An Interview with Shannon Okey aka Knitgrrl

Shannon Okey’s new book The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design is a wonderful guide for any designer willing to take that extra step or needs a few new tricks. With topics such as using social networking, marketing, advertising, copyright, and distribution plus interviews with big names in the industry, I highly recommend this book [...]

Interweave Knits Fall 2010 Preview

Even thought the weather is hot and balmy here in New York, the Fall previews give me hope that sweater weather will be here soon. The preview for Interweave Knits Fall 2010 preview went live today and it looks to be a very promising issue! Fall is my favorite time of the year and I [...]

A New Design

A few weeks back, I stopped in Knitty City to support my friend and fellow designer Joyce showcase her lovely shawls. After her talk, I was drawn to 5 or 6 huge bags (yes, I said bags) of Madelinetosh Sock. There were so many beautiful colors, my mind just about (well, it did actually) shut [...]

Shannon Okey’s Book Tour

Send me questions for Shannon! neoknits will be hosting one leg of the blog tour for Shannon Okey’s new book The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design on July 23rd. I will be doing an interview with Shannon and would like you guys to send in any questions you may have for her. If you [...]