CustomFit: The Whys and the Recipes
Hello, lovely knitters! I’m returned from Rhinebeck, the email queue has been hacked down a bit (I’m looking at you next, Ravelry), and I’m settling back into regular life. I’ll do a proper festival...
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FF: From Scratch, IV
I kind of miss doing the wardrobe style Fashion Fridays, but I didn’t want to pause the CustomFit profiles until I’d shared at least one more of our beta testers with you. This week on Fashion Friday,...
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I’ve posted this in our Ravelry group, and I wanted to share it here as well. We’re looking for someone to join the CustomFit team! As I’m sure you all can imagine, since the launch of CustomFit there...
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CustomFit LYS
CustomFit will soon be available in a handful of yarn stores. We think this is important. Probably the best way to explain why is to share part of my crafting journey with you. I learned to knit when I...
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Tearing along
The Knitter’s Review Retreat is a very special kind of event, for the teachers as well as the attendees. It truly carves out a separate space in time, special and honest and deeply personal. It’s a...
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Making Clothes (A CustomFit KAL)
On Saturday, CustomFit will be a month old. Jackie and I were talking about this on the long drive to NY last weekend, and about the next sweaters we plan to make for ourselves. You see, we’re using...
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Daydreams and Timelines
Thanks to the wonder of living in the time and place that I do, I am writing this post on a plane to San Francisco. Tomorrow Jackie and I will be doing a whirlwind yarn store tour (yay, CustomFit...
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Why swatches (sometimes) lie.
Amy here: One of the most wonderful things about working with Jackie over this past year has been my increasing awareness of her own knitting journey. (As in, it turns out it’s not a typical experience...
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Fashion Friday: Morning Coffee
Thoughts are swirling around inside my head this weekend, and I’m excited to share them with you. But they’re being stubborn, and difficult to capture on the page. So this Fashion Friday, how about a...
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Reflections
Thanksgiving is a reflective holiday for me even in a good year, and doubly so as we’re celebrating our first holiday without my father. So like always, I’m knitting. And thinking. I’m so glad you like...
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Fashion Friday: Knitting Along, and Making Clothes
Are you playing along with the Making Clothes CustomFit KAL? Throughout the blurred travel extravaganza that has been the last month (one more trip this weekend and then I’m done!), the Pinterest board...
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Design vs. Pattern
Hi Everyone! Jackie here. Before I start talking sweater, Amy had the pleasure of speaking with Kathy & Steve at WEBS on their Ready, Set, Knit! podcast this past Saturday, as well as Benjamin...
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Holidaze
Christmas is almost upon us, which probably means your needles are frantically flying through your last gift (or three). How are your projects coming? (Hint: If that question makes you groan, you still...
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Intentions, Gratitude, Excitement
We’ve had a great week! Thank you to everyone for your thoughtful responses and conversations on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter. You made this year-end social media party a blast. Last...
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Incoming
Happy New Year to you and yours! I’m really excited about 2014. 2013 was such a tumultuous year for our family, one of such massive change. Through it all, I managed to knit rather a lot of sweaters....
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TNNA Winter Show 2014
Hello all! It’s Lauren again! Amy and Jackie are at Vogue Knitting Live this weekend, so I’ll be recapping TNNA for you. We had a great time in San Diego — especially Amy and Jackie, who were coming...
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Ravellenics 2014 – Team CustomFit!
Are you as excited for the Olympics as we are? At CustomFit HQ, we’re all gearing up to knit sweaters for the Ravellenic Games. If you’re not familiar with the Games, you can read up on the Ravelry...
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CustomFit at Stitches West – Get Measured!
Amy, Jackie, and I are so excited to be going to Stitches West in just two weeks! It’s special to each of us for different reasons — Stitches West was the first knitting show Amy ever went to, more...
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Ravellenic Games – Prizes!
How’s your Ravellenic sweater coming? Mine just needs a neck edging and a couple seams, and Amy’s is nearly ready. I’ve never finished before the closing ceremonies before, so I’m excited to get my...
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CustomFit and Design: Recipes
Partially- and fully-finished sweaters are piling up, yarn is crammed into and onto every available surface, and people coming into my office generally back out again, slowly and making eye contact the...
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