As beginners, we’re often drawn to bulky yarn. We love the look. Even more, we love the idea of speed. “I’ve got a shot at actually finishing this project!” we think. But I’ve noticed, as we progress in our journeys, we can tend to leave bulkies behind. Thinking they look too beginner or even too…

I finished a thing! Well, almost finished.🥴 I still need to close up those little underarm holes on my new Sipila sweater. But the timing is perfect! Because this week’s Knit Stars video tip comes from Masterclass Season #2 Star Alexa Ludeman of Tin Can Knits. It’s a one-minute fix for neatly sewing up those pesky holes…

Through the years, our Knit Stars have survived some pretty intense filming conditions. But so far, I think Martha Wissing takes the cake! We filmed Martha’s Knit Stars workshop at 15,000 feet, at the Pacomarca sustainable alpaca network HQ. If you own Season 4 of our Masterclass series, watch Martha’s segment closely. You’ll hear the…

You may have heard that, when we created the first Knit Stars Masterclass 7 years ago, I was afraid to fly. Especially over the ocean. But ever since that first trip to Amsterdam to film Nancy Marchant, making her tuck stitch brilliance accessible to our Masterclass students around the world…I haven’t been able to stop.…

Last week, I spent four days at the beach. Alone. When my mother heard this was happening, she freaked out. “Oh no! What’s wrong?!” she asked my son when he mentioned it. “In her whole life, I’ve never known Shelley to want to be alone.” At first, I laughed. Of course I like some quiet…

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a cable project, on the go, and without a cable needle? Sure, in a pinch you can use a paper clip, double-pointed needle or even a pencil. But what if you could work your cables with just your fingers? It’s the knitter’s equivalent of a flying…

Ambah O’Brien from Knit Stars Season 6 shows you 9 ways to wear a shawl. This year I’m resolving… to Wear The Damn Knits. 👊🏽 Tell me if this sounds familiar… I’ve got a closet-full of handmakes. Sweaters, cardis, shawls, scarves, hats out the wazoo… And still I go around most days in leggings and…

Watch this video clip from Season 6 to learn Louis’ favorite elastic hat brim technique. Hey happy, yarny New Year to you! Over here at Knit Stars, our resolution for 2022 is to make sure you get the star treatment you deserve. ✨ After feeling not-seen for my first couple of decades as a knitter,…

Finally. It’s the day after… The day you get to relax, maybe make some pancakes, kick back and settle in with your latest project wearing the new Snuggie that Aunt Ruth gave you. And maybe if you’re really lucky, you got a Knit Stars gift card (or 3) in your stocking! That would be perfect timing,…

Ho ho hoooooooo… Look what’s headed here on Santa’s sleigh! 🤩 Our good friends at Amano have created a new color of their legendary Vicuña fiber. Behold…Vicuña Burgundy. The vicuña is the highly-protected undomesticated relative of the alpaca. Fragile-looking, elegant and extremely agile, the vicuña walks silently and alert through the Andean highlands, almost as…

To speckle or not to speckle? That was the question. When she was working on this *surprise* new colorway just for us, Adella Colvin went back and forth on whether to add speckles. She wrote, “I wanted my new Knit Stars colorway to be light, airy and fun. So I dyed up what I thought was the…

New shipment of LolaBean “Pinto Bean” in Cygnet, Wedding Day Bouquet, Georgia Peach, Sugar & Spice, Fanciful, and Eccentric. Hi, How’s your December starting out? Maybe you’ve had your head down, stitching away on holiday gifts… And maybe you’ve been following what’s happening in our fiberverse, where once again, black makers have been mistreated, marginalized…

You know that feeling when you finally break through a big block? The custom blocking mats we’ve been working on for more than a year have finally, finally arrived! Whew and woohoo! And to celebrate, we’re giving them away. 🎉 No seriously… For a limited time, when you buy our exclusive Needle Keeper for just…

Happy Scoop Day! I’ve got a really fun treat for you this week. It’s a longstanding Loops (and now Knit Stars) tradition. The “kinder, gentler” Black-Friday-week-Surprise. No 4am doorbusters or mobs. Just a fun, easy approach to the holiday season, along with some crafty, freebie goodness. I’m really into stickers right now – on my…

Shop this Birdie Parker “Bling Box” and our other holiday Countdown Calendars here I’m starting to feel that familiar pressure build. Maybe you feel it, too? That time each year when the holidays creep closer, and I start to do the mental math. “If I make one hat a week that’s 6 gifts…”   “Hmmm if I…

Welcome to our first-ever Scoop takeover! 🤗 We invited Adella Colvin, the genius behind LolaBean Yarn Co to guest-write the lead article for this week’s Scoop, and of course she came through, big-time! Read on to learn about how Knit Stars and LolaBean came together for first-of-its-kind collaboration. “Everything started roughly two years ago. Shelley had approached me…

Wowza…we’ve had so much fun with our first-ever Knit Stars Free Preview week! The free previews have been shared far and wide…and just as we’d hoped, they’ve spread creative joy and hope throughout – and well beyond – the fibersphere. 🌎❤️ (Heads up: If you haven’t had a chance to watch the free videos, you…

A few weeks ago, I was chatting over Zoom with my friend Michael who lives in Queensland, Australia. I was telling him about the upcoming Season 6 of our Knit Stars Masterclasses, trying to convey how amazing the documentary videos were turning out. I couldn’t find the words. “Is it okay if I just show…

The beans have been spilled. And it took everything I had not to spill a few tears, too… After a very full year of dreaming, signing on lots of dotted lines, and taking leap after leap of faith…it’s here. The Knit Stars Flagship Store is finally open. The magical stardust is still floating in the…

Oh how I love a new cast-on. There’s nothing like a new project. Pulling the first strand from that fresh cake of yarn and making the slipknot. All the hope of a new beginning. A beautiful clean start. At the opening of our new Knit Stars Flagship Store, someone said to me, “Does this feel…