beautiful accessory and garment patterns. The book is part of the Needlearts industry’s Stitch...

Summer dress

We’ve had some glorious weather over the last few days, sunny and pretty warm. I’ve been trying to spend as much time as possible outdoors, but even working at my desk is made much more pleasant by...

Notes from sweater class – what are we wearing under our sweaters?

I’ve lost count of the number of conversations I’ve had at events or in my sweater fitting classes that went something like this: Knitter: “So the pattern is sized by full bust measurement?” Me:...

Postcards from Amsterdam

Bicycling, knitting and delicious food – even with some rain this trip has been kind of perfect!

Congratulations

We drew a couple of random numbers and the winners of the book contest are Terhi and Birgitte. Terhi said “Instead of knitting book I have an addiction to Veeras (100 rain) patterns. Not just...

A few of my favourite books

The comments on the last post were so much fun to read, I love how enthusiastic so many of you are to share which books you like and what compelled you to choose them. Perhaps I’ve talked about...

Books in general are pretty wonderful, books about knitting are even better, and free books about knitting might be the best of all! (Well, I’m glad they’re mostly not-free, because it means I get...

Sherilyn – the cherry shawl

Some designs come together relatively quickly, but this wasn’t one of them. Almost four years ago I posted the first photos of a lace shawl in progress (alongwith a brownie recipe I’d forgotten...

Holidays!

It’s probably obvious from the whole 3 books published in just over 6 months thing, but I work a lot. I love what I do, and feel so grateful that this is my work, but still it’s definitely work....

New Books!

I’ve been busy recently, so busy that it’s taken me a couple of weeks to actually write this post. The whirlwind of VK Live and Tnna is over and I’m writing this in the Phoenix airport as I await a...

Happy holidays from team Ysolda!

Wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend, whatever you’re doing. We gathered this week to celebrate the solstice and getting two new books to the printer. There was delicious cake, we exchanged...

Oxidizing

The Oxidize hat pattern is now available to purchase as a pdf, on Ravelry and on the website. The pattern will be part of Whimsical Little Knits 3, which we’re working really hard on getting to...

And I sew too!

One of the best things about visiting Fancy Tiger Crafts was that, since they do all kinds of crafts, they have sewing machines set up in their classroom. The well appointed space combined with an...

Bijou Basin Ranch

I was greeted in Denver with a snowstorm, which was a little shocking after Austin but within a few days we were driving out to visit the yaks in brilliant sunshine. The yaks are from the Himalayas...

Yaks!

Visiting Bijou Basin Ranch was one of the highlights of my trip. So much so that I know have 1000+ photos of yaks to go through, here’s just a glimpse at the cuteness.

A walk through Portland

I had a wonderful time in Portland, shopping, visiting Lantern Moon to talk about something super exciting, teaching at Happy Knits, an awesome early Thanksgiving party. It was so fun and busy...

A tiny mouse with his own little house

Today, via a knitter who had just returned from one of her retreats, I received an awesome gift from Cat Bordhi. You might remember that she tried to freeze my mousie at tnna in dry ice so this is...

Austin

Thank you to The Knitting Nest, Lizzy and Fran for making my time in Austin so wonderful. Cupcakes, bats, boots, yarn bombing and weird old stuff pretty much sums up my trip.

Have you knit a sweater? What happened?

On my recent travels and in support of Little Red in the City, I’ve been teaching sweater workshops. I always begin with a question, asking students to share their sweater knitting experiences and...

Oxidize

A unisex hat featuring twisted stitch cables that can be worked in beanie and slouchy versions. The hat can be worked in a single colour or the fact that the cable stitches are slipped on alternate...

Rhinebeck – babies and knitting

I love Rhinebeck, but it isn’t really about the yarn, its all about the people. Spending time with dear, far flung, friends and meeting some of the knitters who make my stuff. A gorgeous blue Emily...

On the road!

This is literally the first time I’ve sat down at my computer since I left home 2 weeks ago. It’s certainly been a busy couple of weeks, I started things off quietly in New York City (if anything...

Is Ysolda coming to a store near you?

Ysolda left the UK earlier this week for a tour through the States. This coming weekend she’ll be at Rhinebeck and will be signing books in the author’s area from 2pm to 4pm on both Saturday the 15...

I do declare…

that it is Knit Whatever You Want Night. We all have obligations, things we ought to be doing with our time, people to get back to or help with something, ways in which we could put our evenings to...

Sweater hospital

How this happened is a bit of a mystery, but somehow it’s late August. Here in Scotland that definitely means sweater weather with enough of a chill in the air that I was motivated to dig out some...

Shoes

This is a little bit random, but I’m having a clear out and I’ve decided to find better homes for some of my much loved but not worn enough shoes. You can see them all here