Crazy for Ewe
Be gentle with your former knitting self
This week, you may have seen my reel about how a classic sweater is timeless and never goes out of style. The sweater in that video is more than 30 years old, and I still love it and think it looks good. It’s got that feel that’s actually having quite a moment with the Quiet Luxury trend.
I bought the yarn at a store that’s still there - Uncommon Threads in Los Altos, California. It was 100% wool, and I distinctly recall that it was $4 per 2-oz skein and that I needed 8 skeins. I remember thinking, even back in 1989, that this
Yarn substitution, Noro edition
There is no substitute for Noro yarn. Only Noro is Noro, and that, as my daughter would say, is a hill I am willing to die on. No other company can begin to replicate Noro's texture, color, and overall aesthetic. That being said, not everyone loves the brand's trademark bold colors and stripes and many people will dismiss Noro before they realize that Noro is so much more than Kureyon and its colorful siblings.
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Traceability in Wool--Look at Noro's Haunui and Haunui Blend Yarns
What is traceability in yarn anyway? -- Traceability is complete transparency of the movement of materials from their original source to the point at which you purchase them. For you and me, it means that you can follow the journey of your yarn all the way back to the sheep that produced the wool to my little shop where you buy it. Traceability gives you insight into the integrity of the process at every stage. With Haunui, you can see the Haunui sheep in their natural New Zealand habitat and meet the farmers who care for those sheep and tend to their health and well-being.
Wabi-Sabi Noro Yarn
Noro is unapologetically Wabi-Sabi with its generally rustic look and feel. It’s impossible to create Noro colors in a plied yarn, so Noro is almost always a single ply yarn. The result is irregularity of the yarn - an unpredictable thick and thin
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Look at the schematic, not the model
You can’t just look at the picture of the model wearing a jacket and decide to shorten or lengthen it based on how it looks on her. You can’t even look at a real person wearing a garment and make decisions about fit and length for you. You have to know your own measurements, and you have to look at the
Coming Together Shawl KAL - how to participate
This is a super fun event with a beautiful project, friends to knit with, and prizes. Did I say prizes? Why yes, I did!
How to participate
- Get the Coming Together Shawl Kit (order here)
- Follow Crazy for Ewe on Instagram
- Post pictures of your project on instagram wiith hashtag #comingtogetherwithewe
Addi Knitting Needles - Are they good?
I always say that Addi needles are the Mercedes Benz of the knitting needle world, and I believe they are the highest quality knitting needle available. Addi needles are precision engineered completely in Germany, where the company has been crafting knitting needles and crochet hooks since 1829. While technology and machinery have advanced greatly over the years, it still requires 25 production steps and a considerable amount of hands-on craftsmanship to create each needle.
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Fall 2023 fashion trends for knitters
It’s not quite officially fall, but almost. It’s definitely the time that we start thinking about what we want to wear this fall. I know that you and I are mostly not people the trendy type. I mean the whole thing about knitting is that we are creating a carefully curated wardrobe of lovely investment pieces we'll wear for a lifetime. I get that. However, we all want to look current. So I watch the style videos each season and try to interpret the trends for knitters who mainly identify their personal style as classic.
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Rowan Felted Tweed is 24 years old
The first collection in Rowan Magazine 74 is My Way, a celebration of the 24th birthday of their most popular core yarn, Rowan Felted Tweed
Wait, what?? 24 years?
Most yarn companies turn their line over every few years. With very few exceptions, the yarns in a line will be gone in a few seasons. Rowan is different in that they maintain a range of core yarns that
