August, 2010

Interview with author of Brave New Knits

Posted in Brave New Knits, on 31 August 2010 - 5:21pm

Julie Turjoman interviewed 26 knitwear designer/bloggers for

Coming Soon: Interview with Julie Turjoman

Posted in Brave New Knits, on 26 August 2010 - 2:00pm

Julie is the author of Brave New Knits, subt

Got your "Zero Waste Design" right here!

Posted in Fashion, on 16 August 2010 - 2:40pm

The other day I read an article in the New York Times entitled "Fashion Tries on Zero Waste Design,&

My first autograph!

Posted in LYS, Personal, Sage Yarn, Yarn, on 16 August 2010 - 1:43pm

Last week I stopped in at Sage Yarn, in Falmouth, MA, in search of some buttons.

Featured Pattern

The Vespa Hat is a fun, quick project-- and fun to wear, with earflaps to keep your ears warm, a loose fit to prevent the dreaded "hat head," and an optional ponytail hole. Ear flaps and back of neck are worked flat; after front stitches are cast on, hat is worked in the round. See more patterns

Press

More Big Girl Knits, About the No-Gap Wrap Pullover

We love clever, and this sweater is clever.

Interweave Knits Summer 2007, About the Lutea Lace Shell:

...what appears at first glance to be a standard tank top knitted in flat pieces turns out on closer inspection to be an ingenious piece of three-dimensional sculpture.

- Pam Allen, Editor in Chief, Interweave Knits

Vogue Knitting Holiday 2009, About the Vine & Leaf Beret, Vogue Knitting Fall 2009:

Angela Hahn's vine-and-leaf lace hat from our Fall 2009 issue is showing up all over the web in myriad colors and textures, each as beautiful as the next.

-Trisha Malcolm, Editorial Director

From Brave New Knits

[Angela's] work has consistently been strong; the designs are traditional but contemporary in silhouette, highly wearable, and, because of her intriguing stitch pattern choices, fun to knit. The iconic Hahn design for me is the Wakame Lace Tunic...-- it's strikingly feminine and modern.

-Lisa Shroyer, senior editor at Interweave Knits