Aloft Pairings

Aloft, our beloved Kid Mohair and Silk yarn, creates a beautiful, sheer fabric when knit solo, but Aloft is also known for playing well with others! Pairing up Aloft with another denser yarn creates an opaque fabric with a Mohair halo and the strength of silk. It looks so good with so many other yarns, that it can be challenging to choose one, so we’ve put together six swatches with Aloft and other styles of yarn to show just how versatile it can be!

Don’t recognize all of the colors? New shades of Aloft are coming on March 27th, 2024!

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Episode 379: A Sweater-care Discussion

Spring is coming soon, which is the perfect time of year to think about getting your sweaters ready for the end of sweater weather. To dive into sweater care and maintenance, Lee and Stacey are joined by producer Andi and coworks Jen and Regan to discuss how we care for garments. 

Plus, Lee and Stacey chat about their current knitting projects and the movies they watched while working on them.

Mentioned in this Episode

Hawthorne DK yarn

Deep Winter Hat pattern

Lee’s movie theater sweater project (Ravelry link)

Lee’s Letterboxd

Lee’s movie theater tee project (Ravelry project)

Samia yarn

Lee’s improvised orange cabled cardigan project (Ravelry link)

Waterville Cardigan pattern

Homestead Cables collection

Swish Bulky yarn

Lee’s Soup Swap with recipe

Stacey’s oldest sweater …

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National Craft Month

It’s National Craft Month! Crafting should be celebrated every day of the year, but March is a great time to show extra love to crafts. We’re all knitters and crocheters here at Knit Picks, so we thought the beginning of National Craft Month would be the perfect chance to share just some of the other crafts we do. Get to know our team, and check out the diverse set of skills they have!

Lee, Graphic Designer


I’ve sewed a little all my life, but I started sewing from patterns in 2018, completely fell in love with creating my own clothes from scratch, and I pretty much stopped buying clothes in 2019, with all new wardrobe additions being handmade now (with …

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Free Downloadable March 2024 Calendar

Happy March! We have your free monthly calendar wallpapers. Enjoy these March 2024 wallpaper images (free download for you!) — featuring a variety of yellows and greens to get you ready for Spring with Wonderfluff in Green Tea Heather, Wonderfluff Ombré in Kale Heather and Beehive Heather Ombré, Shine Sport in Green Apple and Dandelion, Wool of the Andes Worsted in Peapod, Comfy Fingering in Peapod and Honey, Mighty Stitch in Canary, Heatherly Sport in Lemonade and Cardamom, Hawthorne in Foster Powell Multi, and Palette in Custard, Honey, and Alfafa.

How to get the Wallpaper:

To get the free downloadable calendar background of your choice (smart phones, tablets, or desktop computers), simply click on the image of your choice to go to the full-size photo. For desktop, right click the image and “Save As”; for smart phones and tablets, tap and hold to “Save Image”.

If you try to save the calendar without …

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Episode 378: A Chat with Bridget Pupillo

Bridget Pupillo’s name is likely familiar if you’ve knit from Knit Picks pattern collections! She joins hosts Lee and Stacey to chat about her new patterns in our most recent patterns collections, Simply Home and Homestead Cables. And we couldn’t have Bridget on the podcast without talking about one of our favorite patterns, the Eldfell Pullover!

Plus, Lee and Stacey chat about their personal projects, and Producer Andi joins in to talk about new patterns designed and modeled by her and Lee. 

Mentioned in this Episode

Lee’s movie theater knitting sweater (Ravelry link)

Hawthorne DK yarn

Lee’s new movie theater tee (Ravelry link)

Samia yarn

Lee’s new improvised cable cardigan (Ravelry link)

Lee’s improvised cable-yoke pullover

Stacey’s Deep Winter Coat (Ravelry link)

Deep Winter …

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100% American-Made High Desert Yarn

In 2020, Knit Picks began looking for more ways to support local fiber by creating a 100% American-made yarn, and we found the perfect partner incredibly close to home. Just 120 miles east of Knit Picks’ Vancouver, WA offices is the Shaniko Wool Company, located in Oregon’s high desert region. The Shaniko Wool Company was founded by rancher Jeanne Carver and is a collective of ranches that raise Merino and Rambouillet-Merino sheep to produce Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) certified wool. The RWS certification process confirms a fully traceable and sustainable wool supply and helps ensure responsible animal and land management. “I saw this partnership as a valuable opportunity to bring [Knit Picks] its first yarn from America,” …

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Episode 377: A Cable Knitting Q&A

This episode was created with help from you! We asked for any and all questions about knitting cables over on Instagram, and our hosts Lee and Stacey along with producer Andi worked together to answer them! Some questions had the trio in agreement, and others showed how many different ways you can approach knitting. Can you guess how many times they recommend swatching?

Plus, Lee and Stacey share what they did to stay busy during the ice storm that hit Portland in January, and discuss more new yarns and products that came out recently, including Static! 

Mentioned in this Episode

Lee’s cable-yoke sweater blog post

Hawthorne Fingering yarn

Lee’s Hawthorne DK sweater project (Ravelry link)

Ventisca Slipover pattern

Posole Verde recipe Lee used

Stacey’s …

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Free Downloadable February 2024 Calendar

Happy February! And happy leap year! We have your free monthly calendar wallpapers. Enjoy these February 2024 wallpaper images (free download for you!) — featuring a variety of reds, pinks, and whites with Wonderfluff and Wonderfluff Ombré in Sweet Pea Heather and Sweet Pea Heather Ombré, Twill in Crabapple, Galileo in Cordelia, Capra DK in Hollyberry, Wool of the Andes Tweed in Gingham Heather, Aloft in Blush and White, Lindy Chain in Rouge, Luminance in Innocence, Curio #3 in Serrano and White, Palette in Blossom Heather and Blush, Fluff of the Andes in Bare, Swish Worsted in Frosting, Comfy Worsted in Flamingo and Rosehip.

How to get the Wallpaper:

To get the free downloadable calendar background of your choice (smart phones, tablets, or desktop computers), simply click on the image of your choice to go to the full-size photo. For desktop, right click the image and “Save As”; for smart phones …

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Episode 376: Getting Cozy in the New Year

We’re back from break! In this episode, Lee and Stacey catch listeners up on their personal projects as well as all the amazing new yarn, product, and pattern releases that have come out since we last recorded. Andi joins them to discuss 2023 New Year’s Goals and how well they succeeded (or didn’t), and they also chat about their 2024 goals.

Plus, Stacey and Lee share a bit behind the scenes of our latest cables collection, Homestead Cables! It was an incredibly fun photoshoot with animal friends who stole the spotlight. 

Mentioned in this Episode

Subversive Cross Stitch

Lee’s favorite movies of 2023

Lee’s Andean Treasure Cardigan (Ravelry link)

Lee’s Andean Treasure Cardigan (Instagram)

Andean Treasure yarn

Lee’s …

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