Hi again — I hope you’ve been well! I’ve got two things to update you on: 1. THE TIP JARIt is indescribably rewarding that thousands of people per week continue to visit and make use of this blog, given all the years of love and labor that went into it. It’s also costly to keep it […] The post Two new(ish) things appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

What a minute it’s been. When I put this blog on hiatus in January 2020, I could never have imagined all that was about to happen in the world, and I hope you’ve fared as well as possible through all the turmoil. I have missed talking with you! That said, I have a lot of […] The post Hello, old friends! appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

I’m writing this with a conflicted heart, but I’m here today to let you know that I’m putting the blog on hiatus. Short-term? Long-term? I honestly don’t know. I just know I’ve been writing this blog for 8+ years and I need a break — and a chance to focus on some other projects I […] The post Gone makin’ appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

Any year that includes that magical striped dress up there is a good sewing year, in my book. But I think this was easily my most successful — if most myopic — year as a sewer. I sewed 12 things, some of which were never blogged but all of which are pictured here. Every one of […] The post 2019: My sewing year in review appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

There’s always something surprising to me whenever I look back through what I’ve made in a given year. This year it’s the fact that I made things! For some reason, I don’t feel like I did, and it may be because this is the first year I knitted more for others than for myself. I […] The post 2019: My knitting year in review appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

I’m awed every single year when I scroll back through New Favorites to see how many fantastic patterns I’ve posted here, knowing they’re still only a fraction of everything that caught my eye and made me pause in admiration for a moment (or obsess for weeks or months). As is my annual custom, I’ve rounded […] The post Favorite New Favorites of 2019 appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

Hi, friends — just a quick note today to let you know there’s a Warehouse Sale happening over at Fringe Supply Co.! Meaning clearance prices on seconds and odds and ends, while they last. There’s even more variety than what’s pictured here (including a few Porter Bins), and we have very few of some things and […] The post Warehouse Sale! appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

I’ll be honest and tell you I debated whether to post here about this precious little cardigan, but the point of this blog for me has always been a shared connection with you: fellow knitters of the world who’ve stumbled in here, being people who understand what a mysteriously powerful thing it is to knit, […] The post Q for You: What’s your strongest knitting bond? appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

Now me, I love cables and I love a chart. I’m a visual person and I also think cable knitting is a blast, so my idea of a dream pattern is a simple cable chart I can glance at and memorize, then settle in with my yarn and needles and cable away to my heart’s […] The post New Favorites: “Cables” for the cable averse appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more

I took a break from my delightful green cardigan WIP to work on the baby sweaters — one of which I finished and the other of which is nigh — so it’s only grown about 5 inches since last you saw it. It would be farther along, but I took it on an 8-hour road trip on […] The post Queue Check — December 2019 appeared first on KT's Slow Closet ..read more