Seattle is currently buzzing with excitement because our hometown football team, the Seahawks, are division champions and have made it to the conference finals, the last step to the Super Bowl. Hawks pride is strong, so we decided the kits for this month should salute all the 12s out there wanting to sport team colors for the big game on Saturday. And even if you're not a football fan these colors are perfect for driving away the winter blahs.
Our Twist Again kit is currently available in Collegiate and Hawkeye DK Lively from Hazel Knits. There is enough yarn for at least 3 hats, one for you, and two for other 12s in your life.
Prickly is a popular pattern around here, so this kit is a great chance to make yourself a pair. The kit is currently available in 9th Doctor and Green Apple Pebble Sock Yarn from Black Trillium Fibres. 9th Doctor is a variegated color with muted bits of blue, green, and silver; it looks fantastic with the bright Green Apple. Think of this as a more subtle way to show team pride.
Go Hawks!
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I'm happy to announce we're now stocking both the Switch Clutch and Circular Clutch here at SCKnits! These fabrics are limited runs, once they're out of stock they're gone. I've grabbed an assortment for the store, check them all out and find the one you love!
]]>A few years ago my husband surprised me with a set of dpns and a circular needle from Signature Needle Arts for Christmas (yes, I am a very lucky woman). I have used these needles for years now and love them. I reach for them every time they're available (there might be a few projects that linger on the needles around here). That's why, when I decided to expand the shop to include needles, Signature was my first call. I was super excited they agreed to let me stock their needles here.
As of now we're stocking dpns and circulars, all with the super sharp Stiletto tip. You'll find the most common sizes used to knit our patterns right now, but more sizes will be coming in the next few months.
We released the Zombiesockalypse pattern earlier this month. There's still time to make a pair before Halloween. And now you can get your pattern, needles, and yarn all in one stop!
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To help you stockpile in time all fingering weight yarn will be shipped with a free paper copy of Zombiesockalypse between now and Oct 1st, no code needed.
]]>I'm a sucker for mirrored pairs, like Jian and Oceanie, so designing these mitts was a lot of fun. They feature an easy to memorize lace pattern that gives a lot of pop for not a lot of work. Of course I dated myself with the name, but couldn't resist since the song was spinning in my head while I knit them.
]]>In Jan 2008 Bliss was published by Magknits. Shortly after that I reworked the design in 4 colors and put it out as a free pattern. I couldn't resist having my 11 month old son model the second version.
That sweet little guy is now 7 and he and Miss Bliss are best buddies!
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Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in Tutti Frutti. This color was custom dyed just for us last summer to be featured in the Splendor shipment of the 2013 JANe Garden Club. Check out Pomona to see it all knit up. The color positively glows.
Wooly Wonka Nimue Sock in Peacock. I stocked this color at KnitFit 2013 and VKL Seattle 2014 and sold out of it at both shows. It is one of the most amazing blue/green/turquoise layered colors I've ever seen. I loved it so much that it was the featured yarn in the Frolic shipment of the 2014 JANe Garden Club.
Atomic Cats JANe kit. I'm so excited to have a few of these in stock. They were the featured kit at WildFibers during the 2014 LYS Tour in May. The kit contains everything you need to make Bicone, except the needles, and a groovy messenger bag to tote the project around. Bicone is a fingerless mitt pattern exclusive to this kit and it's worked in Hazel Knits DK Lively in the lovely layered gray of Silhouette.
Hope you're all enjoying summer, and dusting off your needles for fall!
]]>In 2008 I walked away from an engineering career, uprooted my family (moving to Seattle from San Carlos, CA), and launched Stick Chick Knits; I rarely do things in half measures. I started with one pattern, Violeta, and a goal to design many more. Six years and 67 designs later, I still feel incredibly lucky to get to do what I love for a living.
As the Stick Chick Knits pattern catalog grew I started going to yarn shows as a vendor - quite a change from the years I went to shop! I started with my first little table at the Tacoma Rainiers Stitch and Pitch in 2009, with all of 6 patterns of my own (along with a guest pattern from a friend). Fast forward to 2014, where at Vogue Knitting Live Seattle I had an entire 10'x10' booth bursting at the seams.
A few shows in I started to stock yarn to offer my customers the option of making the items in my booth with the same amazing yarns I had the privilege to make the samples with. This was a big hit, so I started adding more yarn companies to my mix. Mostly indie dyers, and all yarns I've personally knit with.
The best part of attending shows is seeing happy knitters wearing my designs. Some follow the pattern just the way I designed, others use amazing color combinations or add finishing touches I never dreamed of while designing the original. I love watching knitters cultivate the seed in my design, growing it and changing it to suit themselves.
As much as I would love traveling around the country year round, attending shows and giving classes, I'm also a full-time mother to two wonderful boys (and one enormous dog, who I blame entirely on my husband). For those knitters further afield from the Pacific Northwest, I've decided to offer the same high quality yarns I stock in my booth at shows. All the yarns you'll find here I've used, worn, and loved. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!
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