Knit, Blog & Be Happy!

I am someone who loves a vest. In fact, live in a puffy vest. For our climate, they are the perfect outerwear when paired with a sweater. Keep my core warm; the rest of me is happy. We featured the Friday Slipover as a project of the week back in February, and I thought that I would knit one for myself. It has a few features that I like, a crew neck, simple shaping at the armhole, and a textured all-over pattern that is easy to knit; a broken rib. When deciding on the yarn for the project, I followed Koryn’s...

As some of you might know, the one thing I dislike about knitting top-down sweaters is knitting sleeves in the round. For years I have followed Karen Templer's example and knit my sleeves flat. You should check out her article, How (and why) to knit top-down sleeves flat. I like knitting my sleeves this way, but if you are knitting any patterned stitches, it takes a bit of planning.   When I was scrolling through IG a couple of weeks ago, I clicked on a video from Ashley Lillis, and "poof," I was introduced to a magical technique.  How have I not heard about...

Creating the kits in the newsletter is one of our favorite things to do each week. It is our curated look at what has sparked our interest of late.  We get questions from time to time about our online shop, and I thought I would take a moment to answer a just a few: How do you select kits for the newsletter? There are so many projects out there, and for many of us, Ravelry is a sea of options. We all spend a great deal of time combing through Ravelry, social media, and emails from vendors. Quite honestly, most of our...

We thought you would enjoy seeing some of the photos from our 10th Anniversary celebration!    Julie Asselin and Jean-François Kick off with nibbles and drinks! Cheers! Some of our MK crew: Koryn, Connie, Teri, Ann, Jenn, and Diane!     Gorgeous samples galore...We wanted to keep them all!  It was such a fun weekend! Stunning handcrafted earrings by Julie Asselin.    Oh, la la...Lots of squishy yarn in beautifully dyed hues!   The best guests joined the celebration, too!  Thank you all so much for celebrating our 10th anniversary with us! You truly made our weekend special.  Bash was so well...

Ten years!  We thought it would be fun to look back at Monarch Knitting through the years.   The 'new' Monarch opened on April 20th, 2013, after a remodel to the original shop on Central Avenue. Oh, my goodness, the shelves were so empty! We were not in that location for very long as we were asked to relocate across the hall in late October of that same year.  We have a bit more yarn on the shelves! We also attended 4 Stitches West in Santa Clara.  It was a ton of work but an absolute blast once the show started. Then...