Tuesday Tip – How To Measure Your Knitting
Before my Ask Patty series on Modern Daily Knitting, I wrote for a column called Patty’s Purls of Wisdom. It has had a life in several magazines and I was thrilled when it joined Twist Collective. It was the beginning of my Ask Patty adventures. Knitter’s send in their questions, ala Dear Abbey, and I […]
Knitting Through Europe
In August I went on a great adventure. My husband and I headed off on a spectacular trip to Amsterdam (cheese), Bruges (lace!) Brussels (chocolate) and Prague (beer) and of course, through it all, was my knitting. As I get ready to launch my fall sweater class for Rising Spades, I thought I’d show you […]
Rising Spades KAL
Welcome to Rising Spades Knit-Along (KAL)! It’s time for the Fall Knit-Along!!! I am so excited to start another KAL on my Ravelry group. There will be tons of teaching and fun, prizes and a great garment! Think of it as a sweater class for the price of a pattern! There will be HOURS of video tutorials to help […]
Soho Slip Stitch KAL Prizes
It seems like only yesterday that hundreds of knitters picked up their pointy sticks to begin another KAL / Sweater class. In July we got to see what the knitters were up to. The KAL winners have been chosen and awarded, but somehow life got away from me and I didn’t get a chance to […]
Soho Slip Stitch KAL Update
Just a few weeks ago, hundreds of knitters cast on for the Soho Slip Stitch KAL. If you’ve never done a KAL, you can read all about it here. You can jump in anytime and get this full sweater class for just the price of the pattern including over 2 1/2 hrs of video tutorials. […]
Triple Play Club!
Last week the knitters who were in both the Corcoran KAL & the Tortola KAL got their double play badge. Now if you have also entered the Soho Slip Stitch KAL (kicking off July 3rd) you are in the Triple Play Club!
Soho Slip Stitch Video Sweater Class!
Welcome to Soho Slip Stitch Video Sweater Class It’s time for the Spring / Summer Knit-Along!!! I am so excited to start another KAL on my Ravelry group. There will be tons of teaching and fun, prizes and a great garment! Think of it as a sweater class for the price of a pattern! There will be HOURS of video […]
Tortola Finished Sweaters & Final Prizes!!
I can’t believe it’s over! On Feb 20 365 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Tortola KAL. Today, we have an amazing 492 knitters!!! In March I wrote about the sweaters in progress, and now it’s time to award the final PRIZES!! If you want to get first word about the summer KAL (and get […]
Final Tortola KAL PRIZES!!
Six weeks ago over 200 knitters cast on for their gauge swatches and began the Tortola KAL. Over the weeks to follow our ranks more than doubled (and continues to grow every day), and now nearly 450 knitters received the final clue. Last month we got to see what the knitters were up to. Through 4/24 you can still […]
The Secrets of Tortola
UPDATED 2021 – The class now has brand new filmed content, new tutorials and is a fully streaming / downloadable class on education.pattylyons.com!! Last December on the Nautical Knitting Cruise I debuted Tortola. I was supposed to have two versions ready for the photo shoot, the cap sleeve and the tank . . . Now that […]