Photography © Paul Amato for lvarepresents.com © 2011 SoHo Publishing Company My ribbed cardigan design is in the Winter issue of Knit Simple which is on the newsstands now. I’m so excited that it’s the first featured pattern in the
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I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you one of my new designs. These entrelac mittens are included in a new Vogue Knitting publication called Knit Noro: Accessories that was released last week. I’m so pleased with
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I’m excited to be participating in the upcoming Indie Night: a Yarn Sale and Swap that is happening this coming Thursday, September 29 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Vancouver Alpen Club. I’ll have my full line of patterns
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Recently I treated myself to a set of Knitpicks 4″ double-pointed needles in 7 different sizes ranging from 2 mm to 3.5 mm. Short dpns are great to use when knitting tubes with a tiny circumference like fingers and thumbs.
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It’s been a week since I sent off my latest project for outside publication. I can’t stop thinking about it. I still have little piles of the ends lying around the house because I can’t bear to throw them out.
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A quick hello to show you the cover of an upcoming Vogue Knitting book that features a design of mine. I was so excited when I discovered that Knit Noro Accessories is available for pre-order on Amazon. This was my
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I’ve been knitting my little fingers to the bone to get ready for a whole series of knitting workshops at River City Yarns in Edmonton starting next week. When we moved 1 1/2 years ago, you may recall that all
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Yesterday my husband told me that some bike stands downtown have been yarn bombed. I love that he thought of me when he saw them. Check it out. They are on Dunsmuir St near Granville. Tweet

I’ll be teaching knitting workshops at River City Yarns in Edmonton this summer at the end of July and beginning of August. In order to offer their customers the right mix of classes, RCY has asked them for feedback. What
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On Thursday (when I wasn’t at home) Fedex tried to deliver the yarn for the book projects I’ve been working on. I arranged to pick up the package on Friday to avoid another missed delivery. You know that even if
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This term I’m teaching three noon-hour classes at a local elementary school. Last week in our “Yarn Play” class we made knitting spools out of toilet paper tubes and popsicle sticks. We used hot glue to secure the popsicle sticks
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Gail sent me photos of her recent projects for her grandson and this delightful email. Now finished my grandson’s JoJo sweater and matching Tobie’s mittens. He is 10 and a half months old and lives in Jakarta Indonesia…where the temp
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