I have set up Online Studio Chats with me, beginning October 19, 2020. I’m calling these Studio Chats because I will be chatting with you from the Jill Wolcott Knits Design Studio and World Headquarters. Looking at my space is like a visual peek into my brain! The First Studio Chat is an introduction and…
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Knitwear Designer Emails
My knitwear designer emails are rarely that interesting. They are mostly trying to sell me things, tell me what I should be doing to have better sales, or informing me about something I have no time for. Knitwear Designer Real Life One of the benefits of being self-employed is that I don’t have to do…
Sizing Privilege and a Size Perspective
I’m going to call myself out as having sizing privilege. I hadn’t ever thought of my size perspective that way, but I am height/weight proportionate (5’8″/140 pounds). I always wished I could be taller and thinner. Until this week I have never seen it as a position of privilege, but if I put it into…
Seeded Bath Set Test Launching
Seeded Bath Set Test kicks off on July 15! This test is seasonally adjusted and uses cotton. This Seeded Bath Set test is opening early (ahead of launch on July 15) because I want to find knitters that are just right for this project. I am looking for some newer knitters along with all other…
If At First . . . Try Again!
We all learn the proverb “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” as children. There is a lot of musing time as one is recuperating from surgery. It has reminded me of some projects that got put aside because I couldn’t figure out some aspect of them, or I didn’t have the time…
April Recap of Knitting, Surgery, Finishing
This April recap of knitting, surgery, and finishing seems an appropriate place to land after the last thirty days. So much has happened, and not happened! Recap of Surgery I missed putting a blog up on the 23rd as planned. I had surgery instead. Due to the shut down here in Washington state out-patient surgeries…
Social Distancing and Lack of Focus
Are you feeling a lack of focus from the social distancing? I’m not really because I’ve worked from home at least part time since 1989. Yep! I was made for this. All my work is here, my projects, waiting for me, and distractions when I want them. But it is hard to stay focused and…
I Wasn’t Expecting That!
Welp. I Wasn’t Expecting That! I wasn’t expecting any of the things going on. It just feels like everything is upside down, or maybe backwards, or “unprecedented”, or flat out not right. We’ve been enjoying Social Distancing since March 10. We live in the first epicenter (to the extent we know it) of COVID-19 in…
Get Ready! FestiKAL, Finishing Challenge, Identity Challenge
Get Ready! A lot is going on right now, and as the meme I’ve been seeing says, Get Ready! Knitters have been training our entire lives for this! Rather than aimlessly knit during the upcoming days, here are three ways to focus your mind and knitting. Get Ready! FestiKAL FestiKAL discounts started March 16 and runs…
Pandemic Inspires Finishing Challenge
I came up with the idea of a personal finishing challenge last week. Was it only last week? It became clear that our upcoming trip to Europe (beginning in Italy) wasn’t going to happen, and as I laid awake one night, I decided I needed to make those weeks I was planning to be gone…
Proceed with Confidence: Style Studio Opens
Style Studio opens at Jill Wolcott Knits! Since I’ve been threatening to do styling videos for a couple of years, and I decided that I was never going to be any more ready, and production values be damned! Style Studio will undoubtedly evolve to become better, but for right now — Here I am. I’m launching…
Protected: Sakai Beyond the bottom rib: Pullover
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