The Fall Knitalong and Solstice Challenge are behind us. So many new friendships were made and stunning projects completed! I'd love to keep that momentum going and inspire you to keep making all the things. With this in mind, I'm excited to tell you a little bit about our Creative Knitters membership. It ties into our yarns and our make-alongs (think early access to the kits and new products) but goes way beyond our yarns and include a video vault of techniques as well as ways to get knitting and crochet help (on any pattern or any yarn)...not to mention learning-packed classes and a cheerleading, inclusive community—all housed in our Knit Collage App!

Alrighty so here is what you get ~ it's a whole lot!

A video vault – This is geared to all levels of knitters but will be especially beneficial to beginner knitters to start. The video vault is yours forever and hosted right in our Knit Collage App. Right when you join, you’ll get access to the 130+ videos tutorials - simple basics like – how to read a yarn label, what is the difference between yarn weights, our favorite tools, simple cast on and knit stitch tutorials. This is all the stuff that I wish I had known when I started knitting. I spent hours on youtube looking for tutorials – it was painful. This is a one stop place for simple, clear videos. You’ll also find more advanced tutorials on short rows, colorwork, lace, blocking, brioche, intarsia and more!

Events - Each month we have one to two virtual learning events, centered around a monthly theme! Last year, we learned how to stack stitches with Xandy Peters, knit Fair Isle with Helene Driesen, how to incorporate beads into our knits with Laura Nelkin, and just last week we learned how to knit lace with Andre dé Castro – the list goes on! Members from Knit Collage also lead us in events – Cheryl and Anne taught us how to knit socks, and Pia taught us how to weave a gorgeous fabric to turn into a notions pouch. These are fun way for us to up level our skills and connect as a community. All of these zoom events and webinars are recorded

Community - Making in community is just better. It’s about accountability and cheerleading and it’s just so much more fun that way! Our community space is hosted 100% within our own Knit Collage App and we encourage you to connect and cheerlead each other. Posts here can be about any project, any yarn. We love it all! We’ll host Zoom calls twice a month in addition to the monthly events. All of them are recorded if you would like to watch them later. We connect you by location and by your cohort of folks you joined with to foster a small group feel. If you want to meet up with folks that live near you in real life, fantastic.

This is a great place to say too – that all skill sets will be welcome. Expert knitters know that ripping is part of knitting. Even after knitting for 20+ years I still constantly make mistakes and it stinks but then I learn and grow. My hope for this community is that it is a place where any skill set will feel comfortable to share their wins and failures – because we’ve all been there and that is part of getting better.

Help - What happens when you realize you’ve made a seemingly fatal knitting error and there’s nothing else you can do?!!!!!! You need help or else the entire project may be tossed to the wayside never to be returned to again. When I started knitted this very problem led to many an unfinished project. We’ve come up with something really cool here for you to get the help you need, when you need it. If you’ve done our knitalongs (KALs) before you might know Cheryl and Pia – our knitting guru/goddess/tech queens. They both help knitters out all the time in our KALs. But now they’ll be helping you with any yarn/any project – not just made with Knit Collage yarn and patterns. You’ll sign up for a thirty minute time slot to zoom with one of them and get any kind of knitting help that you might need. Think of it like your virtual knit helper when you need it. My hope is that this will get you finishing more projects with anxiety!

Early Access - The next thing and this is a big one – you’ll get early access to our KALs and now Challenges too! In the past fall and spring KALs we sold out of some colors within minutes. This will give a leg up to make sure you get the colors you love. You’ll also get early access to other Knit Collage new releases – any new yarns, patterns and products that I don’t plan to always keep in stock as well as sale yarns. You will get first dibs! This comes in especially clutch for limited releases like the Amanda Solomon collab yarn.

 All of our yarn is handmade in India – not only is it time intensive to make, we only get shipments at very particular times during the year. The lead times we are working with keep getting longer which means I have to decide earlier and earlier what I need to order – it’s so tricky to say the least! Despite my best efforts, it is near impossible to guess each time correctly….which means getting that early access will definitely come in handy to ensure you get exactly what you like.

$10 monthly credit - You’ll also get a $10 credit to use on the Knit Collage website every month. If you don’t use it one month, it will simply roll over to the next month. If you’re so inclined, you can save these all up to use towards our knitalongs.

Ok so that is it, I think I covered everything! The cost is $38 per month- a cost will likely increase each time we open registration because we keep adding more tutorials and class recordings to what you get.

Registration will be open for one week only. The next time to be able to join may be in about 6 months from now – July 2025. If we get a lot of interest right now we may not open it again for another year or so. This time around you have the option to sign up for a 6 month membership and get one month free along with all 6 months of loyalty points up front!

Registration will open on January 22nd at 10am ET and stay open for one week, closing on January 29th. Then the fun begins. Right when you join, you get access to that video vault and the community.

If you feel your inner artist calling to explore and go deeper or if you’ve simply joined in our knitalongs or challenges and enjoyed the experience, I invite you to join me on a new, friend-filled creative adventure. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions and if there’s one aspect of the membership that interests you the most. I’d love to hear it!

It's a new year which means it's time to dream big about cast-ons and also look back on all the makes from the previous year to see how far we've come. I knit A LOT in 2024—44 FOs in total 🤯 with a few false starts and on-going WIPS thrown in the mix. Thank you big needles (haha!) for making it happen!

I also noticed, going back through my list, that I knit a lot in our yarns this year and knit the same patterns multiple times. I love knitting patterns more then once when there is an element of creative invitation built into them. For example, in my Feeling Groovy Vests, each vest was an opportunity to play with color and texture!

In addition to our Spring and Fall Knitalongs, we added our Challenges into the mix. The Challenges are like mini knitalongs—they run for a shorter time (10 days - 2ish weeks) and go deep into one specific design. In 2024, we ran 3 of these challenges—The Solstice Hug, Faye Fringe Bag and Dream Weaver Pillow—which meant I taught 3 new classes  and knit many samples for them. We also added a course to our Holiday Stocking Kit. So, between both KALS and these new additions, I taught over a dozen designs and created hundreds of videos for each of these classes. 

In small business, you have to wear ALL the hats and it's rare that I actually get to spend a portion of my work day knitting, but it sure is magical when I do. It's one of the best things about what I do and I'd love to show you my year in knits and take you along for the ride! So, here it is: Everything I knit in 2024:

1-2: The Solstice Hug designed By Cheryl Kubat

We kicked off 2024 with our first ever Knitting Challenge! Starting Jan 1, we knit The Solstice Hug pattern by Cheryl Kubat together over the first 10 days of the new year. It was the perfect way to begin a year of knitting and I couldn't help but make two of this gorgeous pattern. The first is made with our Spun Cloud yarn in Bubblegum Candy and a Mini Skein Kit in Geode. The second one was all blue-toned stash yarns.

3. The Selena Slipover by Cheryl Kubat



Cheryl originally designed The Selena Slipover pattern as part of a class she taught for our Creative Knitters membership and we loved it so much we had to release it to everyone! It was inspired by this epic sweater Selena Gomez wore in the show Only Murders in the Building:

For my ivory version I used a mix of our yarns and yarns from Hill Country Weavers, Purl SoHo and Chelsea Yarns.

4-5. The Frolic Flower Shawl and Scarf by Amy Small

This was a concept that lived inside of me for a long time before I put hook to yarn and created the Frolic Flower Shawl and Scarf for our Spring Knitalong. I was obsessed with the idea of flowers for Spring (groundbreaking, I know! 🤣) and wanted to create modular crochet motifs that could be used in freeform ways to create whatever you dream. The flowers are all crocheted individually out of a mix of our Wildflower and Waterfall yarns. Then they can be assembled together into a shawl and/or scarf as shown, or stitched together in any shape or way that resonates with and inspires you.

6. Alpine Bloom Hat by Caitlin Hunter

This hat has easily become one of my most worn makes of 2024. I cast on The Alpine Bloom Hat designed by Caitlin Hunter of Boyland Knitworks on a trip to Costa Rica with the Jeff Walker fam. I could only take a tiny project in my carry on so even though it was odd knitting on wooly wool in the tropics, I loved knitting this—despite bringing the wrong needle size with me 😅. I used a kit from Barrett Wool Co and would 100% knit again!

7. Stay Cozy V-neck Sweater by Shaina Billow



I knit this ultra cozy sweater by Shaina Billow in a gorgeous yarn from Summer Camp Fibers  and I love it so much. It's my favorite to style with jeans.

8. Easy Street Sweater by Amy Small and Susan Hislop

I designed the Easy Street Sweater in collab with Susan Hislop to be the perfect wear-everyday Raglan. We based the fit off of one of my very favorite sweaters from the early aughts and it has the PERFECT amount of ease—not too loose, not too tight—and I love how it shows off the texture and subtle sparkle of our Spun Cloud Light yarn. This was my first sample and I knit it in the Hazy Willow Green color.

9. Faye Fringe Bag by Anna Skala



I knit the Faye Fringe Bag designed by Anna Skala for our second Knitting Challenge. I love this pattern so much and can never get over the gorgeous texture. It's the perfect canvas for stash diving and mixing cool yarns.

10-13. Faye Fringe Minis by Amy Small and Anna Skala

I went on a bit of a kick after the Faye Fringe Challenge where I couldn't stop making miniature versions. I whipped up 4 of these little cuties to sell in our booth at the Telluride Yoga Festival this summer. This size is perfect for the essentials—phone, keys, wallet—and a great companion for a night out on the town. We released the mini pattern on it's own as part of our annual Black Friday extravaganza!

14-15. Sunbeam Stripe Sweater by Cheryl Kubat

I cast on this moody rainbow stash version of Cheryl's Sunbeam Stripe Sweater pattern as part of our Spring Knitalong and, sensing a theme here, I couldn't stop at just one. I cast on another right away in a mix of Sedona brown and pink tones. This cardigan is knit side to side and it's a really fun one to play with color on. It's beginner friendly too!

16. The Lotus Sweater by Julia Norris

The Lotus Sweater was another Spring Knitalong design that flew off my needles. I learned two new stitches for this design—the Lotus stitch and the Wheat Stitch—and got to teach them to all our KAL participants which is always fun. I knit this version using Aquamarine Spun Cloud Light and a Wildflower Mini Skein kit in the color Dawn Sky.

17. The Lotus Pillow by Julia Norris

After I finished my Lotus Sweater, I tackled the pillow! This one is knit with the same mini skein kit and Fawn as the main color. It's more muted of a color pallet than I would typically go for but I made it to match my bedroom. The back panel is plain stockinette so this knits up QUICK and I love how polished the statement I-cord edge makes the finished product.

18. DK Weight Vanilla Socks by Kay Litton

I knit my first pair of socks as a class with our Creative Knitters. This pattern is by Kay Litton, aka the Crazy Sock Lady, and it's written for DK weight yarn instead of sock weight, so it felt more approachable for someone used to big needles. I used yarn from Skein Cocaine and they bring me so much joy—love wearing them with Birks!

19. Unnamed Mixtape Yarn Top

This pattern isn't really a pattern yet but it was a way to test out our new Mixtape Yarn—Coming soon! This yarn is a little bit of everything Knit Collage all rolled into one and it creates a self-striping explosion of color and texture that I can't wait to get into your hands this spring.

20. Sunnyside Shawl by Cheryl Kubat

This happy rainbow version of the Sunnyside Shawl is easily one of my favorite makes of 2024. This design was part of our Spring KAL in 2023 so it took me awhile to finish it but it was sooo worth it. It's the ultimate statement piece and I could not love it more. Check out this video to see how I style it.

21. Lotus Sweater again... but cropped!

I loved making my Lotus Sweater so much that I needed to make a version that felt a little more me. So, I cast this baby on using a mix of Wildlower stash in a rainbow gradient (as you do...) and made it to have a cropped fit with 3/4 length sleeves. I wrote up a blogpost with the modifications I did if you're interested in making your own cropped Lotus!

22. Easy Street Sweater again... The Moondrake Version

Back in August, we released a super special collaboration with Moondrake Co! Rachelle, the extra-talented owner of Moondrake Co., artfully hand-dyed two limited edition, magnetic colorways for us on our Spun Cloud Light  base: Ultraviolet Unicorn and Electric Sea Horse. I used Ultraviolet Unicorn to make this dreamy cotton candy version of the Easy Street Sweater. We still have just a few kits left if you need to make your own!

23-24. The Come As You Are Beanie by Christine M Young

I used both colorways from the Moondrake Collab to make my favorite one-skein hat pattern: The Come As You Are Beanie. This pattern is free on our site and it is the perfect everyday wear beanie that looks great with either the folded brim or worn slouchy with no cuff.

25. The Woodlands Light Hat by Cheryl Kubat and Pia Thadani 

Then I whipped up a Woodlands Light Hat with just the Electric Seahorse collab color. This cable knit hat pattern was based on the original Woodlands Hat Pattern by Cheryl Kubat. Our amazing tech editor Pia Thadani worked some knitting math magic so that it would look just as great in our Spun Cloud Light base. The pattern is free on our site. 

26. The Dreamweaver Pillow by Laurel Gervitz

For our 3rd and final Knitting Challenge of 2024 we tackled entrelac together and made the Dream Weaver Pillow by former team member Laurel Gervitz. I (once again!) made a rainbow stash version—what can I say, I love a good 🌈

27-29. The Feeling Groovy Side Tie Vest by Jen Geigley

Before we knew it, it was time to prep for the Fall Knitalong. Between making samples for the photoshoot and teaching the KAL classes, I knit 3 separate samples of the Feeling Groovy Side Tie Vest by Jen Geigley. I love the cropped silhouette and mock turtleneck of this design. For my three samples I used: (1) French Vanilla Spun Cloud/Dreamweaver Minis (2) Honeysuckle Spun Cloud / Jade Green Minis and (3) Cafe Au Lait Spun Cloud/ Bouquet Minis.

30-31. Walking on Sunshine by Cheryl Kubat

Also for the Fall KAL, I knit two of Cheryl Kubat's epic Walking on Sunshine sweaters. This gorgeous raglan is all about the sleeves (that bell 🤩) and the yarn—it completely sold us out of Daisy Chain! Don't worry, we'll have more yarn coming this spring if you missed out. I knit mine in our newest color, Secret Garden Green, and old favorite Grand Prismatic.

32. Le Triangle Granny by La Bien Aimee

When we vended at Cake Palooza, I saw Shala of Black Purl Magic rocking the most gorgeous crochet shawl. I immediately cast on using my Chelsea Yarns Advent from a few seasons past.

33. Le Triangle Granny... Knit Collage Version!

I loved my Le Triangle shawl so much I had to try it in our yarns and I wrote an entire blogpost about it if you're interested in the deets! LOVE.

34. Dreamy Beanie 

We released SIX new colors of our Dreamland yarn this fall and I whipped up a Dreamy Beanie in my favorite of the new colors—Once Upon a Time. This is another free pattern on our site by Laurel Gervitz and it's SUPER quick to knit. I made this one in just a few hours.

35. Enchanted Forest Sweater by Cheryl Kubat

Back to Fall KAL designs, I made the Enchanted Forest Sweater by Cheryl Kubat in my all time favorite color of Serenity boucle—Periwinkle! A colorwork snowflake design has been on our list for a long time and Cheryl knocked it out of the park with this one. I love the oversized collar and balloon sleeve, but I especially love it styled with this sequin skirt that Cheryl convinced me to buy in Colorado this summer. Best decision ever!

36-37. Winter Solstice Bias Scarf by Amy Small 

I designed this simple bias scarf (pattern on the way!) with our Winter Solstice yarn calendars in mind. I knit two samples, both in light-to-dark gradients.

38. Pixelated Cardi by Laurel Gervitz

The Pixelated Cardi made a comeback this fall as a Greatest Hits design in our Fall KAL so I was inspired to make an updated version. This is the first pattern Laurel ever designed for us and it's a forever fav of mine. I knit this one with Bubblegum Candy Spun Cloud and Mocha Paisley Wildflower yarn.

39. Roadtrip Sweater by Amy Small

My final Fall KAL project was the Road Trip Sweater which is a hybrid knit/crochet pullover that I designed on an actual road trip through Durango Colorado in the Summer of 2023. It's inspired by a few sweaters I designed back in my Free People days and features a panel of crocheted granny squares and funky striped sleeves. I used French Vanilla Spun Cloud for my main color with Honeysuckle Spun Cloud, Caribbean Waters Wildflower, and Sage Green Wildflower for my contrast colors.

40. The Holiday Stocking by  Danielle Shields

I FINALLY created a video course for our popular Holiday Stocking Pattern by Danielle Shields and it now comes included when you buy the kit. I forgot how fun this is to knit and I want to knit one for each of my 3 boys next year. For this sample, I used a mini skein sampler kit in the color Geode, which I think might be my fav color combo.

41-44. Winter Solstice Collared Dickie by Cheryl Kubat

To close out the year, I knit FOUR samples of this year's Solstice Challenge design—the Solstice Collared Dickie designed by Cheryl Kubat. The first one I made was a mixed yarn version using Lavender Dust Spund Cloud and Ochre Twist mini skeins. I love the colors together but I think it turned out a bit big (size 2) so I went with a smaller size for my other samples. The next one I made was the Solid version in Evergreen Spun Cloud, which might be my fav neutral at the minute. Then, I made an ultra neon version using French Vanilla Spun Cloud and Poptart minis. Finally, I rounded out the collection with a moody rainbow stash version inspired by a team member's Kaleidoscope sweater. I love them all!

Whew...I think that's EVERYTHING I knit in 2024. 44 FOs in total as long as I'm not forgetting anything 😃 What a year! Looking back I can say with so much confidence that all this knitting helped me show up better and calmer as a parent, friend, teammate but maybe best of all, knitting helped me feel more creative and in tune with my own true self…something that’s hard to put into words unless you feel it 🌈

I'll leave you with a pic of the two wips I'm coming into 2025 with... an Alpine Bloom Sweater by Caitlin Hunter and another Enchanted Forest, this time using a one-of-a-kind skein of Serenity dyed by Jake Kenyon. I hope you found some inspiration in this post and some patterns you can't wait to cast on for yourself!

On Thursday, I shared about the knitting challenge headed your way so soon. If you missed that last video, take a quick minute to check out all the details right here.

In our upcoming Solstice knitting challenge, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your knitting skills, connect with other fiber loving makers, dive deep into your own creativity and finish with a stunning neck accessory to cherish for years to come. In today’s blog post, I go into all the knitty gritty details of what yarns to choose and sizing so that you’ll feel well equipped to pick yarns and your size easily. If you decide to go with a Knit Collage yarn kit, I share all of the available color combos we’ve put together for you so that you can peruse at your leisure!

Ok first up, the color combination details! For these patterns, we combine either our Spun Cloud yarn or Sister yarn (either 1 or 2 skeins, depending on your size) with one Mini Skein Sampler Kit. Our Spun Cloud yarn is a bulky thick and thin wool yarn that is spun with two tiny strands of silver and gold lurex plied around it. The sparkle is ever so subtle! We mix the main color with 5 contrasting colors that come packed together as a Mini Skein Sampler Kit. Inside each of these kits you get one mini skein of our most favorite special yarns including: Dreamland, Daisy Chain, Wildflower, Cast Away and Spun Cloud (you'll get this in a contrasting color to the other Spun Cloud color you pick!). Peruse all of the available color combinations at the links below.

Solstice Collared Dickie & Hug Color Combinations

We are at the end of the year and have very, VERY few Mini Skein Sampler kits left, in some cases less than 10. If you have your heart set on a special kit, please order early to ensure you get what you like! Please feel free to reach out and ask me any and all questions in the blog comments below.

Collared Dickie Pattern Details:

Skill Level: Beginner Knitter

Materials: 

1 (1, 1, 2, 2) skein(s) Spun Cloud (100% wool; approx. 100yds (92 m) / 200 g)

1 Mini Skein Sampler Kit (approximately 75 yds / 164-170g - 5 mini skeins of yarn included per kit, 17 yds /skein) 

OR

1 Winter Solstice Kit (approximately 205 yds / 565 g - 12mini skeins of yarn included per kit, 17 yds / skein)  The Winter Solstice Kit is a special, limited edition kit that was released for preorder in June and is no longer available for purchase.

Needle Size:

Size US 13 (9 mm) 24" / 60 mm circular needles or 3 mm smaller than larger needles

Size US 17 (12 mm) 32” / 80 mm circular needles forBody, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Size N/P / US 15 (10 mm) crochet hook, or 1 mm larger than smaller needle, for Crochet Tubular Cast On

Gauge: 

7 sts and 11 rnds = 4.25” / 10.5 cm in stockinette st worked in the rnd using larger needle, steam blocked

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)

Finished Measurements:  

19 (19.75, 21.25, 22.75, 24.75)" / 47.5 (49.5, 53, 57, 62) cm finished width from shoulder to shoulder

Fit Note: Recommended to be worn with 1-2" / 2.5-5 cm of positive ease at shoulder to shoulder measurement, depending on your preferred fit. Grayed out sample is shown on a size 1 on an 18" / 45 cm shoulder to shoulder measurement with 1" / 2.5 cm of positive ease. 

Pattern Designer: Cheryl Kubat

Solstice Hug Pattern Details:

Skill Level: Beginner Knitter

Materials: 

1 (1, 1, 2, 2) skein(s) Spun Cloud (100% wool; approx. 100yds (92 m) / 200 g) shown in Honeysuckle

1 Mini Skein Sampler Kit (approximately 75 yds / 164-170g - 5 mini skeins of yarn included per kit, 15 yds /skein) shown in Geode

The kits we will have will be this option, listed above!)

OR

1 Winter Solstice Kit (approximately 205 yds / 565 g - 12mini skeins of yarn included per kit, 17 yds / skein) shown in Jewel Tones. The Winter Solstice Kit is a special, limited edition kit that was released for preorder in June and is no longer available for purchase.

0 (0, 0, 1, 1) skein(s) Spun Cloud (100% wool; approx. 100yds / 200 g)

Needle Size:

Size US 17 (12.75 mm) 32” / 80 cm circular needles forBody, or size needed to obtain gauge.

For Size 1 only: Size US 15 (10 mm) 16” / 100 cm circular needles or the most comfortable needle size, gauge is unimportant. If choosing a different needle size, or gauge is different, yarn requirements may differ.

For Sizes 2-5 only: Size US 13 (9 mm) 16” / 40 cm circular needles for Neck Ribbing (or your preferred needles of same size forsmall circumference knitting)

Gauge: 

7.5 sts and 10 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in 3/1 Rib Stitch worked in the rnd using larger needle, steam blocked

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)

Finished Measurements:  

To fit chest sizes 28-34 (34-42, 42-50, 50-60, 60-68)” / 71-86 (86-106.5, 106.5-127, 127-152, 152-173) cm.

Fit Note: Choose a size that will fit comfortably around your upper body at chest level. The ribbed fabric will conform nicely to a range of sizes, but you don’t want it to be so snug that it limits arm movement. Samples are size 2 shown on a 34”/86 cm chest and on a 42”/106.5 cm chest.

We open up registration on Dec 19^th at 10am ET for both the virtual option, priced at $28 and the yarn kit option which is $108 to $138 depending on the pattern you choose, your size and whether you go with a solid color or mixed mini skein option. The real fun, the actual knitting, begins on Jan 1, 2025 which means that this ten day community knitting event is a wonderful way to jumpstart your knitting practice! I would so love to have you join us,

Sign up here if you'd like to be the first to know when kits go live! Let me know in the comments if you have any questions too :)

EXCITED!!!! 

Amy