I was super excited when Allyson- editor of Holla Knits- emailed several months ago and asked if I'd like to write an article for the summer issue of Holla Knits because oh yeah, it's a full on magazine now, with tutorials, a letter from the editor, and everything. Super excited! I've never really thought of myself as a real writer before, but seeing something I wrote in a magazine- I believe. I knew right away that I wanted to share a slightly embarrassing, though lovely and heartwarming, story about my first-ever knitting project. If you're familiar with my designs, then you know that they can be a bit.... well, crazypants. See: the Duck Hat, Everett Henley (my first sweater design, because I am nuts), and just wait until you see what I'm working on for Holla Knits for this winter. Nuts. Read my story about the first thing I picked out to knit and I think you'll see why I am the way I am. You can get a copy of the fantastic magazine, which also has 6 awesome summer patterns to knit, here. Teresa Gregorio and Emma Welford wrote something too, because they are also awesome.
After you read my little story, you'll surely want to knit something from the magazine, because duh, it's Holla Knits and EVERYTHING is awesome! (I recognize that I just used "awesome" about 6 times in the last 4 sentences, but I have that lego song in my head so we all have to suffer.) All of the designs are great, but this one is my favorite, and it's already in my Ravelry queue:
Annapolis by my invisible internet friend Kristen Jancuk (mediaperuana on Twitter)
That stitch pattern! Ahh! I could see wearing this sweater a lot. I've got some mint green yarn in my stash that might be perfect... and I'm weirdly super obsessed with mint green right now.
Also, because it's not a blog tour stop without a giveaway, wanna win a pattern from the issue? Comment and tell me which pattern you're dying to knit, and you could win a copy! Be sure to leave some way for me to contact you- email, Rav ID, Twitter handle, something. And then check out the rest of the blog tour for even more giveaways. Oh, and you might want to subscribe to the magazine so that you get my nutso winter pattern as soon as it's released... I think you'll want to make what I'm cooking up. :)
Leave a comment by Tuesday, June 30th. I'll announce a winner on Wednesday July 1st!
June 18: Canary Knits - Travel knitting & mag giveawayAfter you read my little story, you'll surely want to knit something from the magazine, because duh, it's Holla Knits and EVERYTHING is awesome! (I recognize that I just used "awesome" about 6 times in the last 4 sentences, but I have that lego song in my head so we all have to suffer.) All of the designs are great, but this one is my favorite, and it's already in my Ravelry queue:
Annapolis by my invisible internet friend Kristen Jancuk (mediaperuana on Twitter)
That stitch pattern! Ahh! I could see wearing this sweater a lot. I've got some mint green yarn in my stash that might be perfect... and I'm weirdly super obsessed with mint green right now.
Also, because it's not a blog tour stop without a giveaway, wanna win a pattern from the issue? Comment and tell me which pattern you're dying to knit, and you could win a copy! Be sure to leave some way for me to contact you- email, Rav ID, Twitter handle, something. And then check out the rest of the blog tour for even more giveaways. Oh, and you might want to subscribe to the magazine so that you get my nutso winter pattern as soon as it's released... I think you'll want to make what I'm cooking up. :)
Leave a comment by Tuesday, June 30th. I'll announce a winner on Wednesday July 1st!
June 15: Holla Knits Summer 2015 Launch
June 22: MediaPeruana - pattern giveaway
