Let's take a look at the patterns in Knitty's Deep Fall '25 issue!⁠ (Reminder: All Knitty patterns are FREE!) ⁠ First we have Sweetie Jar by @harvie.kate. This yummy jacket is designed to fit loosely so that it can be worn over a thinner sweater as an extra layer. The textured stripe pattern... 🧶

Two days ago, I had tiny needles shoot goop into the varicose vein on the back of my left leg. The hardest part? The sensory nightmare of a tensor bandage falling off when it's supposed to be snug to make the treatment work. Vetwrap saved the day for my thigh but didn't have enough for whole leg.

Knitters, have you ever knitted the body of a dropped-shoulder pullover flat (front, back separate), and sleeves in the round? Will sewing up be a nightmare? I like the idea of making the sleeves in the round but my brain doesn’t parse spatial stuff well so I can’t picture if I can make it work. 🧶

Knitty has it right. Funny enough, when I was in the planning for my podcast, I kept getting advice to use AI for scripting, for graphics, for subject matter, whathaveyou. No thanks. I’d rather be my authentic weird self, and I’d rather consume real content from real people.

In all my "Knitty doesn't use AI" messaging, I forgot that designers might want to turn to it for a tweak to their intro or a tarting-up of their photos. Whoops. It's now in the Submission Guidelines, and is the last item to confirm on the Submission Form. We don't do AI. Please you don't either. 🧶

something about the patterns in this issue of @knitty.com really hit for me. so many possibilities!

I'm thrilled to be a part of @knittymag.bsky.social  again! Introducing Zico, a cardigan with a warm, fluffy, squishy feel and casual style. 🧶 Zico features one of my favorite sweater yarns, @missbabs.com Killington. https://knitty.com/ISSUEdf25/PATTzico/PATTzico.php #knitdesign #knitsky

The brand-new issue of Knitty Magazine is up right now! A lovely selection of our quality FREE knitting (and a little crochet) patterns, each tech edited for your yarny enjoyment! Find the new issue (and 23 years' worth of back issues) here: knitty.com #ShareAndEnjoy #GladToBeOfService 🧶

I saw something on a major news show yesterday that gave me JOYOUS HOPE for society. Some parents have rejected cell phones for their kids, installing landlines instead. It's spreading among friend/family groups. It's healthier. SO SMART. Most use a regular phone. There's also this: tincan.kids

Knitty Guild members have just gotten the secret login info for the brand-new Deep Fall '25 issue! They get to see all the goodies a day ahead of everyone else, lucky things! Not lucky, though - it's one of the rewards they get for supporting Knitty Magazine! 🧶

Making sure you all see this. YES! It's about time we go on the offense! Keep it going Gov! #Pinks

If one could harness the amount of energy I expend actively avoiding anything using AI, would it balance out one person's use of AI? #blerg

It is thought that there are anything from 2.2 - 3.8 million species of fungi. geltner.cz

We need to remind ourselves that today is not a year ago. Everything on social media is suspect; seek validation of facts from reputable, unbiased sources. #GuiltyAsCharged #PostingToRemindMyself

One thing I love about designing sock knitting patterns is how you can cram so many pretty details into such a small space. They're a little jewel box of stitches.

In 2021, I got my ADHD diagnosis. Last week, I got that diagnosis updated through formal evaluation. I'm actually AuDHD. Though honestly, there are key Autistic traits that I absolutely have, and they're all laid out on the right side of the graphic below.

The rain is coming down in sheets on the window. OH YES. Good times.

This is why you wash/dry your swatches to get gauge. No change in width. Tons of change in length. 🧶

So I'm starting a new sweater, and asked for recommendations here (see my previous post). @arjayne.bsky.social suggested I use Ann Budd's *the knitter's handy book of sweater patterns*. UM, yeah. Bingo! 🧶

Knitters: What is your GO-TO sweatshirt-shaped pullover pattern? I want positive ease and a stockinette fabric. (Here's the yarn I'll be using: frabjousfibers.com/running-bare... - for wool-allergic me, its on the Summer Silk base) 🧶

A Heron makes your day 💙

We're back and it was GOOD. I floated 50 feet from a loon in the middle of the day. A fish of some description (bass?) tried to nibble my ankle bracelet off cause sparkly. Sky got to roam the hills and chase everything that moved. Hub read and chilled. I rediscovered my Kobo and read, too.

My view for the next week. Thank heavens for people who rent out their cottage so folks like us can have a dreamy, shvitzy break for a week. #ohCanada #soHot #lakeSoCool

The Knitty First Fall cover pattern is now live! Find Bongo here! knitty.com/ISSUEff25/PA... 🧶 #ShareAndEnjoy #GladToBeOfService

Beautiful Monkeys! (Monkey socks, that is.)🧶 The FREE pattern is here! knitty.com/ISSUEwinter0...

A fascinating read on the man behind the miracle of GLP-1. 💕

I've returned to playing Fortnite, which I haven't touched in more than a year. For me Fortnite = intense dissociation for a little while. I really wish my family lived anywhere but the US right now. These two thoughts are connected. #noKings #bringBackDemocracy

Three days ago, sleep doc gave me the results of my latest sleep test: I am now borderline for Apnea treatment. So he said I could stop using my CPAP. First night was H.A.R.D. I'd trained myself to feel safe with mask on. Second night I had a little help from an edible. I'm not waking up gasping.

Embarrassing. My ND brain is not braining today. 32-row swatch was 4.25” tall before washing/drying; 3.875” after. So 7.53 rows/inch before 8.26 after. Need to calculate how much more length to add to get the correct finished length throughout pattern after washing. Cannot compute. 🧶

Have you ever wanted to be published in a real knitting/crochet magazine? Here is your chance! Knitty's Call for Submissions for Winter '25. The theme? Scraptastic! All details here including how you keep your copyright and get paid for your work: knitty.com/subguide.php Good luck! 🧶

Clapotisfest emails have resumed just now. I didn't realize it had been since FRICKING APRIL since I last wrote someone, and worst of all, had received someone's pick and didn't have the spoons to forward it on to the dyer till now. I'm so sorry, y'all. Back on the horse.

This is how insidious AI is in our online world. As a more-than-50-something woman, I'm deeply offended by this horrid human targeting women my age, but not surprised in the least. futurism.com/slop-farmer-... People, gently educate your elders so they don't fall for this garbage.

I have a sleep test tonight and have to fight the urge to nap. (I've been using my CPAP religiously since diagnosis in 2014. Wanted to know if my settings are correct since my body has changed size dramatically since the last time I was tested.) Better go do some corrugated ribbing.

A whole bunch of Knitty patterns (FREE, of course) in this Jawsy post. Have at it! 🧶 🦈

Our Solstice Sale has landed!   You can now get 15% off patterns, yarn, kits, workshops & more across our website, Teachable and Ravelry.  Just use the code SOLSTICE15 at checkout: https://stolenstitches.com/

📚 NEW COVER ALERT! Available for pre-order! 🤩 ❤️ What if a fortuneteller said you were about to die, but you'd experience 7 miracles before you did? And then the miracles started? 🌈 Queer AF 🌟 Magic x 1000 👯‍♀️ Witchy twins separated at birth 🧙🏻 Agatha All Along meets Practical Magic with more swears

Knitty First Fall is Up! 👀🧶👀

Gosh, what could I be knitting? 🧶 #knittyCoverPattern The pattern is coming out soon! (This corrugated ribbing looks amazing but man is it slow. It IS my first time, tho. #TwoHandedKnitting)

“…Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the end of slavery, the day we memorialize those who offered us hope for the future and the day when we renew our commitment to the struggle for freedom.” – Angela Davis | Author & Political Activist

For the first time ever, we are featuring a SURPRISE pattern on the cover. That beautiful brown and white tank by Amy Gunderson with the sexy deep back - or front! - called Bongo (after the brown and white striped Bongo Antelope) will come in mid-July, along with the rest of the SURPRISE patterns. 🧶

So good, we had her in twice! Another @harviekate creation and this one has a mission. There seems to be an abiding belief in the knitting community that brioche is a completely different kind of knitting to "ordinary" knitting and requires special training and terminology. 🧶

For your literary little one, or someone merely whale obsessed, meet Moby Richard! Channel your inner Ahab and knit your own great white whale. Designer Frances Gillespie has knit him in a realistic shade of gray, but white is an option for literary classics buffs. 🧶

It's just getting warm, but here's a pattern to knit ahead for cold weather, or gift season! From Knitty favorite @harviekate, Really Useful Gloves (or RUGs) are just what you might be needing! They let you have your fingers and thumb available when needed... 🧶 #liveLongAndProsper

OOH we love a new sock technique! From Amanda Schwabe, a new heel that works toe-up and top-down. It's like other short-row heels, with 2 significant differences: first, short row turns are on the outsides of the heel, so there are no gaps and it makes really cool stripes. 🧶

From Andrea Pfuhl: "Ruska aika" is the Finnish expression for the "time of bright autumn colors" in Lapland. September is the most colorful month in the tundra. While sunnier southern slopes are still green, Arctic shrubs and heather on the northern sides turn shades of red, orange, yellow. 🧶

This sweet thing is Linen Stitch Stripes, a simple but impressive colorwork yoke pullover by Laura Barker! Done in sexy @missbabsyarns Yowza, the simple overall pattern shows off the yarns and makes it accessible to most knitters. 🧶

The namesake of the new issue, Convertible, is a clever customizable cardigan by Laura Zukaite. This fitted ribbed cardigan was designed in natural undyed alpaca and it can be worn in so many different ways. The collar is the main focus: you can tie, drape, and wrap it. 🧶

Let's go through the new issue! First, from Renee Kulling, her take on the ideal camping sweater. It should be warm to account for cold nights under the stars. It should be lightweight but sturdy for stowing in a pack. It should be adaptable and useful in changing weather and conditions. 🧶

Knitty.com has been around about as long as I've been knitting. I've learned so much from them and have knit lots of patterns they've shared. 🧶

The new Knitty First Fall issue has just gone live for THE WHOLE WORLD! Find it here: knitty.com and tell all your yarny friends! A magazine with high-quality tech edited patterns that are free. FREE, I tell you! 🧶 #shareandenjoy #gladtobeofservice