When it comes to stranded colorwork, my skills are best described as “needs improvement.” But I’m in love with one way of knitting colorwork that doesn’t have…

Autumn is such a wonderful season for knitting. While I will happily pick up my needles year-round, once the weather starts to turn colder and the days…

Remember hygge? The Danish concept of “a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being” made its way to the United…

In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is—as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art. —Josef…

As humans and crafters, we all have our personal preferences in projects, yarn stash method, and process. Do you tend to progress on a project slowly, with…

There’s a term I’ve been seeing on social media a lot lately: SIDE HUSTLE. I find it rather annoying, with its vapidly hip informality. The phrase is…

I adore simple knits. Like any knitter, I turn to complex laces and intricate colors from time to time. But there’s something so classic and enjoyable about…

Before she became a full-time knitwear designer, Irina Anikeeva had a career in management. She loved the achievement she gets from working with yarn, learning new techniques,…

Knit vests are so versatile and stylish, but I don’t make very many. I plan to change that this fall, and here are three patterns that have…

Inside every knitter there’s a tightly coordinated team of talented professionals, poised to bring their next project to completion. The materials engineer analyzes yarn substitutions, calculating the number…

I always love the menswear in Interweave Knits. It’s fun for the knitter but stylish and modern enough to make men want to wear it. Orsino’s Vest…

It seems crazy to write about knit slippers in July, but knitters work on a different schedule than the weather, always knitting for upcoming seasons. Winter is…

Is there anything more satisfying than a pair of cozy, knit socks? There’s something so delightful about slipping your feet into a pair of warm socks when…

If there’s one certainty in life, it’s that autumn is perhaps the perfect season for cozy, knitted layering pieces. I always look forward to the days growing…

When packing my bag, I carefully choose my projects: a delicate lace shawl, a simple pair of socks, the tunic-length pullover needing row after row of stockinette.…

It seems like only yesterday that I was moving into my dorm room at college. As excited as I was, I was also terrified. It was the…

Every time I buy a pair of sunglasses, it ends tragically. I imagine that, at the time of my purchase, some evil little creature crawls out of…

Determining what to knit for a college-bound kid can be layered in emotion. Worry takes the fore, as one witnesses a child-turned-adult vacate the nest in favor…

Interweave Knits has always strived to publish knitting patterns that defy the fleeting styles of the moment, that become timeless classics to be knitted and worn for…

I have a bit of a follow-through issue when it comes to handmade gifts. If you don’t believe me, there are lots of people you could ask:…

I know what you’re thinking: it’s July! Holiday knitting now? It’s too hot, and all we want is to sit by a pool with a cold drink…

Have you ever needed a button to finish up a project and found your button stash totally depleted? Or maybe you just can’t find the right one…

In the third week in July, I’ve barely recovered from the holidays. The socks I promised my Dad are finally finished (only 18 months late), and all…