kathleen dames

05 August 2016

Knitting Basic Cable with help from @anntudorllc sheep stitch markers (love them). This will be our next The Sweater sweater, so if you're looking for summer souvenir yarn, get yourself a sweater-quantity of worsted wool to be ready. I'm knitting with @malabrigoyarn Rios in the color Reflecting Pool (love it). #kathleeninmaine #sweaterknitting #kdsweater #basiccable

Knitting Basic Cable with help from @anntudorllc sheep stitch markers (love them). This will be our next The Sweater sweater, so if you're looking for summer souvenir yarn, get yourself a sweater-quantity of worsted wool to be ready. I'm knitting with @malabrigoyarn Rios in the color Reflecting Pool (love it). #kathleeninmaine #sweaterknitting #kdsweater #basiccable #iftttkd via Instagram http://bit.ly/2az91t3

29 July 2016

My first visit to @halcyonyarn this summer was a fact finding mission for a future pattern collection, which means I didn't purchase any of this yarn. Yet. For a famous wool shop, they have a lot of great non-wool yarns. #kathleeninmaine #beachknitting

My first visit to @halcyonyarn this summer was a fact finding mission for a future pattern collection, which means I didn't purchase any of this yarn. Yet. For a famous wool shop, they have a lot of great non-wool yarns. #kathleeninmaine #beachknitting #iftttkd via Instagram http://bit.ly/2aBkazf

25 July 2016

My dears, episode 12 is up! You have just over 24hrs to add the Purly Pullover to your Ravelry library for 50% off. Follow the link in profile to subscribe to the newsletter - coupon is in your Welcome email. #kdsweater #purlypullover #knittingpodcast

My dears, episode 12 is up! You have just over 24hrs to add the Purly Pullover to your Ravelry library for 50% off. Follow the link in profile to subscribe to the newsletter - coupon is in your Welcome email. #kdsweater #purlypullover #knittingpodcast #iftttkd via Instagram http://bit.ly/2ambXMu

22 July 2016

VIDEO The Sweater with Kathleen Dames | Season Two, Episode Twelve : The Sweater

It’s the SEASON FINALE - whoohoo! How is your Purly Pullover? Mine is blocked and lovely and very warm (so after recording this episode it is being tucked away until Fall). Visit the episode thread in the Kathleen Dames Design Ravelry group: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/topics/3460625

If you haven’t already, visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Purly Pullover pattern*. Your link to download the PDF will be in your Welcome email. Be sure to create your project page on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purly-pullover

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
P.S. Share your project on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with hashtags #kdsweater and #purlypullover
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*Free pattern available until 22 July 2016. You can purchase Purly Pullover from my Ravelry shop any time: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-design

Purchase the Season One pattern, Solstice Cardi, from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi
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Yarn info:
-Happy Fuzzy Yarns http://happyfuzzyyarn.com/ - Kathleen will be knitting her DK weight Purly Pullover in Happy Fuzzy Yarns Merino DK in the Peony colorway
-Madeline Tosh http://www.madelinetosh.com - the original Purly Pullover was knit in sport weight tosh pashmina in the Bloomsbury colorway

periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/kathleendames
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twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleendames
ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kathleen-dames
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenDamesDesign
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher

The Sweater with Kathleen Dames | Season Two, Episode Twelve : The Sweater

If you haven’t already, visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Purly Pullover pattern*. Your link to download the PDF will be in your Welcome email. Be sure to create your project page on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purly-pullover

Thanks for being here, and happy knitting!

xoxo, Kathleen

P.S. Share your project on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with hashtags #kdsweater and #purlypullover

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*Free pattern available until 22 July 2016. You can purchase Purly Pullover from my Ravelry shop any time: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-design

Purchase the Season One pattern, Solstice Cardi, from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solstice-cardi

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Yarn info:

-Happy Fuzzy Yarns http://happyfuzzyyarn.com/ - Kathleen will be knitting her DK weight Purly Pullover in Happy Fuzzy Yarns Merino DK in the Peony colorway

-Madeline Tosh http://www.madelinetosh.com - the original Purly Pullover was knit in sport weight tosh pashmina in the Bloomsbury colorway

periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/kathleendames

instagram: https://instagram.com/kathleendames/

twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleendames

ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kathleen-dames

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenDamesDesign

music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher

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15 July 2016

Maine report #1

Right now I'm in Maine (yes, luckiest woman around, I know!) and working on a number of projects:

design and production on a pattern collection with my talented friend Anne of Wooly Wonka fame - more on that in a couple weeks. If you're on my pattern tester list, you know a little bit about this.
a cabled lace cardigan that I hope to release in late Fall (along with a few other designs in the queue: a stole, a lacy tee, and another cardigan - have to plan ahead when working away from my stash and library)
the last few episodes of Season Two of The Sweater, then planning out Season Three
swatching and designing the last batch of patterns for a Spring/Summer 2017 collection for Juniper Moon Fibers

And that last item is where I would love some input from you!

I'm swatching up two yarns that will be available in the Spring: a cotton-linen blend (see below) and a merino-camel blend. The collection has a beachy vibe. What kind of patterns would you be interested in knitting in those combos?

Leave a comment or drop me an email at kathleen at kathleendames dot com.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!

xoxo,

The Sweater with Kathleen Dames | Season Two, Episode Eleven : The Block

It’s time for a bath! Today I'll show you how to block your Purly Pullover. Visit the episode thread in the Kathleen Dames Design Ravelry group: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/topics/3459981

Kathleen is wearing the Strawberry-Picking Shrug, originally published in Jane Austen Knits 2014 (and coming soon to Kathleen’s Ravelry shop). If you’re keen to try some knitted lace (lace action on both sides of the work), this is a great first project: one piece with no shaping and only two small seams to sew up. Find the pattern here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/strawberry-picking-shrug